LONDON: Camera is one area where phone makers have a real shot at distinguishing themselves. And top companies like Apple and Samsung know it well. This is the reason why these two companies are strongly emphasising the camera features in their top phones.
For long the iPhone has been the gold standard of smartphone photography. But this year, for the first time two years, you can say it has competition. Samsung’s Galaxy Note 5 comes packed with a camera that seems as good as the one inside the iPhone. In fact, you can say that the Galaxy Note 5 has a better camera on the basis of specifications. But then the iPhone has never been about the numbers.
So, which one is better? We pit the Apple’s iPhone 6S Plus against the Note 5 and will tell you about our impressions in a while. But before that let’s take a look at the camera hardware.
The Galaxy Note 5 – Samsung’s latest and greatest phone right now – carries the same rear camera setup found in the Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 edge. You get a 16-megapixel Sony IMX240 sensor with f/1.9 lens. The camera has optical image stabilisation feature. There’s an LED flash and auto HDR.
