Best Phone 2020 With A Great Camera ?

As we know Smartphones are indispensable tools in our lives, giving us a world of apps, increase business through social sites, captured movements through a camera and many more. However, many people buy phones because they want a great camera is often the one you have with  you and that's why we've put together a list of the very best camera phone that money can buy.

Many Different Camera Type

To know about best camera phone first we've to know about cameras, Triple and quad camera phones have become standard fare today, But what do all of these cameras do through? well, there are generally six types of camera available today, namely your standard/main or primary camera, ultra-wide camera, telephoto or periscope zoom camera, macro camera, monochrome camera, and depth sensor.

Standard/main Or primary camera

This used to be the only camera available on smartphones, capturing images without zooming in or zooming out. This camera usually gets most often, as it's jack of all trades. You will never have a phone without this camera abroad.

Ultra-wide camera

 

LG was first implement this type of rear camera back in 2016. It takes a picture with a wider field of view/perspective compared to the main camera, making it ideal for group shots, picture of buildings/architecture, or photos of a landscape. Ultra-wide camera also means you don't need to use your phone's panorama mode as often, which can be tedious process.

Telephoto or periscope camera

These cameras delivered zoomed in shots, with telephoto cameras generally delivering 2x to 3x optical zoom. Periscope cameras are most recent inventions, using a prism to zoom in even further (between 4x and 6x optical zoom). Either way, these lenses are handy if you want to take a photo of something far away.

We've seen some companies harness software to deliver better zoomed-in results without using a telephoto or periscope camera. some brands combine software and a telephoto/periscope camera to zoom in even further, in a concept known as hybrid zoom.

Macro camera

This sensor is relatively new addition to the smartphone world. It allows you to take macro shots (i.e. extreme close-up pictures) of tiny subjects, such as insects, flowers, and coins. Some phones (like the OnePlus 7T) use the ultra-wide camera to take macro shots, foregoing a dedicated macro camera.

Monochrome camera

 

We don't really see this type of camera on many phones anymore, with Huawei being first to offer a phone with a secondary monochrome sensor. In any event, this camera is used to take true black and white photos, as opposed to a color photo turned into black and white via a filter. Monochrome cameras can also be used to improve low light performance, as the lack of a color filter enhance light gathering capabilities.

Depth sensor

Depth sensor are often used for portrait mode photos, with the sensor capturing information to ensure that the subjects is in focus and the background is pleasantly out of focus. 3D ToF sensors are essentially new takes on the depth sensor, capturing more accurate depth information.

How many cameras do you need?

The cheapest phone (Rs. 5000 or so) adding a single main camera or a dual camera setup featuring a main camera and a depth sensor. But more and more budget phones are adding triple or even quad camera setups, featuring a main camera, ultra-wide sensor, depth sensor, and usually a macro camera as the fourth choice.

Still not sure how many cameras you need? well, then ask yourself what kind of photos you plan to take. Love the outdoors or travelling to various cities? then maybe you should get a phone with an ultra-wide camera to capture those wonderful vistas and towering skyscrapers. 

Want an ultra-wide perspective but also like the idea of having good zoom ? Then get a phone with both ultra-wide and zoom lenses, although devices with both options are quite expensive.

The brand matters (to an extent)

One of the most important factors when looking at a smartphone for its camera is the manufacture that's because each brand's picture quality differs in subtle ways from one another, such as color reproduction, low-light performance, and overall quality.

Here's what you expect from bigger manufactures in term of picture differences and extra modes. Do note that the below might not hold true for every phone by a given brand. It's also worth nothing that the gap in quality is pretty tiny among most brands when it comes to pictures taken during the day.

Google 

The Pixel 4 is probably the most mixed bag in our list; on the hand, it's a fantastic camera phone with capabilities even DSLR users can only dream of, made possible by the almost 5-minute long-exposure Astrophotography mode. On the other hand, however it's a pricey flagship with no ultra-wide camera.

If you're thinking about picking one up, therefore, we'd urge you to go for the pixel 4 XL if you hope to make it through a full day as this bigger pixel 4 lasts that bit longer.

The Pixel 4s also introduce a handy exposure control when taking a shot, so you can boost shadows separately to overall brightness, ensuring detail pops even in darker spots and can stay tapered in highlights.

When the lights drops, get the phone on a steady surface, point it at the sky, and it will engage its acclaimed Astrophotography mode, capturing night skies, stars and even galaxies on a clear night.

Huawei P30 pro

                

The Huawei P30 Pro has got to be pretty special, given the fact it still clings onto a top three spot despite launching at the beginning of 2019.

Its excellence comes down to its 'periscope' telephoto lens which take astounding optically zoomed-in shots at a distance, and its fantastic low light performance, that actually bets the iPhone 11 pro and google pixel 4s in automatic mode, though not always in night mode.

There were a lot of cameras to test on this phone, including four on the back: a 40MP main lens, an 8MP telephoto lens, a 20MP ultra-wide lens, and then a ToF (time of flight) camera to sense depth for portrait photos.

The Huawei P30 Pro camera also uses an RYYB (red yellow yellow blue) sensor instead of the industry-standard RGB (red green blue) sensor to capture more light, and it shows. The snap we took for our review had more detail and less shadow than most of the competition, yet they didn't look completely overexposed.

Xiaomi Mi 10 Pro

Xiaomi has broken the mould with its penta-camera Mi Note 10 Pro. The phone's 108MP sensor, made by Samsung is a world-first, toppling resolution records and packing more pixels than virtually any DSLR or mirror-less cameras.

As with all the 48MP cameras introduced in 2019, the Mi Note 10 Pro uses quad-pixel technology, or 'pixel binning' to grab standard shorts. This technique combines four pixels into one, so a 48MP sensor would create a 12MP image, and the 108MP sensor on the Mi Note 10 Pro produces a 27MP image. The reason for this combining is to capture broader dynamic range and better low light performance by using information from multiple pixels to create a super pixel. If the light is right, however, you can ramp up the resolution and capture full 108MP images for jaw droppingly detailed shots-nothing else comes close to the Mi Note 10 Pro in this respect.

The main camera absolutely nails it, and in good light, beats out the competition in many respects, but the reason this megapixel-monster isn't higher on our list is because the additional cameras can be inconsistent. while we love the fact it packs an optical 2x zoom, 5x zoom and an ultra-wide angle, as well as a dedicated macro camera, if quality if your focus, shoot with the main 108MP module most of the time.

Samsung Note 10 Plus

Samsung's Smart dual-aperture main camera introduced on the Samsung Galaxy S9 is back, flipping between f/1.5 and f/2.4 without breaking a sweat. This time, on the Note 10 Plus, it's combined with a 12mm ultra-wide camera that lets you grab wider shots than virtually any other camera phone around.

That isn't the only addition to the Note 10 Plus - this time, there's a ToF (time of flight) sensor, as found on the Huawei P30 Pro, and this captures depth information for improved background defocus and bokeh when shooting in live focus (portrait) mode.

Samsung's camera UI is also incredibly comprehensive, with a pro mode that can keep the shutter open for in excess of 30 seconds, as well as an improved night mode, which tries to take down the likes of Huawei and Google.

Unfortunately, this is where it drops the ball by comparison, but despite good, not sensational night shots, the Note 10 is still a seriously good camera phone, and its clever S pen can even act as a remote shutter for the times you prop your note on a surface and snap stepped-back group shots.

What else should you know ?

There are a few more factors that help deliver a great smartphone camera, and one of the most important features is optical image stabilization (OIS). This is a bit of hardware, usually found on the main and zoom cameras, that helps keep your camera steady.

OIS reduces shakiness caused by hand jitter or general movement of the phone. Pictures are most likely to come out blurry without OIS, especially at night when the shutter needs to stay open a little longer a capture to a brighter photo. This is also useful for videos, ensuring that your recorded clips aren't a shaky mess.

Do be aware that some companies generally tout EIS (electronic image stabilization) or generic "image stabilization." This is a software-driven approach that generally isn't as good as OIS, but the execution tends to vary by manufacturer. So if offered the choice between a phone with EIS and one with OIS, (assuming they're near identical otherwise) we'd recommend going with the latter.

Many phones are also coming up with AI  modes for their cameras, and this simply uses scene and object recognition to automatically adjust picture settings. Huawei calls it an AI mode, while Samsung calls it a scene optimizer, and LG calls it AI cam.

These AI-driven modes can detect that you're pointing the camera at a plate of food, then crank up the color saturation for a more vivid picture. Or it might detect that you're pointing the camera at a sun-lit cityscape, then automatically enable HDR to ensure that the bright sky shadowy areas are kept in check. Some AI modes can even detect people in a shot and automatically enable portrait mode, giving you a pleasantly blurred background.

Fortunately, AI modes can be disabled on many phones, just in case you prefer to have complete control over the shot.

That's it for our guide to buying a phone with a great camera!