Best Camera Smartphones: From OnePlus 9R To Apple iPhone 12 Pro All Top Choices

If taking photos is your top priority, the options available in the market for the best camera phones can be really fierce. For those in the market for an upgrade, the choices are plentiful whether you’re after a pocketable point-and-shoot camera to supplement a bulky DSLR or a brilliant mobile video camera.

To ease you with the horror of research, we have enlisted here some of the best camera smartphones.

The latest entrant in the OnePlus series, the OnePlus 9R comes with the recently launched Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 SoC that brings 5G connectivity and flagship-like processing. This smartphone has a quad rear camera setup that houses a 48MP Sony IMX586 primary sensor. The camera setup also has a 16MP secondary sensor, 5MP macro shooter, and a 2MP monochrome shooter.

For selfies and video chats, the OnePlus 9R has a 16MP Sony IMX471 camera sensor.

Xiaomi is raising the profile of its mainstream Redmi Note series with specifications that are unmatchable. The Redmi Note 10 Pro Max has a 108MP camera along with 8MP ultra-wide, 2MP portrait and 5MP macro mode camera that really does allow for some creative framing. This phone has a fantastic 6.67-inch full-HD+ 120Hz HDR10 Super AMOLED display with an embedded front camera. It's bright, crisp, and vibrant. The body is slim and light, and this makes the Redmi Note 10 Pro Max easy to use and carry around.

If you're looking for a handset with an excellent camera, then the Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra could be exactly what you're looking for. This camera phone features four rear cameras, including 108MP, 12MP, and two 10MP telephoto cameras. It's worth noting that the Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra is pretty big, offering a 6.8 inches of screen size that users with smaller hands might struggle to maneuver. The Dynamic AMOLED 2X display features a 120Hz refresh rate for smooth scrolling and gaming experiences, HDR10+ support, 1500-nit peak brightness and a 1440 x 3200 resolution.

The iPhone 12 Pro is one of the best camera phones currently available, featuring an impressive triple camera unit, including a pro camera system with 12MP ultra-wide, wide and telephoto cameras, 4x optical zoom range, night mode, deep fusion, smart HDR, Apple ProRAW and 4K dolby vision HDR recording. There are plenty of new features on the iPhone 12 Pro, such as a LiDAR scanner – which will mean faster focusing in low light situations. The iPhone 12 Pro will also be able to use the new Apple ProRAW file format, which means users will be able to combine the great computational photography effects Apple is known for with the power of RAW files.

The Google Pixel 5 actually has a rather simple, less feature-packed imaging setup with only two lenses - 12.2 MP + 16 MP. Despite this, the Pixel 5 uses the tools available very well, capturing crisp, detailed shots with accurate colours in good lighting, although performance drops somewhat in low light conditions. While the ultra-wide lens is great for cramming more into a single shot, there is some noticeable distortion at the edges.

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