Here's another preview (main sensor wise) of what the Pixel 6 Pro will be able to do against the top of the line iPhone. Also this guy does great camera comparisons. When we get leaked camera samples from the 6 Pro I'll disappear until the actual announcement date. Enjoy.
https://youtu.be/gsdKRm0MZ48
Interesting showcase. I anticipate that Google will do a better job getting the most out of that sensor through AI than Vivo, yielding better results, which bodes quite well as the Vivo's output was generally very nice.
Of course, we'll have the usual camera wars with groups claiming victory separately for the iPhone, Pixel, Galaxy, Huawei, etc - and every one of them will be right, for themselves.
The biggest draw for me to the Pixels for cameras (disclosure - I shoot very little video) is the simple fact that they are the most consistent in delivering at least a great result every single time, and are frequently the best, regardless of conditions (dynamic range, lighting, motion, etc), barring challenges that require a special lens it may not have had in the past (telephoto/wide angle).
If I were better educated on how to use the variety of manual settings on a phone that offered them, to optimize the output, or if I were trained and interested in doing manual post-processing, my preference might change, but I fall in with the overwhelmingly vast majority of users who rely on the phone to do all of the 'heavy lifting' and simply want to be able to open the app, take a shot, and get great results without taking the time to fiddle with individual settings - time that is a luxury often not available when opportunity only presents itself briefly.
The other attraction to me in Pixel renditions is that the results they provide are nearly always truer to life in terms of color and texture rendition. Rarely blown out, skin tones are true, contrast is spot-on, excessively bright/dark/mixed scenes portrayed accurately with minimal blowout of the bright or crushing of detail in the dim.
I'm excited to see how much stronger the Pixel's camera is than its predecessors, but honestly I'm even more excited for how much better it will evolve over time. Much like their AI on the Sony IMX363 when it first launched, it should grow stronger and stronger in performance as they continue to optimize their AI for the Samsung sensor (let's just hope we don't stay with the GN1 till the Pixel 10...)