1:00 - unboxing 2:10 - features 5:13 - portrait mode 12:40 - dynamic range 13:30 - Night shots 14:25 - Digital Zoom (It’s a Big deal) 20:00 - Unique features: HDR 22:46 - Ultra Wide 23:20 - Astro Photography 35:08 - screen and other stuff See the images here photoshopcafe.com/pixel-4-vs-iphone-11-pro-best-camera-side-x-side-comparison-review-depth/
Finally, an in depth camera review! Pixel is absolutely smashing it here, you can see they spent a lot of time fine tuning the camera itself, and the app
I'm waiting for my clearly white 128 GB Pixel 4 XL to be delivered. I'm trading in my just black 64GB Pixel 3 XL so I'm only paying $800 for my new Pixel 4 XL. Can't wait!!!
sable mae it’s almost identical, keep the 3. U get full resolution photos saved to google photos too which is something they took away with the 4. I had the 3 and I almost wanna say in some situations the 3 did better. Also it uses the SAME exact Sony sensor in the camera, and the same software. So basically all u get is a telephoto lens, but u lose the ability to zoom out on selfies.
Pixel 4 has high resolution telephoto lens than iPhone 11 Pro does. Edit#1: Google will always have slight lead in computational photography using AI, etc. But apple will also use their resources to enhance the camera performance since they have good hardware (SoC, lens, etc) built in iPhones 11 (pro). Computational photography is totally different paradigm.
papavalesRS it won because he got a free phone sent to him as you can see he favored the pixel because all in the the iPhone 11 Pro has the best all around camera on a phone
Tamil TV is that better then video recording because the iPhone wipes it’s ass with the pixel when it comes to video recording pound for pound the iPhone camera is better this year
This was a very, very well done review. I like the way you take you time to be thorough and get in to the details. You really get to see the differences. Probably the comparison best review I have seen of these two phones. Substance for the win... Great that you are so precise in your explanations. Impressive work.
This is exactly how I imagine a comparison test if it is about a camera comparison. Finally a test that is honest and objective and exactly shows the advantages and disadvantages. This comparison is really helpful and creates trust. Thank you, thank you, thank you...👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Computational photography has a lot of hard problems to solve. I think eventually they will come close enough in their approximation to be visually indistinguishable from a DSLR to the common user. Currently hair is a difficult thing to achieve good bokeh on, and that also goes for objects with lots of strands or bars and spacing in between. Eventually the processing will get good enough to make little to no mistakes in these cases. For all the bragging that iPhone users are doing about the iPhone 11 (and rightly so given the big leap apple just made in catching up in terms of clarity, detail, quality of photos, and night mode), it is still telling that for portrait mode, the iPhone fails the straw test. Previous portrait samples from older iPhones also show this error. Glasses and straws are commonly incorrectly blurred out. I do disagree with the assertion that Google is using machine learning to identify objects prior to doing portrait mode though. For humans, there may be face detection, but generally achieving portrait mode should mainly rely on stereoscopic views. In the case of Pixel, both pixel distance and camera lens distance are used. Nice review and explanations!
yeah both dual pixel and lens distance are used but both are used differently. one for transverse and another one vertical so Pixel 4 has better depth mapping compared to iphone .
The best and most detailed video on UA-cam minus the bias.. First video I've seen that truly split's the hairs on mobile photography comparisons. Thank you for the time you put in creating this upload..👍🍀😁
I would love to see a follow up after Apple releases 13.2 (which I believe is supposed to add more computational features). As someone who has been loyal to iphones, I am a little disappointed in how much better the Pixel did.
Not really. It really depends from the one who did the test. One “photographer” to another will have different opinions and different results. As someone who has both phones (pixel 3 XL & iphone 11 Pro), different situations have different result. I prefers the iPhone for most situations, except for lowlight photography. I wouldn’t put my trust entirely on the “tech reviewers” as even them have their own biased. I can assure you the iPhone performs better than what showed here, somehow he manages to take the worst of the iphone and the best of the pixels. Im still amazed with the iphone even been using it for a month now. But the pixel is great too.
iPhone is still very good though so nothing to be disappointed anyway. My biggest problem with iPhones is that orangish, yellow tint that the photos have. Some people tend to say that it’s natural, honestly I don’t see it. The slightly more cooler tones of pixel is more realistic in my opinion. Though pixel tend to have more contrast though.
@@yureino Completely disagree. I've seen way too many iPhone images on way too many UA-cam comparisons to agree with your comment. On 90% of the iPhone images I've seen, the colors are just too warm on the iPhone. Samsung phones have the same problem. Warm = yellow whites. Cool = more blueish tint to white, but closer to white, not yellow. Google's Pixel phones have always taken cooler images, resulting in more natural looking colors, while the iPhone and Samsung images lean more warm, causing red and yellow tints to most of their images. Yet, despite this tendency, I hear Apple fans constantly saying how much more "natural" the iPhone images are. Well, white is not naturally yellow and brown is not naturally red.
After a week of use, I feel that the the most radical feature of the iPhone 11 camera is the compositional feature ‘ capturing outside the frame’. This allows you to refine the composition of a photo in camera and it has saved more than one picture for me. In one picture I chopped off the top of a gate; to get the whole gate in I had to either step back or change the focal length, neither solution satisfactory because doing so gave me different composiitons, not the one I was after. But editing in camera using the feature above I re-captured the top of the gate without changing the rest of the composition and thus retaining my desired vantage point. Maybe the Pixel 4 does this too but if it does none of the reviews I read mentioned it.
Wow this is by far the best video I have seen to date that gives a brilliant explanation into the camera features in the 2 phones touted as the best camera phones. I just bought the pixel 4 xl so I am very happy with my choice.
Personally, I prefer the Pixel for photos, video is better on the iPhone though. The rest really comes down to if you prefer Android or iOS. I'm still on the mac eco system, so although I carry both phones with me all the time, I am using iPhone as my main phone, mainly because that's what I have always used and I'm used it it. If Apple keeps going the way they have though, that could change.
I'm interested in how these cameras deal with compression when zoomed. Do they compress the subject a d eliminate distortion like, say zooming at 180mm?
Phones have already replaced point & click cameras but they are a long way from replacing professional shoots, especially where off-camera flash & HSS is needed. The Pixel gives much better pictures, the iPhone has a yellow tint.
Sony Xperia 1 and 5 Sony knows a thing or two about photography, great manual modes.. LG V50 and G8-G8x manual mode raw, excellent stereo recording and quad dac/amp monitoring, no dongle for the headphone jack needed and mics work well there for latency free monitoring, ultra wide, double and triple lenses, when it was not cool, Huawei P30 Pro ( the one to beat) and Mate 30, Nokia detail Raw B and white, bokeh for days, and lightroom. Apple pixel and samsung to an extent are great at automodes where you let the computer do everything for you, they have many of the auto algorithm style effects, dslr users see in Capture one and Luminar photo editing enhancing software. I do understand the picks but they are so many good phone photography options, that just hearing about apple and google every year, is almost disrespectful to the rest who will lose in some areas, but win and others, and many have onboard sd card storage, more standard ram, and equal or better and more versatile lens, but for auto do everything for yu software they are pretty good. I wish I could send you one of each with tutorials and reviews, so that we get a better overall view of phone photography.
Thank you, excellent video. Looking for a new phone and the camera is my highest single priority. Feeling cautious though as my current phone is a Sony, which I thought would be good but has actually been very disappointing.
Great Review ! for the protrait mode Google has some advantage compared to the iphone because of vertical depth map from dual pixel of the main camera . you`re holding the phone in portrait orientation . i think iphone has only one method to map the depth that is from telephoto which is horizontal. google has better implementation using both source , dual pixel and telephoto to cover 2 axis in depth mapping hence it can catch the straw for proper dept mapping. and , i wish u can comment more on 13mm iphone ultrawide sharpness detail
The Pixel 4 is a better camera. I have absolutely no doubts. However, I am under no illusions as to how Google has messed up this phone. It is almost as if competitors have a mole in Google whose sole job is to make sure that the worst decisions are implemented. It's just the simple things: A lack of headphones; Taking away free original storage for Pixel phones; Relatively poor battery life; Stupid memory options; and No ultra wide lens.
Lens distortion (and the digital correction of it in the phone). Something I haven't seen ANY reviewer talk about. In some side by sides where the Full Frame from each camera is shown, it looks like the iPhone may be doing less digital correction of lens distortion in wide shots. But in others, it looks like google is fixing the barrel distortion, but less perspective distortion than iPhone. But it's difficult to say since very few shots in any reviews are shown with the full frame side by side.
Battery life isnt as bad as every one is making it i have the pixel 4 xl and after making adjust meants for battery ive been getting good battery usage
Excellent review, Colin. Thanks. I am disappointed with HDR on the iPhone11 Pro.There is no way one can control it, like on the iPhone 8 where I can switch HDR ON or OFF. You also don’t know when a final photo is HDR as it does not say on the screen. I hope Apple will have an update to change this. Any idea if it will happen?
Hi, I'm a new subscriber 😎 I will buy d P4 cuz I love taking pictures . Pictures are memories and what a better way to preserve those memories is by using a very good camera..on a phone.👍😊👍
i don't think the first slider is for the highlights, it's just the overall exposure slider.. as it obviously affects all the tonalities (you're a photoshop guy, you should have noticed). also referring to google's face unlock as face id is like referring to google duo as facetime. other than that, great video ! thanks !
Great job, I didn't hear you mention format saving. My note 5 would save in camera raw and took great photos. iPhone 11r only heir or jpg so not quite as good. The best thing about camera phones is they are pretty much always with you.
Noise is astonishingly low on myiPhone 11 pix... to the point that it almost needs insertion in some PS post processing. Also, while the iPhone auto processing is interesting, it is also intrusive leaving me with photos that need to be bathed in post of the iPhone effects.
iPhone has better software (overall software, iOS, not only camera software), better longevity, better video recording capabilities and stabilization, better photos overall, wide angle lens, Apple ecosystem...
User1010 you sir are absolutely correct he was a little bias we can all take a better shot with each one period the only thing the pixel does have is more punchy Contrast I’ll admit and I do like more sometimes but I think the 11 pro does the best
I see a lot of stuff I don't like about the Pixel 4 images they all seem to have excessive sharpening applied and on the portrait mode there are parts of the counter that are out of focus even though they are on the same focal plane as in focus items in the susi.
I don't know whether I want to buy a phone at this point. I'm one of those Luddites who thinks a phone should be used to make phone calls (how rare!). I'm also thinking very seriously that because people don't buy these "phones" to be phones, they ought to be called something else, because that's not what they're purchased for (phones, that is). Obviously, they are much more than phones. I do like my DSLR cameras very much and that's where my pictures come from.
They are called something else, "smart phones" which means pocket computer that also does texting, video chat, photos and occasionally when you absolutely have to: a phone call.
@@photoshopcafe smart phones doesn't cut it. Still has "phones" in the title and they are still much more than that, and the phone component has become ancillary. "Smart" is ok, but it still needs a second word that is more encompassing.
Im more terrified whenever i think what if phone manufacturers software on dslr hardware Or maybe they just vary on thickness Phone has 8mm & mirrorless camara has more In term of size mirrorless & phones are same 6.7inch What if phone manufacturers decide to use different components & keep that mirror & sensor inside phone In front tiuch screen On nack camara lens mount I can deal with thickness
Great review for what's covered - but perhaps too focused (pun) because other reviews of both Pixel 4 models consistently complain about poor battery life and lack of ultra-wide lens... Since Google sprung for Colin's free Pixel 4 XL, I hope Google watches~reads this review & posted comments - so here are mine: 1. Google depends on throttling screen frame rate to conserve battery so "typical" phone use should achieve much better time between charges than "intensive" conditions present during reviewers' testing; beyond that - Google could improve real-world battery life for many users, by giving users individual slider control over some always-on features which consume lots of power in the background - allowing each user to prioritize some phone features over others (i.e. - game play over fast facial recognition, etc.) ... 2. Google's Astral Photo AI-tech should be readily adaptable to stitching two panned photos shot in quick succession into a single panorama processed in-camera - thus reducing some of the stigma from the leaving out an ultra-wide lens in these gen-4 Pixel models. Apple's proprietary hardware gives the iPhone 11 Pro a huge computational advantage over the Pixel 4; in that context - Apple's AI execution looks lackluster compared to what Google has accomplished with stock, lower-rated tech under-the-hood. Fortunately, I'm able to wait-out Apple & Google, 'til I see how each responds to early-adopter criticisms with updates to their respective flagship phones' software...
That's a tough call. If you are really into photography then it is worth it for the updated camera, if you don't have a super critical eye, then it might not be time to upgrade yet.
@@photoshopcafe thanks and yeah the primary wide angle sensor is the same Sony one they used the year prior and I rarely ever use zoom. I'd like to see how deep fusion compares now that it is out however.
I dont trust Vloggers... I trust photographers.. They know much about photography... Not vloggers only being paid by mobile companies to promote thier prouducts.
If we add the fact that Iphone 11 has a wide angle, costs less and has undeniably better video it is sad pixel 4 lost its identity as the best, cheapest high end camera for photos in the market. The competition caught up and pixel 4 doesnt excel in either photography let alove video vs iphone 11 on same price tag. I am between iphone 11 128gb because i love that wide angle or wait for pixel 4a for value.
I have Pixel 4 xl my wife has iPhone the pixel kills it in night mode the iPhone pix are over exposed they still look good but you want it to still look like a night shot but it looks like it was shot at sunset
@@GloryNature I started with S6, but I had problems with it. Once I got the original Pixel, I've never looked back. The camera and phone just keep getting better with every release. 🙂👍
Pixel shows real time preview of hdr lol apple does that in since iphone 7 ,pixel 2 and 3 Seres taking a photo then the process and providing a output, finally they changed with pixel 4 ,but in iphone as always just press the shutter button it instantly captures what you see in the screen that you get...With the introduction of smart hdr also there is no process time taking for final output with the power of A Seres isp it will do the process from the time you press the shutter button finally google did that
The key word being catching up. It feels like they are always catching up. I mean they do an awesome job when they do catch up but by theb the Android eco system is usually looking at more advanced tech. It's a early adopter vs waiting for all issues to be sorted out dilemma, depends what kind of buyer you are 😀. There is no wrong either way.
mike ellis you can get just as good picks even better pics out of the iPhone now if we’re talking video it eats the pixel dint let this guy fool you the iPhone has the best all around camera watch some other reviews actually honest ones
brothers where you noticed or not but do it if you have both the smartphone....just on the camera of iphone 11 max pro and click the google pixel display through iphone camera.....iphone camera failed to recognize the right color.....this is shit i don't know why people say that iphone has best camera this year......they don't even come close to pixel in camera comparison.....such a paid promotion from apple.....
I saw professional photographers using their phones when shooting President Trump in Arizona...... Most big body DSLR's are almost disappearing...... I also saw a couple of Sony's mirror-less A7r cameras......
Absolutely will smartphones completely replace real cameras for average users starting from this generation. I am embarrassed by my system camera how limited the DR is and how I always have to correct the auto exposure or auto warm balance. My iPhone is just much smarter. However, the computational photography has clear boundaries and it effectively limits the creativity of the user. So it will never be able to replace a good hardware for a hobby or professional photography. However, we also said iPhone will “never” achieve good bokeh and I think we are 1-3 years away from being proven wrong...
1:00 - unboxing
2:10 - features
5:13 - portrait mode
12:40 - dynamic range
13:30 - Night shots
14:25 - Digital Zoom (It’s a Big deal)
20:00 - Unique features: HDR
22:46 - Ultra Wide
23:20 - Astro Photography
35:08 - screen and other stuff
See the images here photoshopcafe.com/pixel-4-vs-iphone-11-pro-best-camera-side-x-side-comparison-review-depth/
photoshopCAFE resume: IPhone 11 Pro is the best...
Hey guy, it was not unbiased. Sorry
instaBlaster.
Finally, an in depth camera review!
Pixel is absolutely smashing it here, you can see they spent a lot of time fine tuning the camera itself, and the app
Pixel 4 XL in my hands - it is so goooood.
I'm waiting for my clearly white 128 GB Pixel 4 XL to be delivered. I'm trading in my just black 64GB Pixel 3 XL so I'm only paying $800 for my new Pixel 4 XL. Can't wait!!!
How is the battery?
@@NapoleonIBonopart No problem getting through the day but charging every night once.
Not it isn't
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Is it just me or does Colin look exactly like a younger Tommy Lee Jones from the MIB movie?
I can see it 😁
George w bush
Who else tried to clean the smudge mid-left of their monitor?
I moved my mouse over it to check, it wasn't there on the mouse so no need to clean ;p
@@RennieAsh 200 iq play right here
Awesome review! Very in-depth comparison from an actual photographer
The pixel digital zoom is crazy. I downloaded the new gcam on my pixel 3. It's impressive. I can't imagine how it is with the telephoto lens
sable mae it’s almost identical, keep the 3. U get full resolution photos saved to google photos too which is something they took away with the 4. I had the 3 and I almost wanna say in some situations the 3 did better. Also it uses the SAME exact Sony sensor in the camera, and the same software. So basically all u get is a telephoto lens, but u lose the ability to zoom out on selfies.
Great review Colin. I'm an Apple user and have been for years but the Google Pixel 4 wins for me on the quality of photos.
Same here, I still use an iPhone too
But gets killed in video
Wow an opposite comment from what i have read in the other comparisons of these 2 phones.
No
Note 10 is
This video is the exact meaning of useful
Thanks!
Watching this in my Pixel 4 XL! I'm impressed!
Pixel 4 has high resolution telephoto lens than iPhone 11 Pro does.
Edit#1:
Google will always have slight lead in computational photography using AI, etc. But apple will also use their resources to enhance the camera performance since they have good hardware (SoC, lens, etc) built in iPhones 11 (pro). Computational photography is totally different paradigm.
most informative video, thank you for your hard work really appreciate
THANK YOU for finally focusing on the actual issues and technical aspects of both phones and the shortcomings of each one in a non-biased review.
The best review. Elderly people are honest than younger generations
Now this is a camera test!
Best pixel-iPhone camera comparison on UA-cam! (And I have watched almost all of them 😅)
finally the only video that pixel 4 wins iphone 11. We need more pixel friendly videos like this one
papavalesRS it won because he got a free phone sent to him as you can see he favored the pixel because all in the the iPhone 11 Pro has the best all around camera on a phone
Pixel kills iPhone in zooming
Tamil TV is that better then video recording because the iPhone wipes it’s ass with the pixel when it comes to video recording pound for pound the iPhone camera is better this year
Best review on UA-cam. Eyes opening! What a professional photographer can see. Thank you.
This was a very, very well done review.
I like the way you take you time to be thorough and get in to the details. You really get to see the differences. Probably the comparison best review I have seen of these two phones.
Substance for the win... Great that you are so precise in your explanations. Impressive work.
Great, great review, Colin. Very thorough and heartfelt. Congrats for a great job well done.
This is exactly how I imagine a comparison test if it is about a camera comparison. Finally a test that is honest and objective and exactly shows the advantages and disadvantages. This comparison is really helpful and creates trust.
Thank you, thank you, thank you...👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Best detailed review on UA-cam right now!!! Great work!!!
Computational photography has a lot of hard problems to solve. I think eventually they will come close enough in their approximation to be visually indistinguishable from a DSLR to the common user. Currently hair is a difficult thing to achieve good bokeh on, and that also goes for objects with lots of strands or bars and spacing in between. Eventually the processing will get good enough to make little to no mistakes in these cases.
For all the bragging that iPhone users are doing about the iPhone 11 (and rightly so given the big leap apple just made in catching up in terms of clarity, detail, quality of photos, and night mode), it is still telling that for portrait mode, the iPhone fails the straw test. Previous portrait samples from older iPhones also show this error. Glasses and straws are commonly incorrectly blurred out.
I do disagree with the assertion that Google is using machine learning to identify objects prior to doing portrait mode though. For humans, there may be face detection, but generally achieving portrait mode should mainly rely on stereoscopic views. In the case of Pixel, both pixel distance and camera lens distance are used.
Nice review and explanations!
yeah both dual pixel and lens distance are used but both are used differently. one for transverse and another one vertical so Pixel 4 has better depth mapping compared to iphone .
wow.. didn't expect this analysis to be so good... thank you for the very informative video
The best and most detailed video on UA-cam minus the bias.. First video I've seen that truly split's the hairs on mobile photography comparisons. Thank you for the time you put in creating this upload..👍🍀😁
Thanks for this video. Much appreciated. It answered a lot of questions I had. You rock!
This is amazing to see from a professional
I would love to see a follow up after Apple releases 13.2 (which I believe is supposed to add more computational features). As someone who has been loyal to iphones, I am a little disappointed in how much better the Pixel did.
I was surprised too, having been an iPhone user since day one myself.
They're both great and that's coming from a pixel fan
Not really. It really depends from the one who did the test. One “photographer” to another will have different opinions and different results. As someone who has both phones (pixel 3 XL & iphone 11 Pro), different situations have different result. I prefers the iPhone for most situations, except for lowlight photography.
I wouldn’t put my trust entirely on the “tech reviewers” as even them have their own biased.
I can assure you the iPhone performs better than what showed here, somehow he manages to take the worst of the iphone and the best of the pixels.
Im still amazed with the iphone even been using it for a month now. But the pixel is great too.
iPhone is still very good though so nothing to be disappointed anyway. My biggest problem with iPhones is that orangish, yellow tint that the photos have.
Some people tend to say that it’s natural, honestly I don’t see it. The slightly more cooler tones of pixel is more realistic in my opinion. Though pixel tend to have more contrast though.
@@yureino Completely disagree. I've seen way too many iPhone images on way too many UA-cam comparisons to agree with your comment. On 90% of the iPhone images I've seen, the colors are just too warm on the iPhone. Samsung phones have the same problem. Warm = yellow whites. Cool = more blueish tint to white, but closer to white, not yellow. Google's Pixel phones have always taken cooler images, resulting in more natural looking colors, while the iPhone and Samsung images lean more warm, causing red and yellow tints to most of their images. Yet, despite this tendency, I hear Apple fans constantly saying how much more "natural" the iPhone images are. Well, white is not naturally yellow and brown is not naturally red.
That digital zoom is amazing!
Right?
After a week of use, I feel that the the most radical feature of the iPhone 11 camera is the compositional feature ‘ capturing outside the frame’. This allows you to refine the composition of a photo in camera and it has saved more than one picture for me. In one picture I chopped off the top of a gate; to get the whole gate in I had to either step back or change the focal length, neither solution satisfactory because doing so gave me different composiitons, not the one I was after. But editing in camera using the feature above I re-captured the top of the gate without changing the rest of the composition and thus retaining my desired vantage point. Maybe the Pixel 4 does this too but if it does none of the reviews I read mentioned it.
That is the super wide angle. The pixel doesn't have it, one of its biggest drawbacks.
You are just the very best. Period. Explained depth of field, optical/digital zoom, HDR so so well. Thank you so much.
This is such a great informative video. Thank you so much!
That sushi made me hungry
This review was great. Coming from a professional photographer.
Absolutely brilliant in-depth review. 👍🍀😁
Wow this is by far the best video I have seen to date that gives a brilliant explanation into the camera features in the 2 phones touted as the best camera phones. I just bought the pixel 4 xl so I am very happy with my choice.
Great review!!! Learned a lot !
In some cases the Pixel shots were better, but in the end you have to decide which total package is worth your 1k. Great review!
Whats the reason for the yellow tint in iphones photos?
hi, so, personaly, which phone do you choose based on the quality of photos?
Personally, I prefer the Pixel for photos, video is better on the iPhone though. The rest really comes down to if you prefer Android or iOS. I'm still on the mac eco system, so although I carry both phones with me all the time, I am using iPhone as my main phone, mainly because that's what I have always used and I'm used it it. If Apple keeps going the way they have though, that could change.
Outstanding review of two amazing phones and this is from someone using a Tracfone.
Thanks, Colin for a good review. @Get to the Point Already noted somethig I can agree on as well :-)
I bought the 4XL I'm liking it, changed from iPhone to Google and not sorry. 👍🏻
I'm interested in how these cameras deal with compression when zoomed. Do they compress the subject a d eliminate distortion like, say zooming at 180mm?
Yes, they do. Look at the example of the house and sign.
Thanks!For real review.
Phones have already replaced point & click cameras but they are a long way from replacing professional shoots, especially where off-camera flash & HSS is needed. The Pixel gives much better pictures, the iPhone has a yellow tint.
I'm starting to like this kind of detailed review with an educational explanation as well vs "Tech" reviewer.
Excellent review. Adding comparison of human subjects would have made it even better
Sony Xperia 1 and 5 Sony knows a thing or two about photography, great manual modes.. LG V50 and G8-G8x manual mode raw, excellent stereo recording and quad dac/amp monitoring, no dongle for the headphone jack needed and mics work well there for latency free monitoring, ultra wide, double and triple lenses, when it was not cool, Huawei P30 Pro ( the one to beat) and Mate 30, Nokia detail Raw B and white, bokeh for days, and lightroom.
Apple pixel and samsung to an extent are great at automodes where you let the computer do everything for you, they have many of the auto algorithm style effects, dslr users see in Capture one and Luminar photo editing enhancing software.
I do understand the picks but they are so many good phone photography options, that just hearing about apple and google every year, is almost disrespectful to the rest who will lose in some areas, but win and others, and many have onboard sd card storage, more standard ram, and equal or better and more versatile lens, but for auto do everything for yu software they are pretty good.
I wish I could send you one of each with tutorials and reviews, so that we get a better overall view of phone photography.
Thank you, excellent video. Looking for a new phone and the camera is my highest single priority. Feeling cautious though as my current phone is a Sony, which I thought would be good but has actually been very disappointing.
Great Review ! for the protrait mode Google has some advantage compared to the iphone because of vertical depth map from dual pixel of the main camera . you`re holding the phone in portrait orientation . i think iphone has only one method to map the depth that is from telephoto which is horizontal. google has better implementation using both source , dual pixel and telephoto to cover 2 axis in depth mapping hence it can catch the straw for proper dept mapping. and , i wish u can comment more on 13mm iphone ultrawide sharpness detail
Can you please compare the iPhone 11 Pro astophotography with the Pixel 4
The Pixel 4 is a better camera. I have absolutely no doubts.
However, I am under no illusions as to how Google has messed up this phone. It is almost as if competitors have a mole in Google whose sole job is to make sure that the worst decisions are implemented.
It's just the simple things:
A lack of headphones;
Taking away free original storage for Pixel phones;
Relatively poor battery life;
Stupid memory options; and
No ultra wide lens.
Your points are al valid shortcomings of the P4. I agree. For battery, if you turn off the sense touch, it will make it last longer.
photoshopCAFE what’s the point of having features if you can’t use em
Lens distortion (and the digital correction of it in the phone). Something I haven't seen ANY reviewer talk about. In some side by sides where the Full Frame from each camera is shown, it looks like the iPhone may be doing less digital correction of lens distortion in wide shots. But in others, it looks like google is fixing the barrel distortion, but less perspective distortion than iPhone. But it's difficult to say since very few shots in any reviews are shown with the full frame side by side.
I just ordered the pixel 4 but I'll have to see about battery life.
Yup, check out other reviews for that info, mine was only on the camera.
Battery life isnt as bad as every one is making it i have the pixel 4 xl and after making adjust meants for battery ive been getting good battery usage
Please let us know about battery life of the smaller Pixel, thank you
How’s the battery life
@@solarcj9313 I've had my Pixel 4 for a few months and it's been fine.
Excellent review, Colin. Thanks. I am disappointed with HDR on the iPhone11 Pro.There is no way one can control it, like on the iPhone 8 where I can switch HDR ON or OFF. You also don’t know when a final photo is HDR as it does not say on the screen. I hope Apple will have an update to change this. Any idea if it will happen?
Hi, I'm a new subscriber 😎 I will buy d P4 cuz I love taking pictures . Pictures are memories and what a better way to preserve those memories is by using a very good camera..on a phone.👍😊👍
The pixel 4/xl is the best phone I've used honestly. 👍🏾
i don't think the first slider is for the highlights, it's just the overall exposure slider.. as it obviously affects all the tonalities (you're a photoshop guy, you should have noticed). also referring to google's face unlock as face id is like referring to google duo as facetime. other than that, great video ! thanks !
An Outstanding review on UA-cam, without any monopoly of iPhone mafia
Great job, I didn't hear you mention format saving. My note 5 would save in camera raw and took great photos. iPhone 11r only heir or jpg so not quite as good. The best thing about camera phones is they are pretty much always with you.
This shoots in jpg and RAW. believe they are saved as HEIC, which can be raw by the way.
If we're going to compare, why not use the iPhone 11 pro max to compare against this google pixel 4 xL?
2 reasons: #1 the camera is identical on both. #2 this is the iPhone I have, its not like Apple gives them to me ;)
photoshopCAFE exactly why you favored the pixel lol the 11 pro is the same as the max you should have used the cheaper 11 in that case my man
Noise is astonishingly low on myiPhone 11 pix... to the point that it almost needs insertion in some PS post processing. Also, while the iPhone auto processing is interesting, it is also intrusive leaving me with photos that need to be bathed in post of the iPhone effects.
Truying to get the pixel to replace my 2XL.
iPhone has better software (overall software, iOS, not only camera software), better longevity, better video recording capabilities and stabilization, better photos overall, wide angle lens, Apple ecosystem...
User1010 you sir are absolutely correct he was a little bias we can all take a better shot with each one period the only thing the pixel does have is more punchy Contrast I’ll admit and I do like more sometimes but I think the 11 pro does the best
You really need to re compare with deep fusion. It helps the digital zoom big time.
I see a lot of stuff I don't like about the Pixel 4 images they all seem to have excessive sharpening applied and on the portrait mode there are parts of the counter that are out of focus even though they are on the same focal plane as in focus items in the susi.
Lol, Deep fusion is only used in medium light and starts instead of smsrt hdr under these conditions....
P4 is a amazing phone, just haven't wide... (In particular u have battery bank in pocket)
Good video thanks
i'm an iphone user, but pixel clear wins here, i'm actually super disappointed in the iphone camera
Pixel phones are really very good in photography and still pictures. Though Iphones are more balanced with video recording and stills.
I prefer pixels for photography, because the images are more detailed
I have Google pixel 3 XL and still so nice
I don't know whether I want to buy a phone at this point. I'm one of those Luddites who thinks a phone should be used to make phone calls (how rare!). I'm also thinking very seriously that because people don't buy these "phones" to be phones, they ought to be called something else, because that's not what they're purchased for (phones, that is). Obviously, they are much more than phones. I do like my DSLR cameras very much and that's where my pictures come from.
They are called something else, "smart phones" which means pocket computer that also does texting, video chat, photos and occasionally when you absolutely have to: a phone call.
@@photoshopcafe smart phones doesn't cut it. Still has "phones" in the title and they are still much more than that, and the phone component has become ancillary. "Smart" is ok, but it still needs a second word that is more encompassing.
@@aimarchirico4746 That's not bad. Thanks. Remember "personal digital instruments?" (or words to that effect)
All's these tech UA-camrs see three cameras on the iPhone and automatically thinks it's better. Pixel all day, give credit where its do folks.
Im more terrified whenever i think what if phone manufacturers software on dslr hardware
Or maybe they just vary on thickness
Phone has 8mm & mirrorless camara has more
In term of size mirrorless & phones are same 6.7inch
What if phone manufacturers decide to use different components & keep that mirror & sensor inside phone
In front tiuch screen
On nack camara lens mount
I can deal with thickness
What if camera manufacturers invested in tech as much as phone builders do? imagine what would be possible.
Great review for what's covered - but perhaps too focused (pun) because other reviews of both Pixel 4 models consistently complain about poor battery life and lack of ultra-wide lens...
Since Google sprung for Colin's free Pixel 4 XL, I hope Google watches~reads this review & posted comments - so here are mine:
1. Google depends on throttling screen frame rate to conserve battery so "typical" phone use should achieve much better time between charges than "intensive" conditions present during reviewers' testing; beyond that - Google could improve real-world battery life for many users, by giving users individual slider control over some always-on features which consume lots of power in the background - allowing each user to prioritize some phone features over others (i.e. - game play over fast facial recognition, etc.) ...
2. Google's Astral Photo AI-tech should be readily adaptable to stitching two panned photos shot in quick succession into a single panorama processed in-camera - thus reducing some of the stigma from the leaving out an ultra-wide lens in these gen-4 Pixel models.
Apple's proprietary hardware gives the iPhone 11 Pro a huge computational advantage over the Pixel 4; in that context - Apple's AI execution looks lackluster compared to what Google has accomplished with stock, lower-rated tech under-the-hood. Fortunately, I'm able to wait-out Apple & Google, 'til I see how each responds to early-adopter criticisms with updates to their respective flagship phones' software...
Why iphone images always have this yellow tint over it. Pixel 4 is more natural and better overall quality
Is the pixel 4 worth upgrading from the pixel 3?
That's a tough call. If you are really into photography then it is worth it for the updated camera, if you don't have a super critical eye, then it might not be time to upgrade yet.
@@photoshopcafe thanks and yeah the primary wide angle sensor is the same Sony one they used the year prior and I rarely ever use zoom. I'd like to see how deep fusion compares now that it is out however.
I didn't get it, so which is better phone camera now? He didn't said a verdict.
11 pro max with deep fusion is insane.
U know this based on what? Apple's word of hype?¿?!
Mathew Liam Sousa no my own use. I have one with 13.2 that has deep fusion.
I dont trust Vloggers... I trust photographers.. They know much about photography... Not vloggers only being paid by mobile companies to promote thier prouducts.
If we add the fact that Iphone 11 has a wide angle, costs less and has undeniably better video it is sad pixel 4 lost its identity as the best, cheapest high end camera for photos in the market. The competition caught up and pixel 4 doesnt excel in either photography let alove video vs iphone 11 on same price tag. I am between iphone 11 128gb because i love that wide angle or wait for pixel 4a for value.
Pixel destroyed iPhone
w p lmao destroyed my ass
Destroyed my wallet
@@aldrinmarquez1351 but you now have the best camera money can buy
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I have Pixel 4 xl my wife has iPhone the pixel kills it in night mode the iPhone pix are over exposed they still look good but you want it to still look like a night shot but it looks like it was shot at sunset
Awesome review! I am a huge fan of the Pixel 4. I can't wait to get mine and replace my Pixel 3.
I'm also thinking about trading P4xl with my S10 but it's still quite a tough decision to make. 🤔
@@GloryNature I started with S6, but I had problems with it. Once I got the original Pixel, I've never looked back. The camera and phone just keep getting better with every release. 🙂👍
Your sensor seems to have sensor dust.
My sensor always has sensor dust.
Pixel shows real time preview of hdr lol apple does that in since iphone 7 ,pixel 2 and 3 Seres taking a photo then the process and providing a output, finally they changed with pixel 4 ,but in iphone as always just press the shutter button it instantly captures what you see in the screen that you get...With the introduction of smart hdr also there is no process time taking for final output with the power of A Seres isp it will do the process from the time you press the shutter button finally google did that
Pixel is a great camera but these fan boys and fan girls hate the fact that other phone cameras are catching up to iphone they are so delusional
90% of the world use Android platform. Every iPhone looks the same. So much more choices for Android
@@rockybear702 absolutely i totally agree with you good point👍🏽👌🏾💯
The key word being catching up. It feels like they are always catching up. I mean they do an awesome job when they do catch up but by theb the Android eco system is usually looking at more advanced tech. It's a early adopter vs waiting for all issues to be sorted out dilemma, depends what kind of buyer you are 😀. There is no wrong either way.
@@TariqSaleem i agree definitely 👍🏽
I'd buy the Pixel 4 just for the camera
mike ellis you can get just as good picks even better pics out of the iPhone now if we’re talking video it eats the pixel dint let this guy fool you the iPhone has the best all around camera watch some other reviews actually honest ones
I love the iPhone but it sure looks like the GOOGLE PIXEL 4 is simply better!
the bokeh effect of mobile phones is good, but it will never be as good, real and natural as the bokeh effect of DSLRs.
Please remove that mark on your wall, Colin - I'm fed up with wiping my screen
lol: its where my UA-cam award was hanging, that people were complaining about
Complaining??? If you've been awarded it, show it off - forget the moaners. Love your work
brothers where you noticed or not but do it if you have both the smartphone....just on the camera of iphone 11 max pro and click the google pixel display through iphone camera.....iphone camera failed to recognize the right color.....this is shit i don't know why people say that iphone has best camera this year......they don't even come close to pixel in camera comparison.....such a paid promotion from apple.....
I saw professional photographers using their phones when shooting President Trump in Arizona...... Most big body DSLR's are almost disappearing...... I also saw a couple of Sony's mirror-less A7r cameras......
11.38, My God the state of that glass on the iPhone, that's shockingly poor.
You look a bit like George Bush 👍😁 Awesome review btw
I think iPhone 11 win in videography
Compare it to the note 10 which in most stills is better than the iphone
If I had one, I would
I love the delusion note fans, the photo’s i have seen the iphone has the edge.
Mickytdi these note fans cant just accept defeat 🤣
i dont understand why google has that design if they dont have the hardware
Absolutely will smartphones completely replace real cameras for average users starting from this generation. I am embarrassed by my system camera how limited the DR is and how I always have to correct the auto exposure or auto warm balance. My iPhone is just much smarter.
However, the computational photography has clear boundaries and it effectively limits the creativity of the user. So it will never be able to replace a good hardware for a hobby or professional photography.
However, we also said iPhone will “never” achieve good bokeh and I think we are 1-3 years away from being proven wrong...
Well said.