The best camera phones in the mid-price category. Rating of smartphones with a good camera

Average price- 46,100 rubles. The flagship from the cult American company received 49% of A's based on reviews in Yandex Market. Specifications: 4.7-inch screen with a resolution of 1334x750, 12-megapixel main camera and 5-megapixel front camera, 64 GB of internal memory and 2 GB RAM. Like all iPhones, it only supports one SIM card. Quotes from the review of the portal w3bsit3-dns.com:
"The main camera has become 12-megapixel, but its most noticeable difference from its predecessor is improved noise reduction algorithms. Even in low light indoors, small details (like the inscriptions on the labels of bottles in a bar) remain distinguishable and are not clogged with artifacts. Sometimes with high magnification there is a slight blurring the boundaries of the object, but the contours still remain quite clear, which simplifies their subsequent processing.
The front camera has become much better and has received the Retina Flash function: when taking a selfie, the screen flashes brightly with pink-yellow light for a moment, acting as a special flash to illuminate the face, which maintains the correct white balance. Something similar was implemented a couple of years ago in other Android smartphones, but few people remember about it.”
“The camera “learned” to shoot 4K video, not for the sake of subsequent viewing on the still rare 4K TVs, but for the sake of the ability to enlarge the desired fragment of the recording and see all the details.”
The result on the camera of the 6th iPhone from w3bsit3-dns.com is as follows: “The camera, according to the latest comparative tests and blind voting, is no longer the best, but you can’t blame the device for the quality of the pictures either.”

Samsung Galaxy S6 32Gb

The average price is 27,500 rubles. Galaxy S6 received 51% of five reviews in Yandex Market. Main camera 16 MP, front camera 5 MP. Regardless of the region, your device may have either a Samsung ISOCELL sensor or a Sony IMX20 sensor. Main camera functions: automatic real-time HDR processing function, optical stabilization images, as well as an infrared sensor. The camera takes excellent pictures even after sunset. Quote from a review of the w3bsit3-dns.com portal: “In the dark, the camera takes excellent pictures that you wouldn’t expect to see on a smartphone screen. Illuminated objects and the sky look very expressive, lights don’t flood the frame with blurry light, the contrast is conveyed naturally. In general, you can shoot without fear of getting a set of dark and light spots instead of a spectacular shot."

Quote from one of the buyers of this model: “The camera is fire. Very high quality pictures, took a photo of a soft fabric toy - when you get closer, each thread is visible separately!”

The 5.1-inch screen has a resolution of 2560x1440. The internal memory is 32 GB and the RAM is 3 GB. Operating system - Android 6.0. Battery capacity - 2550 mAh. Supports only one SIM card. No support for external memory card. There is a fingerprint scanner.

Samsung Galaxy Note 5 32Gb

The average price is 33,400 rubles. This model received 45% of fives according to reviews in Yandex Market. Like all flagships from Samsung, this model is distinguished by a high-quality camera. The Phone Arena resource, having compared cameras from the main flagship models of 2015, put the Samsung Galaxy Note 5 in first place, which this model shared with the iPhone 6S Plus and Nexus 6P. Galaxy camera Note 5 took first place in a blind comparison of smartphone cameras conducted among visitors to the resource hi-tech.mail.ru. LG V10 took second place, third - Apple iPhone 6s Plus, followed by Google Nexus 6P.
The Galaxy Note 5's camera characteristics are similar to the Samsung Galaxy S6: the main camera is 16 megapixels, the front camera is 5 megapixels.
Other characteristics: 5.7-inch screen with a resolution of 2560x1440, operating system Android 5.1, 32 GB of internal and 4 GB of RAM, support for one SIM card.

6th place.

LG G4

The average price is 18,000 rubles. The flagship from the South Korean manufacturer received 46% of fives according to reviews in Yandex Market. Specifications: 5.5-inch screen with a resolution of 2560x1440, 32 GB of internal memory and 3 GB of RAM, Android 5.1 operating system. 16 megapixel main camera and 8 megapixel front camera. Featuring an F1.8 aperture, laser autofocus, and OIS 2.0 optical stabilization, the camera allows you to shoot in low light, take portraits, create sophisticated effects, and create professional-grade photos with stunning clarity and detail.

The LG G4 camera took first place in a blind comparison of smartphone cameras conducted among visitors to the resource hi-tech.mail.ru. The LG G4 camera beat the second-place camera by a double margin Sony Xperia Z5, third place went to iPhone 6S. The ferra.ru resource also conducted a blind test among readers, where the LG G4 camera also took first place (second place for Samsung Galaxy S6, third for iPhone 6S).

LG G5 SE

Average price - 18,000 rubles. The flagship of the South Korean manufacturer, released in April 2016, received 80% of the five reviews in Yandex Market. This model has three cameras: a 16-megapixel main camera, an 8-megapixel wide-angle camera (viewing angle - 135 degrees) and an 8-megapixel front camera. The wide-angle camera is located in the same place as the main one - on the rear panel. Unlike dual camera iPhone 7, where is the analysis images coming two sensors at once, which can have a detrimental effect on the quality of the frame, because image blur may occur in some areas, the LG G5 takes a different route: it takes two pictures at once with two different cameras, namely wide-angle and main, from which you can choose the best one.

The resource hi-tech.mail.ru conducted a comparative test of the LG G5 and Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge cameras, the results were as follows: " Flagship Samsung Still, they shoot better, which is especially noticeable at night. However, when shooting self-portraits, LG is in the lead, which has another important advantage: the ability to take wide-angle shots with a viewing angle of 135 degrees." The portal phonearena.com conducted several comparisons of the cameras of the Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge and LG G5, where the quality of the images was assessed by visitors through a blind vote , and experts. The Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge won the blind vote, but experts attributed this victory to the brighter unnatural colors in the Samsung camera and gave preference to the LG G5. Therefore, it is fair to say that the Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge and LG G5 have approximately the same main cameras. level, while the LG G5 has an advantage in shooting with the front camera, as well as an additional advantage in the form of a wide-angle camera.

The LG G5 camera received 86 points in Dxomark, just like the iPhone 7 camera.

Other characteristics: 5.3-inch screen with a resolution of 2560x1440, 32 GB of internal memory and 3 GB of RAM, there is a slot for memory cards up to 2 TB. Operating system Android 6.0. Battery capacity - 2800 mAh.

This model is the world's first smartphone with a modular equipment principle. The user can replace the battery in a few seconds or install one of the LG Friends modules: a special LG Cam Plus unit with additional buttons camera control or LG Hi-Fi Plus with audio chip. With the first module, the smartphone becomes complete compact camera with a comfortable grip, and with the second one it turns into a real audio player. The LG Cam Plus module has its own 1200 mAh battery. But you shouldn’t just add up the capacities, everything is a little different: as soon as the phone’s battery runs out, it is immediately recharged from the battery in the LG Cam Plus unit. So, in essence, we have an additional external battery.In this case, modules are purchased separately. LG Cam Plus costs from 900 rubles, but buying an LG Hi-Fi Plus will cost 6 thousand rubles.

Apple iPhone 7 Plus 32Gb

The average price is 51,000 rubles. The flagship from the iconic American company went on sale at the end of September 2016.iPhone 7 Plus 32gb scored 50% of the fives according to reviews in Yandex Market (see.). The flagship from the iconic American company went on sale at the end of September 2016. iPhone 7 Plus has a dual main camera (2 modules of 12 megapixels each). This sounds impressive, but it was used last year at Huawei smartphone Honor 6 Plus turned out to be not so impressive in reality, because... When analyzing an object with two sensors at once, blur occurs in those areas of the frame where this does not happen with standard focusing. Compared to the sixth iPhone, the aperture has been improved to f/1.8 (previously f/2.2), which allows 50% more light to pass through; six-lens lens; optical image stabilization (OIS) for photo and video shooting; Slo-Mo shooting in resolution up to 1080p; a special processor for processing information from the camera (Image signal processor), which does this 60% faster than before. Can the iPhone 7 camera be considered the best in the world today? Unfortunately for iPhone fans, this is not the case. The resource keddr.com conducted a blind comparison among its readers of the cameras of three flagships: Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge (which went on sale in March 2016), last year's Apple iPhone 6s and Apple iPhone 7 Plus. As a result, the Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge camera won with a huge advantage; it won all 6 photo tests and one of two video tests, slightly inferior to the iPhone 7 in the quality of 4k video shooting. The seventh iPhone took second place, losing to the sixth iPhone in one photo test and one video test. The blind voting on the portal phonearena.com had the same results, where the 7th iPhone also lost to the Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge. As for the comparison with the LG G5, in a blind comparison of 6 tests, the 7th iPhone and LG G5 won three each, but the editors of phonearena.com still preferred the iPhone.

As for the front camera of the 7th iPhone, it has a 7 megapixel matrix (the 6th iPhone has 5 megapixels, the Galaxy S7 Edge also has 5 megapixels, the LG G5 has 8 megapixels).

Other Features: State-of-the-art operating room iOS system 10 (the sixth iPhone had iOS 9), 5.5-inch screen with a resolution of 1920x1080, 32 GB of internal memory and 3 GB of RAM. Like all iPhones, there is no support for an external memory card and no support for a second SIM card. Talk time is 21 hours, standby time is 384 hours, music listening time is 60 hours. There is protection against water.

Apple iPhone 7 Plus has two more varieties: with 128 GB of internal memory and with 256 GB. But for the rating, the model with 32 GB was chosen because... this amount of memory is quite enough average user, moreover, this variety is the most affordable.

Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge 32Gb

Average price in Russia - 40,500 rubles. Buy Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge on AliExpress possible for 31.9 thousand rubles (delivery to Russia is free). The flagship from the leading smartphone manufacturer in South Korea and went on sale around the world in March 2016 and today has received 43% of fives according to reviews in Yandex Market (see).

Galaxy S7 Edge at the end of 2016 became the best-selling smartphone of the South Korean company, and also entered the top three. This model became the most popular in the USA, where it took first place in sales at the end of the year. Every 10th Android smartphone sold in the US last year was a Samsung flagship. AlsoGalaxy S7 Edge took first place in sales in Germany and Hong Kong.

Technical characteristics: 5.5-inch screen with an incredible resolution of 2560x1440, Android 6.0 operating system, 32 GB of storage and 4 GB of RAM, support for two SIM cards. But the main advantage of this model is the camera. Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge 32Gb has a 12-megapixel main camera and a 5-megapixel front camera. Samsung cites the following advantages of the camera in this smartphone: a larger aperture lens (F1.7) and enlarged matrix pixels (1.4 microns) capture much more light, which allows you to consistently obtain clear and detailed photographs even in low light conditions; smartphones support Dual Pixel technology: all matrix pixels have two photodiodes, not one, which allows the sensor to focus as quickly and clearly as the human eye, and Dual Pixel technology ensures such fast and flawless autofocus that you can capture even the sharpest movement in low light conditions; For the first time, you can capture movement in animated panorama mode.

Last year's Samsung flagship The Galaxy S6 had a Sony IMX240 sensor and a 16 MP main camera resolution. The S7 has a new sensor - Sony IMX260 with a resolution of 4 megapixels less. Portal 4pda.ru in Samsung review Galaxy S7 Edge 32Gb writes: “Samsung took an interesting step, completely changing the camera after the success of the previous generation. Only after trying the new device in action, you understand that this did not happen by chance, and no one in the Korean company would decide to change an excellent module for one that what’s worse. In the eyes of ordinary people, four megapixels are really lost, but an experienced amateur photographer will tell you that happiness is not in the number of megapixels.” “The Samsung Galaxy S7 edge sets a new quality standard for smartphone cameras for at least the next year. For excellent photos both day and night, spectacular videos, optical stabilization and many shooting modes, the editors of w3bsit3-dns.com award the SGS7 edge the “Nice Shot” badge.”

In a blind test among visitors to the resource phonearena.com, the Galaxy S7 edge confidently outperformed the iPhone 7, LG G5 and iPhone 6s.

HTC 10 32Gb

Average price in Russia - 30,550 rubles. Buy HTC 10 on Aliexpress possible for 25.2 thousand rubles(delivery to Russia is free). The flagship from the second largest Taiwanese manufacturer was released in May 2016 and today has received 66% of five reviews in Yandex Market. Technical characteristics: Android 6.0 OS, 5.2-inch AMOLED screen with a resolution of 2560x1440, 32 GB of permanent memory (of which 23 GB is available to the user) and 4 GB of RAM. Support external memory card. Supports only one SIM card. Battery capacity - 3000 mAh. Talk time is 27 hours, standby time is 456 hours. There is a fingerprint scanner.

The main advantage of this model is its cameras. Main - 12 MP, front - 5 MP. Optical image stabilization is introduced for the first time in both the main and front cameras. The camera takes excellent pictures in low light conditions. The manufacturer's website says: "You can expect perfect lighting for great photos. And you can trust the main camera of HTC 10, which captures up to 136% more light in every photo. No magic - just next-generation UltraPixel technology, complemented by optical stabilization and a fast ƒ/ lens 1.8". The front camera of the HTC 10 is no less impressive than the main one. The size of its photosensitive elements has been increased, the lens has an ƒ/1.8 aperture, and the screen perfectly acts as a flash. A wide-angle lens will allow you to capture not only your own portrait, but also a group of friends. For the first time, HTC 10 adds 4K video recording to 24-bit Hi-Res stereo audio recording. An audio track recorded in this format contains 256 times more detail and reproduces twice the frequency range. The HTC 10 camera starts up in 0.6 seconds - that is, almost instantly.

Various reviews and comparison tests they say that HTC 10 has one of the best cameras in the world today. In July 2016, the Phonearena resource conducted a comparative test of flagship cameras, in which HTC 10 took first place, beating LG G5, iPhone 6s, OnePlus3, Samsung Galaxy S7, Sony Xperia X Performance. The HTC 10 camera received 88 points on the Dxomark resource, this is the second result after the Google Pixel, whose camera has only 1 point more.

This model is one of the five .

Google Pixel 128GB

The average price in Russia is 42,000 rubles. The model from the American manufacturer, presented in October 2016, received 71% of fives according to reviews in Yandex Market.

Technical characteristics: 5-inch screen with a resolution of 1920x1080 pixels, the latest Android 7.1 operating system, 128 GB of storage and 4 GB of RAM, support for one SIM card. External card The smartphone does not support memory, but Google provides unlimited storage for photos and videos taken on the Pixel. Besides, backup all data is automatically created on Google Drive. After which the phone will offer to free up space on internal storage by deleting already copied files. Battery capacity 2770 mAh. Time battery life talk time - 26 hours, standby time - 456 hours, music listening mode - 110 hours. 4-core processor Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 MSM 8996 Pro with Adreno 530 graphics accelerator. Fingerprint scanner on the rear panel. Case material - aluminum and glass.

Main advantage Google smartphone Pixel is his camera. This is the world's best smartphone camera. The Dxomark resource gave the Google Pixel camera 89 points, thanks to which it took first place in the ranking of the best cameras, beating HTC 10, Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge and Sony Xperia X Performance, which shared second place, by 1 point. Another authoritative resource Phonearena conducted a comparative camera test (based on 9 parameters) of the following models: Google Pixel, iPhone 7 Plus, Samsung Galaxy S7 edge, LG V20. The places in the final list were distributed as follows: Google Pixel took first place, Galaxy S7 edge took second, LG V20 took third, and iPhone 7 Plus took last place.

What is the Google Pixel camera? It has a Sony IMX378 sensor with a resolution of 12 MP and an aperture of F2.0. There is a laser focusing system. There is no optical stabilization, it is replaced by digital stabilization. The camera has HDR+ mode enabled by default, which is largely due to its excellent shooting quality. It is worth noting that optics alone do not guarantee perfect shooting in smartphones. Software plays a big role. For example, last year's flagship Xiaomi Mi5S has the same Sony IMX378 sensor, but thanks to the superior software, Google Pixel squeezes everything it can out of the camera. You shouldn't be surprised by this, because... It is known that Google is the developer of the Android OS, and therefore has an advantage over all other smartphone manufacturers. If you want to use Android exactly the way it was intended Google company, then it's worth buying a Google Pixel.

The front camera is equipped with an 8 megapixel sensor with an F2.4 aperture and the ability to shoot video in 1080p.

The Association of Kazakhstan Automotive Business (AKAB), summing up the results of 2018, made three main conclusions: over the past year, Kazakhstanis registered 1.2 million cars (of which 84.9 thousand were new), which is 14.8% more, than in 2017. Citizens purchased 60.9 thousand new cars from official car dealers (and here the growth is within 24%). Every second car sold by dealership centers is made in Kazakhstan.

For new cars - go to showrooms

The press service of AKAB provided Kursiv with data on the automobile market in the context of the four western regions of the country - Atyrau, Aktobe, Mangistau and West Kazakhstan.

Thus, the Atyrau region became the leader in the number of registered new cars in 2018. Here, 6.1 thousand vehicles were delivered for initial registration during the year (this is 7% of the total number of new cars in Kazakhstan). In the Aktobe, Mangistau regions and West Kazakhstan region, more than 3.6 thousand new cars were purchased over the past year (4% in each region of the national purchase volume).

Moreover, as noted in AKAB, the population of three regions has begun to trust dealership car centers for the sale of cars more. Thus, Aktau residents bought 2.6 thousand cars through official dealers over the year (sales increase by 50% compared to 2017); in Atyrau - 4.6 thousand (34% increase); in Aktobe - 2.4 thousand . (more than in 2017, by 29%). But in Uralsk the opposite picture is observed - here in 2018, 8% fewer cars were purchased from car dealers than in 2017.

Having asked the question: “What new cars do residents of the western regions prefer?”, Kursiv found out that in terms of the number of cars sold by car dealers in 2018 in all four regions, Lada is in the lead, Toyota is in second position, and Hyundai is in third.
By the way, AKAB notes that in West Kazakhstan, unlike other western regions, there is a demand for Renault cars, but in 2018 it fell sharply - by 59% compared to 2017.

According to AKAB, the highest average price for a car from a car dealership in 2018 was recorded in the Aktobe region - 8.2 million tenge. In the other three regions, the cost of similar cars from dealers averaged 7 million tenge.

The most in demand both in the west of the country and throughout Kazakhstan among ordinary citizens are cars in the price range from 3 to 5 million tenge - they account for almost 30% of the total sales of new passenger cars at dealerships.

Budget Ladas in use

However, even with the population’s increasing interest in new cars, according to ACAB analysts, the country’s vehicle fleet continues to age: a total of 1.2 million units of equipment were delivered for secondary registration last year, and two-thirds of the total number of re-registered cars are cars in aged over 10 years (790 thousand units), aged from 3 to 10 years – 291 thousand cars, up to 3 years – 112.8 thousand cars.

In the context of the western regions, 159.5 thousand cars were put on secondary registration during the year.

The largest number of used cars (including trucks, buses, motorcycles) was sold in the Mangistau region - 52 thousand units (13 times more than new ones). In the Aktobe region this figure was 49.5 thousand (12 times more than new ones), in the West Kazakhstan region - 29 thousand (7.5 times more than new ones). The smallest number of used cars was purchased by residents of the Atyrau region - 28.8 thousand (this is 4.5 times more than new cars).

According to ACAB analysts, the most popular cars on the secondary market in 2018 were Lada (Vaz), Toyota, and Volkswagen cars. Moreover, the largest number of Lada (Vaz) cars were sold in the Aktobe region - 9.1 thousand units. In Atyrau and West Kazakhstan region, more than 6 thousand of similar cars were sold, in the Mangistau region - 5.8 thousand.

At the same time, there is a decrease in the interest of motorists in the Lada (Vaz) model, compared to 2017, within 5–11% in the Aktobe, Atyrau and West Kazakhstan regions, while in Mangistau car owners began to purchase this model 4% more often, than in 2017.

Toyota cars, according to research, are most loved by drivers of the Mangistau region - in 2018, 9.2 thousand of these cars were sold here, while in the Aktobe region this figure was 4.9 thousand, in the Atyrau region - 3.3 thousand . and in West Kazakhstan region – 2.1 thousand cars. At the same time, in the Aktobe and Atyrau regions, cars of this brand, compared to 2017, began to be bought by 7–8% less; in the West Kazakhstan region, the interest of motorists in Toyota remained at the same level, and in the Mangystau region it increased by 3%.

Volkswagen cars, as it turned out, are most loved by drivers of the West Kazakhstan region and the Aktobe region. Over the past year, 3 thousand cars of this brand were sold in these regions (which is 7% less than in 2017), in the Atyrau region - 1035 units (minus 15%), in the Mangistau region - none.

According to possibilities and cars

We analyzed the situation in terms of prices and offers on local car markets in the western regions, based on private advertisements on the Internet portal kolesa.kz.

Yes, on at the moment The largest number of offers for the sale of passenger cars, both used and new, comes from the Aktobe region - almost 6 thousand. The second place in terms of the availability of cars for sale is the Mangistau region - 5.3 thousand offers, followed by the Atyrau region - 4.8 thousand and West Kazakhstan region – 3.8 thousand.

The lion's share of advertisements for the sale of the most popular car - Lada (Vaz) - falls on the Aktobe region (1.5 thousand offers), in the West Kazakhstan region and Atyrau region this number is approximately the same (1150 and 1143 offers, respectively), in the Mangistau region of these Russian cars They sell half as much - 646.

Let us note that the cheapest versions of the Lada (Vaz) models are presented in the West Kazakhstan region and the Mangystau region: here they are ready to sell cars produced in 1982 and 1996 for 150 thousand tenge – the Lada 2107 and Lada 2109 models.

The most expensive model Lada - Vesta Cross 2018 - worth 5.8 million tenge was offered by Aktobe sellers. A similar model of the same year of production in the Atyrau and Mangistau regions is already cheaper - 5.3 million tenge.

Toyota cars for sale are most concentrated in the Mangistau region - 980 offers, in the Aktobe region there are 739, in the Atyrau region - 662, in the West Kazakhstan region there are only 348 advertisements for the sale of these Japanese cars.

The most cheap model A 1996 Toyota Lucida worth 550 thousand tenge is put up for sale in West Kazakhstan. The most expensive model, the 2018 Toyota Land Cruiser, costs the most in West Kazakhstan - 33.7 million tenge. In the other three western regions, car owners are ready to sell a similar model of the same year of manufacture for 30 million tenge.

There are very few advertisements for the sale of Volkswagen cars. Thus, in the Mangistau region, only 125 cars of this brand are put up for sale, in the Atyrau region - 219, in the West Kazakhstan region and Aktobe regions - 316 and 359 offers, respectively.

The lowest selling price for a 1987 Volkswagen Golf car is presented in the West Kazakhstan region - 250 thousand tenge; the most expensive Volkswagen car, a 2019 Tuareg, worth 27.5 million tenge, is also sold here.

Let us note that the most expensive car that is offered for sale in the western regions is located in Uralsk - this is a 2018 Mercedes Benz G63 AMG worth 105 million tenge. Car with the same technical characteristics in Aktobe costs 87.5 million tenge. There is no such offer in the Mangistau region, but there is an equally beautiful and expensive Mercedes AMG GT, the cost of which is 62.9 million tenge.

For many, when choosing a smartphone important criterion is a built-in camera. In your search for the best, it would be a win-win option to choose this year’s flagship from any of the A-brands. Whether it is a phone from Samsung, Sony, Apple, LG or Microsoft is not important. Buying the latest flagship model, you will get a device with an excellent camera. The only thing that can put me off here is the price.

But not everyone considers it necessary to buy a phone that costs more than five thousand dollars. At the same time, having a good camera in a smartphone does not become less important. Just two years ago it was difficult to imagine that a mid-price smartphone could have an advanced camera. Now the situation has changed. If you pay attention to, you can get a smartphone with a good camera for quite affordable price. Since this is a 2015 model, it has dropped noticeably in price. Now it costs about 18 thousand rubles in Russia. Those who are willing to wait can order it from a Chinese store for $199.99 (there are occasional coupons for unlimited quantities). This is for a smartphone with an advanced 16-megapixel Sony IMX234 Exmor RS camera!

ZTE nubia Z9 mini is really inexpensive smartphone with a good camera. It’s difficult to find anything else for this money in Russia. Difficult, but possible! Recently the Wileyfox brand was introduced in Russia. The company sells smartphones only online. Everything is done for the cheapest possible price (even a charger is not included, only USB cable). They have a wonderful Wileyfox Storm phablet with a Sony Exmor RS 20.7 MP camera (the official website does not say what kind of camera model it is, but according to some sources it is IMX220, which is hard to believe; you can judge the interpolation from the photographs). On the same DJ website they are asking $189.99 for it without coupons. But this is the case when you shouldn’t “focus” on the megapixels of the camera. As smartphone reviews have shown, the camera in Wileyfox Storm shoots at the level of good 13-16 megapixel cameras.

In 2016, the Z9 mini was replaced by the Z9 mini, which also deserves the title of the most affordable smartphone with an advanced camera. This is still a mid-level smartphone, but it uses an advanced Sony IMX298 camera, which is also equipped with the flagship Xiaomi Mi5 and Huawei Mate 8, which cost an order of magnitude more.

Now we can talk about megapixels and why the ZTE nubia Z9 mini is the most affordable smartphone with a 16 MP camera. The fact is that many Chinese are cunning by indicating this camera resolution in their smartphones. Yes, they do shoot at a resolution of 5328x2997 (this corresponds to 16 megapixels), but this can be achieved by software increasing the resolution (interpolation). For example, a smartphone will have a 13 megapixel camera module installed, but thanks to software processing, the smartphone will take pictures in 16 megapixel resolution. At the same time, the quality of the photo will not improve. Rather, the opposite effect is possible.

Looking for cheap smartphone with a good camera, you can run into devices such as iNew V7, Leagoo Elite 1 and Cubot X15. The manufacturer specifies a 16 MP main camera in them, but in reality they have a 13 MP camera module installed, and the image resolution is simply increased by software to 16 MP. That is, they are simply trying to deceive you. Photos from such smartphones will be an order of magnitude lower than in the ZTE nubia Z9 mini. As evidenced by numerous reviews.

Camera module in the Nokia Lumia 925 smartphone

Actually, not only the number of megapixels is important in a camera module. The quality of the lenses, their quantity, aperture (aperture ratio) are important; the presence of optical image stabilization will have a positive effect. Last but not least is the camera application, that is, software processing pictures. So when choosing a smartphone you need to be especially careful. It is advisable to look for reviews of the device on the Internet so that you can see examples of pictures clearly and read the conclusion of the review author.

A camera phone is a mobile phone with a built-in digital photo and video camera.

Initially, the built-in camera was intended for the MMS service, and a camera phone was any phone with a camera. Nowadays, the word “camera phone” is more often used not to refer to any phone with a camera, but rather to a phone with a high-quality camera and one with special photographic functions. Such a phone most often has a high-resolution matrix, a xenon and/or LED flash, additional controls (optical stabilization and laser autofocus), as well as a special photo interface and software for processing photos and transferring them to a blog. The presence of a built-in GPS navigator in some cell phone models allows you to add geotags (geotargeting) to photos that contain information about the shooting location. Also, much attention is paid to software technologies for improving image quality and additional modes filming.

Now almost all models mobile phones(except for the cheapest; or specialized ones, for example corporate or children's) are equipped with cameras of at least 0.3 megapixels (VGA resolution). Quite high-end phones without a camera (for example, Sony Ericsson M600), intended primarily for corporate users, are not equipped with one, since a number of organizations may have bans on bringing devices with image recording capabilities.

Usually the camera is built into the phone from the back, but there are models that have cameras on rotating blocks at the end of the case. Some phones designed to work in third generation networks have, in addition to the main one, another camera (usually of lower resolution, 0.3 megapixels) on the front side of the case for video telephony. As of the second half of 2015, there are smartphones (from Chinese manufacturers) equipped with front-facing modules from 5 to 13 megapixels. The cameras of most flagship smartphones record video in Full HD and support simultaneous recording from the main and front cameras.

Entered the market in 2002 Nokia smartphone The 7650 is the first device equipped with a full built-in camera. It allowed you to take pictures with a maximum resolution of 640x480 pixels, saving them in JPEG format and allowing immediate transfer via MMS. In addition to this shooting mode, designated “Normal”, the device had two more: “Portrait” with a resolution of 80×96 and “Night”, in which the light sensitivity of the matrix was artificially increased, which led to an increase in noise in the image.

In 2004, the Nokia 7610 smartphone was released - the first mass-produced device in Europe with a 1-megapixel camera (resolution 1152x864). The Sharp GX30, introduced earlier in the same year, had much lower total shipments.

Devices with 2 and 3.2 MP cameras became commonplace with the release of the K- and C-series line from Sony Ericsson in 2005[specify].

The 8-megapixel device became a sensation from Samsung in 2009.

At the 2012 MWC exhibition, the Nokia 808 PureView was presented with a 41-megapixel camera, its matrix size is 1/1.2".

In 2013 flagship smartphones Samsung, Sony, LG and other manufacturers are equipped with main cameras with a resolution of 13 megapixels and front ones with 1.9 - 2.1 megapixels; simultaneous shooting of the main and front cameras is supported, including video in Full HD.

On June 12, 2013, the Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom was officially announced - a smartphone with a 16-megapixel camera with 10x optical zoom and a powerful flash. The matrix size is 1/2.3", which is 3 times smaller than in Nokia 808 and 2 times smaller than in Nokia Lumia 1020.

On July 11, 2013, Nokia Lumia 1020 was announced - a smartphone with a 41-megapixel camera and optical stabilization. Unlike its predecessor - Nokia 808 - it has a smaller matrix (2/3"), which affected the quality of photos (increased noise level even during daytime shooting).

In the fall of 2013, the Sony Xperia Z1 was announced, which received a camera with a resolution of 20.7 megapixels. This smartphone, like its predecessor and successors in the line, is capable of shooting even underwater.

At the same time as camera resolutions increase, manufacturers are increasing the maximum video resolution. All flagships at the end of 2013 are filmed in Full HD. In the fall of 2013, Acer Liquid S2 was introduced - the first smartphone that shoots video in Ultra HD. On the same day, the Samsung Galaxy Note III was introduced, which has the same function. Samsung Galaxy S V also shoots in this format.

Announced February 2014 Sony of the Year Xperia Z2 received a 20.7 megapixel camera with the world's first digital image stabilization system and Ultra HD video shooting.

A camera phone is a smartphone with a very good camera and special photographic functions. The best camera phones take photographs no worse than good amateur or semi-professional digital cameras. The video quality of camera phones is not inferior to good video cameras. For example, some camera phones allow you to shoot video in 4K format, that is, four times clearer than Full HD.

This rating will feature best camera phones for 2016. When ranking, we took into account, in addition to the characteristics of the main camera, the characteristics of the front camera (which is needed for video calls and selfies), as well as the price-quality ratio. To assess the quality of cameras, professional reviews of different models, blind comparisons of cameras (when people compare photos taken by different smartphone models without knowing which photo was taken with which device), and customer reviews in Yandex Market were taken into account.

10th place. Microsoft Lumia 950 XL Dual SIM

The average price is 41,390 rubles. This smartphone received 48% of fives in Yandex Market. Main camera 20 megapixels with optical stabilization, F/1.9 aperture and triple natural LED flash, photo resolution 4992x3744, video recording in 4K format, front camera 5 megapixels.

In a comparison of the camera of this model and the camera of the LG G4, published on the SuperHDView YouTube channel, it is clear that the Lumia 950 XL has slightly better color reproduction, while the LG G4 camera produces a clearer picture. As for stabilization in the Lumia 950 XL, the smartphone experienced slight problems with autofocus when shooting moving objects.

Other characteristics: 5.7-inch display with a resolution of 2560x1440 pixels, the latest operating system Windows system 10 Mobile, 32 GB of storage and 3 GB of RAM, support for 2 SIM cards.

9th place. LG G4 H815

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8th place. ASUS ZenFone Zoom ZX551ML 64Gb

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The editors of the w3bsit3-dns.com portal awarded ASUS ZenFone Zoom the “Great Idea” award for its innovative camera housed in a body with a memorable design. The review of the camera of this model on the website 4pda.ru says: “Impressions from the camera are extremely positive. Laser autofocus works very quickly, the optics work well with light... In general, the pictures you get are just a sight for sore eyes.”

Other characteristics: 5.5-inch screen with a resolution of 1920x1080, Android 5.0 operating system, 64 GB of internal and 4 GB of RAM (there is a model with 128 GB of internal memory), support for two SIM cards.

7th place. Sony Xperia Z5

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The Sony company is one of the world leaders in the production of photographic equipment. Even Samsung, the leader in smartphone sales in the world, uses the Sony sensor for its smartphone cameras. Therefore, the Sony Xperia Z5 camera is surprising even when you look at the technical characteristics: the main camera matrix is ​​23 megapixels (the front one has 5 megapixels). Xperia camera The Z5 has ultra-fast autofocus (0.03 sec.), which is achieved by combining two different technologies. With 5x zoom, you can get closer to your subject without sacrificing image quality. This is made possible thanks to powerful sensors, lenses and Sony's exclusive Clear Image technology.

The portal 4PDA in its review of this model writes: “The Sony Xperia Z5 camera can without hesitation be called one of the best among “phone” cameras: most of the pictures are simply amazing in color rendition and clarity. With such a smartphone, you don’t even need a camera.”

In a blind comparison of smartphone cameras conducted among visitors to the Android Authority resource, images taken with the Sony Xperia Z5 camera were second only to iPhone cameras 6S and Samsung Galaxy Note 5.

6th place. Sony Xperia Z5 Premium

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5th place. Huawei Google Nexus 6P

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Other characteristics: 5.7-inch display with a resolution of 2560x1440 pixels, the latest Android 6.0 operating system, 64 GB of storage and 3 GB of RAM, support for two SIM cards.

Chinese camera phones: Huawei Google Nexus 6P

4th place. Samsung Galaxy Note 5

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The Galaxy Note 5's camera characteristics are similar to the Samsung Galaxy S6: the main camera is 16 megapixels, the front camera is 5 megapixels.

Other characteristics: 5.7-inch screen with a resolution of 2560x1440, Android 5.1 operating system, 64 GB of internal and 4 GB of RAM, support for one SIM card.

3rd place. Apple iPhone 6s 64GB

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"The main camera has become 12-megapixel, but its most noticeable difference from its predecessor is improved noise reduction algorithms. Even in low light indoors, small details (like the inscriptions on the labels of bottles in a bar) remain distinguishable and are not clogged with artifacts. Sometimes with high magnification there is a slight blurring the boundaries of the object, but the contours still remain quite clear, which simplifies their subsequent processing.

The front camera has become much better and has received the Retina Flash function: when taking a selfie, the screen flashes brightly with pink-yellow light for a moment, acting as a special flash to illuminate the face, which maintains the correct white balance. Something similar was implemented a couple of years ago in other Android smartphones, but few people remember about it.”

“The camera “learned” to shoot 4K video, not for the sake of subsequent viewing on the still rare 4K TVs, but for the sake of the ability to enlarge the desired fragment of the recording and see all the details.”

The result on the camera of the 6th iPhone from w3bsit3-dns.com is as follows: “The camera, according to the latest comparative tests and blind voting, is no longer the best, but you can’t blame the device for the quality of the pictures either.”

2nd place. Samsung Galaxy S6 SM-G920F 32Gb

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The average price of the model is 34,990 rubles, which is significantly less than the new Samsung flagship - Galaxy S7. Galaxy S6 received 52% of five reviews in Yandex Market. Main camera 16 MP, front camera 5 MP. Regardless of the region, your device may have either a Samsung ISOCELL sensor or a Sony IMX20 sensor. Main camera features: automatic real-time HDR processing, optical image stabilization, and an infrared sensor. The camera takes excellent pictures even after sunset. Quote from a review of the w3bsit3-dns.com portal: “In the dark, the camera takes excellent pictures that you wouldn’t expect to see on a smartphone screen. Illuminated objects and the sky look very expressive, lights don’t flood the frame with blurry light, the contrast is conveyed naturally. In general, you can shoot without fear of getting a set of dark and light spots instead of a spectacular shot."

Quote from one of the buyers of this model: “The camera is fire. Very high-quality pictures, we took a photo of a soft fabric toy - when you get closer, each thread is visible separately! A separate plus is that very folding screen. Looks in real life, as if flat screen poured water "heaped". That is, it protrudes slightly upward, also shines and gives a pleasant roundness)) The display itself is pleasing to the eye, everything is very clear - it even seemed to me that my vision had sharply improved."

The 5.1-inch screen has a resolution of 2560x1440. The internal memory is 32 GB and the RAM is 3 GB. Operating system - Android 5.0 Lollipop. Perhaps the only drawback of this model is that it only supports one SIM card.

1st place. Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge 32Gb

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Last year's flagship Samsung Galaxy S6 had a Sony IMX240 sensor and a 16-megapixel main camera resolution. The S7 has a new sensor - Sony IMX260 with a resolution of 4 megapixels less. The portal 4pda.ru in its review of the Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge 32Gb writes: “Samsung took an interesting step, completely changing the camera after the success of the previous generation. Only after trying the new device in action, you understand that this did not happen by chance, and no one in the Korean company would accept "The decision to replace an excellent module with one that is worse. In the opinion of ordinary people, four megapixels are really lost, but an experienced amateur photographer will tell you that happiness is not in the number of megapixels." “The Samsung Galaxy S7 edge sets a new quality standard for smartphone cameras for at least the next year. For excellent photos both day and night, spectacular videos, optical stabilization and many shooting modes, the editors of w3bsit3-dns.com award the SGS7 edge the “Nice Shot” badge.”

The ranking of smartphones with the best camera for the spring of 2016 looks like this: Android devices continue to hold the first positions, despite all Apple’s attempts to cloud our consumer vigilance with its I-Wi-what characteristics. Why camera Samsung GALAXY better Apple cameras iPhone, and what other smartphones you can buy for cool pictures - next!

In the top three since last year - Huawei Nexus 6P . There is a 12.3 megapixel sensor installed here, and instead of uselessly increasing the number of megapixels, Huawei increased the size of the pixels - the cells on the matrix onto which light falls and a photograph is obtained.

If you don't know, a big pixel is good, as is larger size sensor Pixels in Huawei Nexus 6P - size 1.55µm. The Nexus also has a fast camera, f/2.0 (the average is f/2.2), which means that in low light more light will fall on the matrix - details will be visible in the photo with less noise and blur. Who shoots better than him?

Best of Android

Title “ Best camera in the smartphone of 2016” goes to two Samsungs - Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge and Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge . These are our TOP 3:

• Nexus 6P;
• Galaxy S6 Edge;
• Galaxy S7 Edge.

In low light conditions

A larger aperture than the iPhone 6s Plus allows the S7 Edge to capture more light, and therefore pictures taken on the new Galaxy are detailed and with less noise.

Macro photography and color rendering

IN Samsung camera GALAXY S7 Edge has improved what the S6 Edge was sorely lacking - correct color rendition in macro photography. Compare photos: photo on latest iPhone looks twisted, but the photo on Samsung is closer to the natural color scheme.

Selfie

This, of course, is a matter of taste: do you need a wide-angle front camera? If necessary, it is better to buy the Samsung GALAXY S7 Edge: a larger angle means that more information will get into the frame. In your case, it could be more friends, more sea, more dresses, or whatever you decide to capture your sparkling smile.

Other Android smartphones with good cameras

Alternative options - LG V10, Xiaomi Mi 5 and Google LG Nexus 5X , For example. With them you get ample opportunities manual settings frame, impressive performance of the image stabilization system (especially in Mi 5), high resolution for video shooting and simply nice photos, which you wouldn’t be ashamed to print out. It’s interesting, though, how the flagship LG G5 with the LG Cam Plus module will perform in comparative tests. As soon as the model gets tested, we will definitely supplement the material with considerations on this topic.

The best camera among iOS devices

Important!This item was written by Captain Obvious.

Shoots better than other iPhones iPhone 6s Plus - a 12 MP iSight camera is installed here, there is optical image stabilization, which is already very good. However, the smartphone is somewhat slow to find focus (especially when shooting macro). True, any smartphone will seem slow-witted after comparison with the Samsung GALAXY S7 Edge, which finds a subject to shoot in a split second.

Also, so that you understand the difference between the camera’s response speed from an inactive screen, here are two photos below. The results of the “sixth-es” iPhone are disappointing...