iPhone 17e vs Pixel 10a camera: 6 real photos side by side

Real photos, side by side, so you can see the difference.

By howtosimply staff · Photos taken 24 October 2026

iPhone 17e

Pixel 10a

Photo 1 of 6Fountain and pond · main camera

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Quick take

In our six daylight photos the Pixel 10a was cooler, with a deeper blue sky and darker shadows, and it turned the red roses slightly crimson. The iPhone 17e was warmer and kept reds more orange-red. The 17e saved 24 MP files at 1x and the Pixel 12 MP.

What the photo files show

	iPhone 17e	Google Pixel 10a
Saved file at 1x	5712 × 4284 (24.5 MP)	4000 × 3000 (12 MP)
Main lens (35 mm equivalent)	26 mm	24 mm
2x photo	52 mm equivalent, 4032 × 3024 (12.2 MP)	24 mm equivalent, digital zoom 2x, 4000 × 3000 (12 MP)
Software in the files	27.0.1	HDR+ 1.0.809520727zd

How these were taken

24 October 2026, Palmengarten, Frankfurt am Main, sunny with clouds, between 14:28 and 15:27. Each scene was shot with all 11 of our test phones within a few minutes, each on the same tripod, each on its default auto camera settings. The main camera at 1x, the roses at 2x. Location data removed, people blurred, no other edits. How we test · Compare these two in the Camera Lab

What this comparison does not show

Night, indoor and portrait photos: not shot yet.
Ultra-wide and telephoto lenses beyond 2x, and video.
Other light: this is one sunny afternoon. Colours can change in cloud or at dusk.
Other copies of the same phone: we have one of each.

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