My Evo Camera/Video just got Schooled by Iphone4

[chrisho]

i hardly even use my evo as a camera/video. i have my Canon 5DII for that all i'm concerned about is my service and the bill. I just jumped shipped from ATT to sprint and totally satisfied of the service and bill lol

 

[caramelcarebr]

At the end of the day, I bought my phone to make PHONE calls. I expect it to be able to make phone calls, and my EVO does that. It also does a lot of other cool things. iPhone fails at the very thing a PHONE is essential for, CALLING. If I wanted awesome quality pictures/video I would buy an expensive camera, not a phone. If I wanted a sweet pb&j I'd buy a jar of pb and a jar of jelly, not that nasty combined ****.

 

[tommy m]

I just did a test with my Evo and my wifes IPhone 4. As much as I don't want to admit it OP is right. Not much of a competition Evo is grainy compared to to the IPhone

 

[apollooff320]

to bad the camera isn't better then the Evos. Apple - Support - Discussions - Camera comparison iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4 ...

 

[joek1971]

Maybe if you hold a certain way you will be able to see threw walls?

 

[Jeff80]

The camera is great for pics, but it's the camcorder that has issues. I might have to hold on to the Flip a lil while longer till we get an update.

 

[joek1971]

Maybe if you hold a certain way you will be able to see threw walls?

 

[trooper54]

Maybe if you hold a certain way you will be able to see threw walls?

 

[CP4]

I've looked at a lot of comps...seems to me like the Evo takes better, more vibrant photos and videos in well lit (namely outdoor) settings. The iPhone stuff looks a little washed out by comparison. The iPhone, however, is much better in indoor and/or low lit settings (at least with video).

 

[soldierblue]

My old iPhone didn't take very good pics. Neither does the EVO. I haven't seen an iPhone 4 in action so I can't comment. But I wasn't very impressed with the EVO's camera to begin with.

 

[SPL15]

Suprise Suprise... HTC wanted a a higher spec'd camera on the phone to look good on paper, but MegaPixels dont translate to higher quality... Apple went the other route & put in a better camera with less MegaPixels... It's a trade off you'll just have to live with on the evo. Me personally, I would like a better camera with less MP's but the evo does fine for my purposes, although it does annoy me at times when my POS hero took better macro shots in low light.

Don't bring this dude down cause he stated an obvious but IMPORTANT point. Yes the iPhone's camera & processing is better to take a shot without fuss & have it look better. To some people this IS important on a phone even if it rains on your evo parade & your own personal priorities in a phone. The evo is flawed by HTC's dumb engineering & NOT ONE OF YOU CAN DENY THAT. Hopefully posts like this will tell HTC that numbers on paper mean far less than actual performance in real life.

Part of smartphones these days is sharing quality content with those you want to share your life with so the quality of a picture taken by your convenient phone MATTERS A GREAT DEAL to a lot of people. When on a photo sharing site, not a single person needs an 8 MP photo or even 5 MP cause it is scaled down by either your computer or the website, but the QUALITY of that photo is paramount. Who the hell looks at a 8MP photo in full size on a screen? NOBODY! & the quality of the evo's 8 MP photo's negates any benefit of a picture that big. Who the hell would want to blow up & print a fullsize grainy ass photo?

This topic that the OP posted IS relevant, & shows HTC needs to stop playing the numbers game & start focusing on QUALITY over poor quantity.

 

[apollooff320]

this is a funny video YouTube - NUFF SAID

 

[apollooff320]

Suprise Suprise... HTC wanted a a higher spec'd camera on the phone to look good on paper, but MegaPixels dont translate to higher quality... Apple went the other route & put in a better camera with less MegaPixels... It's a trade off you'll just have to live with on the evo. Me personally, I would like a better camera with less MP's but the evo does fine for my purposes, although it does annoy me at times when my POS HTC Z(H)ero took better macro shots in low light.

Don't bring this dude down cause he stated an obvious but IMPORTANT point. Yes the iPhone's camera & processing is better to take a shot without fuss & have it look better. To some people this IS important on a phone even if it rains on your evo parade & your own personal priorities in a phone. The evo is flawed in several areas by HTC's own dumb engineering & NOT ONE OF YOU CAN DENY THAT no matter how much you love your beloved evo. Hopefully posts like this will tell HTC that numbers on paper mean far less than actual performance in real life.

Part of smartphones these days is sharing quality content with those you want to share your life with so the quality of a picture taken by your convenient phone MATTERS A GREAT DEAL to a lot of people. When on a photo sharing site, not a single person needs an 8 MP photo or even 5 MP cause it is scaled down by either your computer or the website, but the QUALITY of that photo is paramount. Who the hell looks at a 8MP photo in full size on a screen? NOBODY! & the quality of the evo's 8 MP photo's negates any benefit of a picture that big. Who the hell would want to blow up & print a fullsize grainy ass photo?

This topic that the OP posted IS relevant, & shows HTC needs to stop playing the numbers game & start focusing on QUALITY over poor quantity.

what are you ranting about? The Evo takes better pictures...did you not see the link I posted on the page before this? so nothing is wrong with using a higher MP camera, but what the Evo does get owned at is video recording.

 

[soldierblue]

what are you ranting about? The Evo takes better pictures...did you not see the link I posted on the page before this? so nothing is wrong with using a higher MP camera, but what the Evo does get owned at is video recording.

Yeah, except it doesn't. He's totally right. Yeah, it takes pictures at a higher resolution, 8mp vs 5mp, but the image sensor on the EVO is utter junk.

 

[Rillo34]

Evo schools iPhone on being able to hold it...

 

[soldierblue]

And the iPhone schools the EVO on screen adhesion. So? It is what it is.

Apples and Androids.

 

[meyerweb#CB]

Yeah, except it doesn't. He's totally right. Yeah, it takes pictures at a higher resolution, 8mp vs 5mp, but the image sensor on the EVO is utter junk.

Most would disagree with you. Did you check out the comparison here:

Apple - Support - Discussions - Camera comparison iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4 ...

You're correct that resolution doesn't equal quality, but neither does lower resolution.

 

[Eazy123]

The Evo takes better quality photos, no doubt about it, and all the technobabble in the world isn't going to change that, sorry. The Evo's photos have more vibrant colors, especially, and are sharper. I've got no problem giving it up to Apple on the video end, but really, those saying the photo quality is better than the Evo are in denial.

 

[EVO Navian]

Seeing a couple of videos with regular people using the iphone and I honestly don't see a difference? The comparison reviewers links are much sharper and crisper so I'm guessing the everyday normal people who posted 'test videos' are all shot by default? I'm just confused if the comparison review videos were altered *shrug* A lot of the comparison videos I've seen seem to be more of Apple fans.

EDIT: Uploading 720p to youtube from iphone. not working. That seems like an annoying way to share hd quality videos. I've never used iMovie so users can edit the sharpness and smoothness of videos then?

 

[Lockeskidney]

Apple - Support - Discussions - Camera problems ...

just read through teh forum. so many peoples cameras are crashing

this guy (and his isnt alone) has weird color issues