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Everyone keeps hyping the cameras on Huawei's smartphones, so I tested up one of its top models against the best smartphone camera we've tried so far

Jan 26, 2019, 20:51 IST

Both the Pixel 3 and Mate 20 Pro took great shots of my town's totem pole, except the Mate 20 Pro chose a warmer color setting that doesn't quite look as good as the Pixel's cooler color.

The Mate 20 Pro's 5x lens takes sharper shots than the Pixel 3's 1x lens and digital zoom, which is hard to see in the small image below, but it's very noticeable when the photos are enlarged.

Neither the Mate 20 Pro nor the Pixel 3 did a good job of brightening up my town's local dinosaurs, despite the Mate 20 Pro's AI mode and the Pixel 3's automatic HDR mode.

I wanted to see if manually turning on the Mate 20 Pro's HDR mode many any difference, and it helped reveal some detail on the dinosaurs.

Taking things indoors to a local art gallery, the Mate 20 Pro took a photo with way more detail, surprisingly.

The same thing goes for this piece of art, where the Mate 20 Pro's photo is significantly sharper.

The Mate 20 Pro has a third lens around the back for ultra-wide angle shots, which lets you see way more of the area where my crumpled shed is found.

I tried out the night modes on both smartphones, and each had their pros and cons.

Huawei's selfie game left a lot to be desired...

Plus, the Pixel 3 has an extra selfie lens for ultra-wide selfies.

Overall, I like the photos that the Mate 20 Pro took, especially indoors, and I like the versatility of having a zoomed-in lens and an ultra-wide lens, too. But I can't stand the camera app itself.

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