HOWTOSIMPLY CAMERA LAB

Same scene.
Eleven phones.

Real photos from the phones we own, taken minutes apart in the same light. Look closer, compare two side by side, and see the settings each phone used.

11 phones6 scenes66 real photos
The red sculpture in Frankfurt's Palmengarten, photographed with the iPhone 17e
iPhone 17e · our photo
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Shot 24 October 2026Palmengarten, Frankfurt · sunny afternoon
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Real photos, no scores. Every picture here was taken by us on the phone named. Location data removed, people blurred, no colour edits. How we test

SIX SCENES

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THE PHONES

Eleven phones.
One shared view.

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SIDE BY SIDE

The difference
is in the details.

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WRITTEN UP

First comparisons

White bench and asters, photographed with the Galaxy S26Galaxy S26 · our photo
HOW WE TEST

Same place.
Same light.

All 11 phones took each scene within a few minutes of each other, on 24 October 2026 in Frankfurt.

  1. 01
    Match the scene.

    Same spot, same tripod, default settings, every phone before moving on.

  2. 02
    Show the settings.

    Lens, aperture, ISO and shutter speed, read from each phone's own file.

  3. 03
    No scores.

    We show what we see. You decide what you like.

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SIX SCENES. ONE PHONE.

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PHOTO

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A closer comparison.

Centre crop: the middle quarter of the original photo (a quarter of its width and of its height), shown 1,000 pixels wide, so every phone shows the same part of its own frame.