The iPhone 6s's camera is no longer the king of mobile photography

Apple's iPhone series has brought many new mobile phone experiences, such as smart applications, mobile Internet, and of course mobile phone photography. Although camera phones have already appeared in the era of feature phones, Apple has truly popularized mobile phone photography as a daily behavior by relying on its strong influence in popular culture, combined with technology and mobile application trends. Of course, the improvement of the camera effect of each generation of iPhone is also commendable.

However, as competition intensifies, we find that the iPhone's camera advantage has become smaller and smaller. Samsung, LG and other Android manufacturers have also launched a large number of excellent camera phones through unremitting efforts. Foreign media Gizmodo recently conducted a comparative test on the iPhone 6s's camera and found that it is no longer the absolute king of mobile photography. Let's take a look at the details below.

The first improvement of iPhone 6s is the 12-megapixel photosensitive element. Although the size has not been increased, Apple has achieved more outstanding detail performance through the optimization of the graphics processor, and the noise has not increased significantly. From the comparison of the sample photos of iPhone 6s and iPhone 6 in the above figure, we can see that iPhone 6s is indeed better in leaf details.

So, how does it compare to other models? Gizmodo selected Motorola Moto X Pure (21 million pixels), Samsung S6 (16 million pixels), LG G4 (16 million pixels) and iPhone 6s for comparison, and found that iPhone 6s is not as good as high-pixel models in terms of magnifying details, but its advantage lies in Apple's unique color reproduction style, which is relatively more natural.

Gizmodo believes that the iPhone 6s presents the most natural color reproduction effect regardless of daytime, cloudy or nighttime conditions, while the Samsung S6 is oversaturated and the LG G4 has a slight haze and light refraction. This view is further confirmed by a set of flower macro samples.

However, in most cases, the photos taken by iPhone 6s are no longer stunning, and still look the same as the old "Apple-style" style. There is no qualitative improvement compared to iPhone 6, and in some cases, it is inferior to its competitors. Gizmodo also pointed out that in the test, it was found that the focus speed of iPhone 6s was improved compared to its predecessor, but it was still a bit slow compared to Samsung S6 and LG G4. In addition, the optical image stabilization function of iPhone 6s Plus makes it easier to take stable images in dim conditions.

One small problem that cannot be ignored is: if you want to change the resolution of iPhone 6s video, you need to go to Settings-Camera to select it, instead of directly in the camera application. This experience is not user-friendly enough, and other competing models do not have this logical problem.

In addition, Samsung S6 and LG G4 can already shoot RAM lossless format photos, which is more playable for those who like to adjust and edit later. As for 4K video, if you don't have a 4K TV or monitor, it basically doesn't make much sense.

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All in all, the iPhone 6s' camera performance is not that impressive. You get slightly better details, a better selfie camera, and 4K video capabilities. Yes, Apple has delivered on its promise of upgrades, but it is no longer an absolute advantage over its competitors, which is why the iPhone 6s is no longer the king of mobile photography. Therefore, we are more looking forward to next year's iPhone 7 to be equipped with a new sensor, advanced internal zoom lens, etc., to further improve the photo experience.

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