Xperia XZ1 Compact vs iPhone SE: Early evening shootout

[libra89]

With the release of the Sony Xperia XZ1 Compact, a lot of people wanted to know how the camera compares to the iPhone SE since performance is similar. I wanted to do a quick shootout so that we (you and me, of course) can see how well or not so well the XZ1C holds up in different situations.

(Disclaimer: I'm just an average gal who is into phones. I tried my best to do as similar shots as possible between the two phones. Images have been resized a bit for the forums. All pictures were shot on auto mode and with flash turned off for most pictures. The one exception is noted. I was unable to make the images the same sizes though.)

Anyway, let's get into it.
(The XZ1C will be the first image and the iPhone SE will be the second image. The images will also be labeled with XZ1C and SE too.)

Scene 1: Green trees



Scene 2: Mixed trees



Scene 3: Dead bug (just found it like this)



Scene 4: Low light decor
(The XZ1C activated flash automatically, so I have included a shot with flash off as well; SE didn't activate flash at all)



Thoughts and comments are welcome. In my opinion, Sony lost the last picture but they did try with the flash auto activating.

 

[krazyatom]

Great comparison!

 

[libra89]

Great comparison!

Thank you! I'm surprised with the results.

 

[Hannah Dickson]

Thank you so so much for this! Exactly what I was looking for! Could I ask you which phone you found took the pictures faster? Thanks again

 

[libra89]

Thank you so so much for this! Exactly what I was looking for! Could I ask you which phone you found took the pictures faster? Thanks again

You're welcome, thank you for viewing it! From what I recall, the XZ1 Compact was faster. Both faster in opening the camera app and in taking pictures in general.

 

[Andrew_404]

Awesome job. Thanks for taking the time to do this

 

[libra89]

Awesome job. Thanks for taking the time to do this

Thank you! You're very welcome, I'm glad that I can help.

 

[RumoredNow]

Scene 3: Dead bug (just found it like this)

LOL we all know you wouldn't hurt a fly...


I wasn't there to see it with my own eyes, but I'd give the trees and grass scenes to XZ1c and the others to SE.

Thanks for the tests.

 

[libra89]

LOL we all know you wouldn't hurt a fly...


I wasn't there to see it with my own eyes, but I'd give the trees and grass scenes to XZ1c and the others to SE.

Thanks for the tests.

Haha thanks. You know me but I don't know who else would know so I wanted to make sure lol.

You're welcome! I agree with you on your observation. The SE is more true to life with the last two.

 

[Steve Adams]

Going by these photos alone....xz1 compact for the win! plus the device itself looks sooooo damn good!