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Photo quality

Say "cheese", then rate this thread to express how photos taken with the come out. A higher rating indicates that photos offer rich color (without over-saturating), sharp detail (with all subjects in-focus), and appropriate exposure (with even lighting).
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A pretty decent photo quality, however if you do not use the "Vivid colours" your images can appear quite washed out.

I am excited about this
https://www.news.com.au/technology/...e/news-story/29aefcf847fb39e2e37a17c4bb3f9510
Okay - article pumps up the phone... but then LOOK at the PHOTO sample v the iphone...... why is it that bad? I don't want to go near this phone, if this is its output. Who do we trust though? All reviewers saying it is amaaaaazing... Reminds my how I got sucked into my last huawei - Nexus 6P
The hundred or so (seemingly that amount) of youtubers who got the free trip top London and the early release, or the mainstream media? Or what?
That image comparison though - can't get past it

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...That image comparison though - can't get past it
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Judging from the small images I would assume that the Mate 20 had bokeh-effect on, the flowers seems to be pretty sharp and focussed but the background looks delibarately out of focus.

photo quailty is insane check what i took
https://photos.google.com/share/AF1...?key=d0J2cnRLRWF6MDdqQXVHSHlPUHBRS3pYSVlxMW1R
nice little tip use night mode at day to get crazy HDR pictures like the one of the cars ^^

bloodomen2 said:
photo quailty is insane check what i took
https://photos.google.com/share/AF1...?key=d0J2cnRLRWF6MDdqQXVHSHlPUHBRS3pYSVlxMW1R
nice little tip use night mode at day to get crazy HDR pictures like the one of the cars ^^
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your photos look lovely - however the photo's ive tried taking so far in my office etc look very poor quality, right now my oneplus3 is better! which firmware are you on? im on 108.. still haven't received tany updates yet

ooMoo said:
your photos look lovely - however the photo's ive tried taking so far in my office etc look very poor quality, right now my oneplus3 is better! which firmware are you on? im on 108.. still haven't received tany updates yet
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I'm on 122 and there were camera improvements as well as new camera features. I've found night mode to be inconsistent but when it works is glorious!

Coming from the p20 pro to this the seflie camera on the mate is terrible looks like we gone back a few years on the front camera almost makes it unusable for me...

Hi all,
I am on my third day of HM20 Pro.
Love it all and the photos sure, great
Have you guys tried to take photos from the messaging apps? Signal, message, whatsapp?
I cannot believe the... Worst quality ever!! Is there any config I am missing?
Just try it.. Send an MMS via the messaging (not taking the photo before, but actually from within the app) and let me know....
About to pack my new phone and return it....
Thanks for your comment!

The camera is awesome... Maybe not as good as the P20 Pro though at night time

i just stuck a Vodafone sim in for a few seconds to get the 122 update - camera is definitely a bit better! not had a chance to test much yet though, but from the few I have taken shots are appearing less grainy now.

buxz777 said:
The camera is awesome... Maybe not as good as the P20 Pro though at night time
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I feel with software it will beat the p20p. So far I'm satisfied as it's leaps better than my 10p I sold.

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This phone camera is a complete missery!
I've switched from Samsung Galaxy S7 and completely disappointed. I feel like my S7 did better photos than Mate 20 Pro. Here is a list of issues (aside of Gluegate - which affected my phone).
Front camera:
- overexposes selfies in almost all conditions
- HDR mode is quirky and either doesn't make any difference or renders too flat results
- This silly toast "please hold camera steady whike your photo is sharpening" pops up almost all the time, regardless of light conditions
Rear camera
- HDR mode is just useless
- there is no "auto HDR" settings and switch HDR on is taking too many clicks
- and yet again... toast from hell "please hold camera steady whike your photo is sharpening"... THIS IS RIDICULOUS! Even in super bright conditions, where single lens camera would do perfectly well, Huawei asks me to hold my camera steady for 1 sec? Come on!
I really hope Huawei fixes all of that because it's a complete joke.
Good luck

From what i read it seems that Mate20pro is same as p20pro release and it will need few months before the software is actually as good as the hardware .
P20pro release was a disaster, photos looked like a cartoon .

tomaszupl said:
I've switched from Samsung Galaxy S7 and completely disappointed. I feel like my S7 did better photos than Mate 20 Pro. Here is a list of issues (aside of Gluegate - which affected my phone).
Front camera:
- overexposes selfies in almost all conditions
- HDR mode is quirky and either doesn't make any difference or renders too flat results
- This silly toast "please hold camera steady whike your photo is sharpening" pops up almost all the time, regardless of light conditions
Rear camera
- HDR mode is just useless
- there is no "auto HDR" settings and switch HDR on is taking too many clicks
- and yet again... toast from hell "please hold camera steady whike your photo is sharpening"... THIS IS RIDICULOUS! Even in super bright conditions, where single lens camera would do perfectly well, Huawei asks me to hold my camera steady for 1 sec? Come on!
I really hope Huawei fixes all of that because it's a complete joke.
Good luck
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Actually, I did some test with rear camera, multiframe stacking is always on in photo mode, so you have your auto HDR on all the time and that's probably why it asks to hold steady. I think it's merging 4 pictures.
The camera app is just too complicated, with different modes that do basically the same things.
It ends up being inconsistent when you leave everything on auto.
Sometimes it will be flat and washed out with no vignetting, other times it will have ton of constrast, oversatured colors and vignetting.
So now I did choose one mode and color parameter that consistently give results I like and stick with it.

This video night mode quality
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Danmike said:
Coming from the p20 pro to this the seflie camera on the mate is terrible looks like we gone back a few years on the front camera almost makes it unusable for me...
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Front camera is complete garbage imho

kai84m said:
Front camera is complete garbage imho
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Completly agree with this either the software is ruining it or just poor production ?

One big reason for getting the phone was the camera. I had the LG v30+ previously and I loved it for the ultrawide focal length. I'm glad that mate 20pro added this. I'm really enjoying the big sensor also. The dng files look great so far. The LG v30 always had grain/noise in the raw files at no matter what ISO. I'm not seeing the grain being so intrusive with the mate20pro

Photo quality

Say "cheese", then rate this thread to express how photos taken with the Google Pixel 3 come out. A higher rating indicates that photos offer rich color (without over-saturating), sharp detail (with all subjects in-focus), and appropriate exposure (with even lighting).
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So I don't have the phone yet (obviously), but I noticed in-store that the new camera app seems to use (or at least has the option to use) a "sweep" panorama now. In my rudimentary time at Verizon, it seemed to work well! I think they still have the traditional panorama shot options through a photosphere menu, but quite like before.
Had anyone exciting this yet, or see any reviews that cover it?!

If anyone cam post some jpeg & rae files taken together that would be awesome.
Even more awesomer would be the same shot taken with both p2 & p3

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Heres a a few photos of my Father-in-law's koi pond at night. With a small spotlight on. Pretty good if you ask me

Hmm Tapatalk is working better for pictures I think. Here are a few others
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2 pics: 1 low light (cropped from 4:3), 1 portrait

Is it just me or does it feel like the camera on the Pixel 3 lags a bit when you take a photo compared to the Pixel 2? Same scene, taking with the 3 has a slight pause before the circle shows up and shows the picture taking animation. The Pixel 2 is able to take 3 shots in the same duration...

I'm not as impressed as I am when I went from 5x to pixel first gen . I just went from pixel one to pixel 3 and I'm not getting what all the hype is about. The photos are slightly better, the performance is not noticeable, the sot is a half an hour more with the same usage. I should have gone to Huawei mate 20 or something else.

This is the best quality camera I've ever seen on a phone. Its too bad I'm going to have to return it, because the phone quality is garbage. The camera is what is making the decision really painful (I don't think any other phone will compare), but I need a working phone.

Hello, I just bought the p3xl but I'm not really happy whith photos in low light , especially on Moving subjects (my daughter)... Indeed it's not possible to adjust manually aperture or Time... Do you have solutions, or maybe do you think I would be more satisfied by p30 pro or p20 pro... ? Thanks

matiew48 said:
Hello, I just bought the p3xl but I'm not really happy whith photos in low light , especially on Moving subjects (my daughter)... Indeed it's not possible to adjust manually aperture or Time... Do you have solutions, or maybe do you think I would be more satisfied by p30 pro or p20 pro... ? Thanks
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I am not sure you can take low light photos of moving subjects with any phone at the moment.
The pixel 3 is amazing in taking low light photos, but you do need some light, too

This is a nice upgrade over the pixel 1
Super rez zoomed in all the way

I have the p30 pro
BBobby said:
I am not sure you can take low light photos of moving subjects with any phone at the moment.
The pixel 3 is amazing in taking low light photos, but you do need some light, too
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It's no comparison for taking shots of kids in low light

Photo quality

Say "cheese", then rate this thread to express how photos taken with the Samsung Galaxy S10 come out. A higher rating indicates that photos offer rich color (without over-saturating), sharp detail (with all subjects in-focus), and appropriate exposure (with even lighting).
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It is still behind Google Pixel.

nemonius said:
It is still behind Google Pixel.
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Totally agree. Coming from pixel 3. Its way behind. Front Camera is just ****. How can Samsung releases a premium phone with such a low quality camera? Regretting selling my pixel 3.
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Coming from an iphone 8 plus...
The quality is good but disappointing. I cannot believe DXOMARK gave it 109 rating and 114 in photo-shooting...
I understand that HDR+ process is really good, and that the bokeh effect is "realistic"... but the telephoto lens is just awful. On iphone 8 plus the telephoto lens gave me a beautiful sense of profundity and natural colors, here the bokeh is non existent and I find the image "cold".
Also, there is a lack of fine detail and sharpness noticeable in almost all pics.

Can't believe that iPhone 8 plus makes better photos....
All friends Said that iPhone pics are not good... Since series 8

The tele lens is not that advanced or given a thought about, they were mostly focused on the regular and the UW lens...the pics from those 2 lenses are a tid bit over exposed but I rather have them over exposed than under and get noise in post.

nickporwal said:
Totally agree. Coming from pixel 3. Its way behind. Front Camera is just ****. How can Samsung releases a premium phone with such a low quality camera? Regretting selling my pixel 3.
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That's interesting. I would have to compare

Coming from a Pixel 3 I'm very happy with the S10+. The color accuracy is much better in my experience so far and I find the three lenses much more useful than a single lens. The Pixel did take some nice photos but I'm liking this camera more. I'm really not agreeing with all the negative reviews I see here.

Quick pic of my 4 door zo6 leaving work.

nickporwal said:
Totally agree. Coming from pixel 3. Its way behind. Front Camera is just ****. How can Samsung releases a premium phone with such a low quality camera? Regretting selling my pixel 3.
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Well said.. the selfies look overly done and funny.. disappointed..

Coming from pixel 3 XL an iPhone X's max the front camera is the worse camera on any phone super soft and colours are very flat. I can't wait for the pixel camera mod for the s10 plus and least the front camera can be usable

That's sad. I don't like the returns. Probably have to wait for Pixel 4, although that's like 7 month away

Outstanding camera, the zoom is superb see test below View attachment 4719785
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Coming from the m20p I'm devided. For bokeh and portrait i miss the p20p...the monochrome really did some wonders.
HDR is not bad at all, but HONESTLY overall I don't get the DXO result, and I was expecting something much better. Curious to see what the p30p is going to to go for. Huawei doesn't really sleep these years ( I've read the specs of the new p30p, but everyday usage is what its all about ..)

Misterxtc said:
Coming from a Pixel 3 I'm very happy with the S10+. The color accuracy is much better in my experience so far and I find the three lenses much more useful than a single lens. The Pixel did take some nice photos but I'm liking this camera more. I'm really not agreeing with all the negative reviews I see here.
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Pixel 3 was so good in low light. There is no match right now. Specially that night sight mode. Maybe we are dissappointed by s10 because all the reviewers were saying so many good things and DXO mark gave very good score. The hype was good. Now i think reviewers were paid by Samsung.
I really expect Samsung to release software update for the camera. However video recording is on par with pixel. Screen is just superb.
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nickporwal said:
Pixel 3 was so good in low light. There is no match right now. Specially that night sight mode. Maybe we are dissappointed by s10 because all the reviewers were saying so many good things and DXO mark gave very good score. The hype was good. Now i think reviewers were paid by Samsung.
I really expect Samsung to release software update for the camera. However video recording is on par with pixel. Screen is just superb.
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Honestly I don't miss my 3XL or the camera at all but that's my preference. As for reviews the ones I saw pretty much said it was a draw between the two for the rear cameras with the Samsung being more versatile. I do agree with that however I like the color accuracy more with the S10. The Pixel went to the cool side too much for me and made the whites look blueish and the blacks having that crushed look from too much contrast. That I wasn't happy with and that was with three new units. Yes the night sight is miles ahead on the Pixel but I take far better photos of the moon and stars with the Samsung. The front camera is good enough for my use, I rarely use it. I don't take much video but the ones I did look great. Again this is my experience and preference out of the 125 or so photos I've taken so far.

Front camera is actually surprisingly bad (even compared to the Note 9). Any bright background colors cause blooming issues.
Good examples shown here (when he's getting out of the car at the beginning, and inside the café at 2:00).
I noticed it on mine when taking a selfie with a light behind me. Picture was definitely worse than the Note 9

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Say "cheese", then rate this thread to express how photos taken with the Samsung Galaxy S10 come out. A higher rating indicates that photos offer rich color (without over-saturating), sharp detail (with all subjects in-focus), and appropriate exposure (with even lighting).
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So far I love the cameras, all of them. The clarity, especially on the back cameras, are super amazing.

I would like to know more about pictures of people/animals on the move. I remember that the S7 did not leave my daughter's hands static while capturing her, causing those blurred hands. Already on the iPhone 8 or XR I can easily do. How is the performance of Samsung in this question today? Child and dog are never stopped for photos

Photo quality

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I installed the Gcam port hoping it would give me more accurate colours, but unfortunately it is not what I was hoping for. Coming from the Poco f1, the Gcam was a dramatic improvement. Comparing Gcam on Poco vs. K20 Pro, Poco wins hands down. Not 100% about the Miui cam. Wish I could change the colour temperature / white balance easier. Not super excited about the photos

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I installed the Gcam port hoping it would give me more accurate colours, but unfortunately it is not what I was hoping for. Coming from the Poco f1, the Gcam was a dramatic improvement. Comparing Gcam on Poco vs. K20 Pro, Poco wins hands down. Not 100% about the Miui cam. Wish I could change the colour temperature / white balance easier. Not super excited about the photos
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Need GCam source

Really? No one has uploaded any pictures on day light? Pfffffffffffff

I just saw MKBHD is review of K20 and he said front facing camera quality is garbage and also shows some really bad pictures, is it true or he's is overlooking something.

bot88 said:
I just saw MKBHD is review of K20 and he said front facing camera quality is garbage and also shows some really bad pictures, is it true or he's is overlooking something.
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Not true, I took decent images with mine. (China ROM)

Back camera is good but front camera needs a lot of improvement

This is what the camera is really capable of. I am pretty impressed.

bot88 said:
I just saw MKBHD is review of K20 and he said front facing camera quality is garbage and also shows some really bad pictures, is it true or he's is overlooking something.
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Visit the comments on that video u'll know what you need ! I think that front camera was damaged or not working accordingly .

Very nice photos, but a little over saturated...

The back cameras are garbage. If the app detects a face, it smudges it too badly, no matter what settings you use. The colours are good in jpg, but the raw files are very desaturated and with such a bad quality, that I can't believe you get something in jpg. I believe this is a software problem, because it's the same with all the three sensors, and I have some hopes for fix.

check this out

bo6o said:
The back cameras are garbage. If the app detects a face, it smudges it too badly, no matter what settings you use. The colours are good in jpg, but the raw files are very desaturated and with such a bad quality, that I can't believe you get something in jpg. I believe this is a software problem, because it's the same with all the three sensors, and I have some hopes for fix.
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same as Huawei algorithms do, same as Iphone XS, don't bother shooting portraits with a phone if u want faces that aren't water painting mush

vandal4e said:
same as Huawei algorithms do, same as Iphone XS, don't bother shooting portraits with a phone if u want faces that aren't water painting mush
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Keeping the functionality, if just adding a dng option is possible, everything will be fine and possible to fix. Guess there's a reason to keep the computational photography away still...

Here are photos taken by all three back cameras (taken from same place):

Thx, great collection

cile1977 said:
Here are photos taken by all three back cameras (taken from same place):
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Nice photos. They were taken by you? Were they processed in photoshop or any other software?
Could you please share some details?

abstract123 said:
Nice photos. They were taken by you? Were they processed in photoshop or any other software?
Could you please share some details?
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Thanks! Yes, I have taken those photos. No, they were not processed in any way - came directly from phone...

cile1977 said:
Thanks! Yes, I have taken those photos. No, they were not processed in any way - came directly from phone...
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The correct answer is "processed by the phone". The RAW images would be different and the processing on this phone is "good" having in mind what you get for raw file. I'm in real wonder what's wrong but I believe this sensors can do better...

Here is one from short distance:
My review (croatian language): https://android.bswireless.hr/2019/...iji-mobitel-s-najbrzim-snapdragon-procesorom/

Photo quality

Say "cheese", then rate this thread to express how photos taken with the come out. A higher rating indicates that photos offer rich color (without over-saturating), sharp detail (with all subjects in-focus), and appropriate exposure (with even lighting).
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Hi all. I just got my pixel 4 .. here is the first camera sample will upload more later

catchawabbit said:
Hi all. I just got my pixel 4 .. here is the first camera sample will upload more later
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Literally first. [emoji1] Congrats on getting yours!
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EeZeEpEe said:
Literally first. [emoji1] Congrats on getting yours!
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Thanks
Here are some samples from today
Sorry they are flipped for some reason

catchawabbit said:
Thanks
Here are some samples from today
Sorry they are flipped for some reason
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Wow that 3rd shot looks like a tough one and it did well. The blue sky, different color temps of lights, red ground.
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EeZeEpEe said:
Wow that 3rd shot looks like a tough one and it did well. The blue sky, different color temps of lights, red ground.
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Oh yeah! The camera is a beast

https://www.androidauthority.com/ca...samsung-galaxy-note-10-vs-oneplus-7t-1043855/
Versus the iPhone 11, Mate P30 Pro, Note 10, and 7T
https://www.androidauthority.com/ca...xel-4-vs-pixel-3-vs-pixel-2-vs-pixel-1043798/
Versus all the previous Pixels. "Those rocking a Pixel 2 or original Pixel phones will probably deem the upgrade worthy." That's me.
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So far, I've only tried astrophotography. Note that you need it to be stablizied on a tripod to work.

GlitchMob said:
So far, I've only tried astrophotography. Note that you need it to be stablizied on a tripod to work.
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Very nice. I tried mine last night but there was too much light pollution and cloud cover to get anything worth sharing. I have a bluetooth camera button with the tripod.

Need more time... But the flare is reminding me of the Pixel XL
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https://imgur.com/68t9uVD

Astrophotography is impressive, standard night shot Vs astro

Sorry for my ugly self ??
https://photos.app.goo.gl/tMDZ5J7VNmNm3jYe7

is there any way to turn on/off HDR or enable HDR enhanced?
i dont see a setting for it...

Kevtrejo37 said:
Sorry for my ugly self
https://photos.app.goo.gl/tMDZ5J7VNmNm3jYe7
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why would you say that? you should not say negative about yourself. Say something positive about yourself.
BTW the pictures look really good.
sorry for my grammar

So how is the astrophotography mode for shots of the moon... I've only seen shots of stars...

What's people's opinions on the front camera? I'm finding it worse than the 2 XL, to me seems less detail in darker environments and noise I've never experienced on the 2 xl, the detail seems off to me on human faces, this was very good on the 2 XL's front camera.

I really missed Google's color-science and processing after being away for so long.
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Well, i've spent 2 days taking photos with my new 4XL. I also have a iPhone 11 Pro, Pixel 3 and Note 10. First, ignore all the reviews that try to say the camera is not as good as others and hardware is bad, just like previous years. People will try to say iPhone is better and it is just simply not. My wife has had the pixel 2 and then 3. She decided to get the iPhone 11 pro from everyone raving about the camera. after the second day she is thinking of returning it and getting the pixel 4. When we both take photos she always prefers mine.
It seems it is very situational. If people are in the photos the iphone & note get very soft and less detailed. However, taking photos of scenery they all seem to be excellent in all areas with the Note really shining. However, I would not say one is far better than the other if I would not have the photos side by side.
iPhone really struggles with bright lights (like the sun from a window) in the background. Pixel and Note do far better. iPhone also struggles compared to the others with hair on portrait photos.
iPhone night mode does take a more detailed and more color accurate photo than pixel and note. But that is at a sacrifice of much more noise. This is the only mode I preferred iPhone photos.
If you are interested here is a Google photos album of some of the photos (just open Info box to see which camera took the photo) I know that Photos compresses...so what, that is what I see when I post them Not a professional review (which to me can skew normal day use). As a note, most of them I touched the same focus point since I usually do that when I'm taking a photo with my phone. This also makes it a more fair comparison since they all focused on the same object.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/ExasQPfaGLjoKMzx6