Nexus 5 is better than the iPhone.

[JeffDenver]

The thing I don't really understand is why there should be such a difference in camera quality in today's top phones. They should all be as good as the best phone cameras and they're not. Why? Why is the iPhone's camera noticably better? Samsung, LG, HTC, and Moto don't have access to the same camera technology? Is there the same amount of variance in DSLRs?

from a '14 Note 10.1

1) It is not necessarily better. It is better in some ways, worse in others. The Nexus 4 took way better macro shots than the iPhones for example. So did my HTC Rezound. The only camera that is clearly the best IMO is the Lumia 1020...all the others are good in some ways and less good in others.

2) I think the differences are because that is the place vendors are most likely to make compromises because of cost...people tend to care about displays and CPU and storage a lot more than cameras IMO.

 

[UJ95x]

Nope. SK use LTE A

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I know, and I highly doubt that whatever carrier you're talking about has LTE speeds higher than SKT's LTE-A speeds

 

[metle_geek]

Yep, that is where the iPhone really shines. The S3 and S4 also take fast pictures. The Nexus 5 and the nexus 4 both have bad shutter lag and are slow to take pictures. With the nexus 4 you need a steady hand to take good pictures. OIS helps a lot with that on the 5.

The iPhone's dual flash makes flash pictures look better too.

Sigh that's because they use the highest quality Sony sensors but the n5 is more of a budget device more went into under the hood and display than cameras I personally hate taking pictures of any kind I only take a pic when I have to

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[thegrants82]

Nice pics and everything but it seems a little odd to post pictures like that in such a public forum.

Well, they say a picture is worth 1K words:

Note 3
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5s
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Both pictures taken moments apart in the same lighting with the cameras at default. The 2nd one is way more accurate. ...we gotta keep that little thumb out of his mouth.

 

[octobermagic]

How the hell do you afford such wondrous toys?

It's my thing. I save up; plus I sell what I don't keep, unless my wife would kill me.

 

[anon5664829]

I know, and I highly doubt that whatever carrier you're talking about has LTE speeds higher than SKT's LTE-A speeds

SK is faster then us, Only one carrier used the 150/75 stream and that was possibly only a test to see if they could. They are likely to reduce it to the 100/50 stream in the area they tested it.

 

[anon(819941)]

I use many apps to enhance the functionality of phones, so the out-of-the-box review state doesn't matter as much to me.

My feelings exactly... It even annoys me when I see a comparison between an iPhone and a galaxy phone... It's like it's not fair, touchwiz is crap, but one can easily make the phone twice as good changing a few things.


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[UJ95x]

SK is faster then us, Only one carrier used the 150/75 stream and that was possibly only a test to see if they could. They are likely to reduce it to the 100/50 stream in the area they tested it.

That's the stream they're going to use but you won't get speeds anywhere near that

 

[alexlam24]

Have fun with your iPhone 5S while I text my friend and watch YouTube at the same time.

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[anon5664829]

That's the stream they're going to use but you won't get speeds anywhere near that

Sorry but we do hit 100mbps on LTE. I'll provide links to people in my country that use LTE.

 

[anon5664829]

That's the stream they're going to use but you won't get speeds anywhere near that

Boom.

CAT4 4G speedtest

 

[UJ95x]

Boom.

CAT4 4G speedtest

It's still in testing, once more people get on the network the speed is going to go down drastically

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[anon5664829]

It's still in testing, once more people get on the network the speed is going to go down drastically

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Actually, they have launched LTE. People are getting near that number.

 

[UJ95x]

Actually, they have launched LTE. People are getting near that number.

Must not be very many people with LTE-capable phones then XD

 

[JHBThree]

uh huh

Comparison video of the iPhone 5s and Nexus 5:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qp6clWG-b5c

As for the S4:

Even with all this aside, the iPhone has never been recognized as the best camera even by Apple people. That honor goes to the Nokia Lumia 1020 camera.

The 1020 doesn't count. The iPhone offers the best camera in any smartphone for the majority of users. Period.

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[anon5664829]

Must not be very many people with LTE-capable phones then XD

Nope. There aren't many because people just don't see the point of upgrading every year so and with only 4 mill of a population, we don'y have many tech heads

 

[UJ95x]

Nope. There aren't many because people just don't see the point of upgrading every year so and with only 4 mill of a population, we don'y have many tech heads

Lucky, the majority of people here aren't tech heads either but they're always wanting to upgrade because it's "cool" to have the latest and greatest. Luckily I'm on T-Mobile so there aren't as many people congesting the network and I can get 25-30 MBPS download. That's faster than AT&T and VZW, at least where I live

 

[Aquila]

Lucky, the majority of people here aren't tech heads either but they're always wanting to upgrade because it's "cool" to have the latest and greatest. Luckily I'm on T-Mobile so there aren't as many people congesting the network and I can get 25-30 MBPS download. That's faster than AT&T and VZW, at least where I live

LTE speeds on Verizon were insane last year when it first arrived in my area. Now, it's still 30-40 mbps at night, but during the day it's more like 15-20 pretty consistently. It's still fast enough that pages load pretty much instantly, but I'd love to see that number come back with "150" sometime... highest I ever saw was the 1st night before I even knew we were getting it (it was just suddenty on).

 

[UJ95x]

LTE speeds on Verizon were insane last year when it first arrived in my area. Now, it's still 30-40 mbps at night, but during the day it's more like 15-20 pretty consistently. It's still fast enough that pages load pretty much instantly, but I'd love to see that number come back with "150" sometime... highest I ever saw was the 1st night before I even knew we were getting it (it was just suddenty on).

Hmm, haven't tried mine at night but that's true. Even when I only had 4G and the download was around 7-10 I could still load pages easily and they didn't take too long to load
If Vodafone is getting close to 100 down there must be VERY little people using the network.

 

[JeffDenver]

The 1020 doesn't count. The iPhone offers the best camera in any smartphone for the majority of users. Period.

According to who?

Saying "Period" after your claim does not magically make it objective.