Pixel 8 Pro versus iPhone 15 Pro Max camera comparison 

Pleasantly surprised at how much better the selfie camera is on the 8 pro compared to previous generations.

The Pixel 8's shadow details is really impressive. It's gotta to be at least half a stop brighter than iPhone 15. Great job on Google's improvements!

Google nailed it . Dynamic range king 👑

Wow, pixel knocked it out of the park! Impressive night video, especially with the wide angle.

Pixel for me , the video looks good

I find the Pixel 8 Pro better in photos 70-75% of the time, especially at night. But the most surprising thing is that I also find the Pixel 8 Pro better in video 😅 The only thing I liked about the iPhone 15 Pro Max was the smooth transition between the different lenses.

Huge improvement with pixel’s night mode. 💕

Pixel is the camera king now

Surprised how similar both are. Both in pics and video. I think we've reached peak phone photo/ video when the 2 strongest competitors perform so well and so close.

Fantastic quality both, great comparison, appreciate your work!

That portrait cutout is still brutal on the Pixel. Personally almost never use it, but yikes. Ultra excited for the P8pro now given this comparison! Hard to argue against the Pixel on the whole

Pixel has color science on point.. the superb white balance.. iphone photos are too warm for my liking. Zoom also much sharper on Pixel, just look at the 5X in night time, Pixel is so sharp. Video looks on par with iphone, though Google should improve on the lens switching. Better colors on the Pixel's video, agree on what MKBHD said. Selfie video also looks more detail and sharper Pixel. Can't wait for the Video Boost & Zoom Enhance feature soon.

iPhone pics still cast a slight green tint on photos. iPhone video lens change is way smoother still. Overall both great camera systems, and hard for any phone to claim bragging rights. I prefer Pixels for the software

Heck yes!!!! Was waiting for this one 🔥 🔥

The Pixel looks so much more natural. Especially next to each other. The Iphone looks yellow and green. Even in video the Pixel likes to be better. The video must be hard to see for all photographers who are stuck in the Apple ecosysteem.

Yet again another wonderful camera comparison using pictures and examples that absolutely no one else would use or take. Random buildings and cars driving by the street are the true staple of any RU-vidrs camera review. Forget the fact that people use their cameras to actually take pictures of people or children inchallenging situations like low light, being indoors or being in motio because those are the real situations that actually challenge a camera. But they won't show you that because all you'll get is grain and blur from everything besides a pixel. Keep those random building pictures coming, they truly show off a cameras true purpose and ability!

The fact that it has big sensors for all the lenses you can see more detals on the 5x on the pixel. Its crazy. Might sell my s23 ultra for one the only downfall is when taking night pics the noise is so noticeable. The only android phones I never had a noise problem with were oneplus 7t and 9pro that i had

The pixel still has that micro jitter in videos which samsung finally got rid of with the s23 ultra. I really hoped pixel would do that too as I really wanted to make my shift to the pixel but this alone is a deal breaker sadly. Looking forward to the s24 ultra.

This time google has nailed it! Both the quality of the still photos and videos Look insane! Well-done Google!

Yo, that front facing selfie cam on video in low light towards the end looked great!

The ultrawide lens is a huge win in lowlight and even the main sensor captures a lot of light as well. Even in video without video boost, Google is right in step with the iPhone and that's saying a lot. Very excited about this. I'm still not sure what happened to their portrait mode since they switched to new sensors on the Pixel 6 but if you stay in 1x it's usually really good. I used to take portraits with the telephoto and add the blue in post on my Pixel 6 Pro. Looks like it's time to come back to Pixel!

I think both devices are knocking out some pretty amazing shots/footage and blow for blow are pretty evenly matched. I'm a big Pixel fan and not looking to move away from android but there's some images I prefer on the iPhone and some I still think Pixel is winning. iPhone video still seems smoother/better overall I'd say.

Thanks for the review. I have a question though. Were there any camera/phone updates applied on either of these phones prior to your review? I ask because I am seeing lots of inconsistencies in the brightness and low light control on the ip15 pro as compared to the reviews that were made immediately after the ip15 pro launch by other tech reviewers? Same photography/video scenarios ip15 did poorly before but in your review as per my opinion, I felt it did better in particular, when faces were concerned? Though overall, I still think p8 pro did a great job. Tks.

Nice job as always!🎉 Can you do a comparison between pixel 7 pro vs pixel 8pro please 🙏

It seems daylight video are more stable on the iphone 15 pro max especially when you change camera zoom ( i received my 8 pro today going to try this ! ) For photos on main camera it seems they are pretty similar

Wow video sound is so much more clear on the pixel. It's like having ANC on.

Not really highlighted, but I preferred the audio quality coming from the Pixel 8 Pro over the iPhone

the pixel camera update is no joke! a truly king

I always recommend the pixel to people who don’t want an apple iPhone as that’s the only android phone I would personally use, due to how great it is at taking photos. As for video, the iPhone is still the king. The smoothness, stabilisation, the transition between the lens, and the consistency is so good on the iPhone 15 Pro Max. I do love the vibrant colours on the pixel however! Both top class phones.

Pixel tries to bring up the shadows a lot. Sometimes they look good, sometimes it dulls the natural contrast of the image. But overall, photos from Pixels have always looked good. I'm surprised how similar the shots looked for most of the comparison. But when it comes to video, the footage was just a little more stable from the iPhone, lesser lens flare at low light, and more organic from the front facing camera.

Pixel looked better in almost every situation.

I'm waiting for Dxomark results too! Amazing P8p for this price. 999-watch 🤞👍

Every IPhone picture seems to have some yellow tint. Very weird. Pixel honestly destroying the IPhone in this comparison.

Watching for the warm weather scenes😅

Wow. Pixel is catching up in video! I can't wait to get my P8Pro later today in the mail and doing some comparisons with my P6Pro. In this comparison, it looks like the iPhone has caught up to the Pixel in photography as well. Overall, I'd give photo still to Pixel and video still to iPhone. The biggest difference is that the iPhone's main sensor has that image shift technology which helps keep it steady. You can especially see this in lowlight jitter. The faster processor in the iPhone also has something to do with that.

Was looking forward to the video improvements we've heard about on the 8 Pro. The Pixel is definitely still noisier in low light though (both cameras). That 5x video stabilization seems better on the iPhone too. Nice comparison! #TheLand

Only difference I could understand was : Only difference is pixel is on cooler side with better dynamic range and iPhone is at warmer side.

I think there are so equal, on a blind test I couldnt tell which is which

It’s possible to see differences but is hard to say witch is better… both are pretty good.

The one thing I can't get over is the weird yellow color boost in the iphone photos. It's such an artificial color vibrancy to the color yellow

Always the Man to see for cam comparisons! Been with Google since the first Nexus and have not left them yet. At this point, it's really a matter of taste with the cameras from both Alphabet & Apple, But as far as OS and UI and still photos go, I'm still Camp Google. Android phones in general still have a bit of way to go with the video tho, Apple is still the best in video.

I see some stuttering in the Pixel video when turning slowly (street/truck) shot. Also stutter when zooming. Is that a known issue?

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The Pixel 8's stutters when switching lenses is odd... Doesn't happen on my Pixel Fold.

I like the more realistic look on the iPhone I hate contrast photos so much and the iPhone does much better at night looking at HDR clarity and time it takes to take a photo also colour accuracy and better focus.

From what I see, both phones are capable shooters with slight peculiar strengths. Regardless, which ever one you have, be rest assured you have a capable camera phone. Thanks for the comparison.

Would had loved to see 4k 60 frames / sec thx, good luck!

Everything else in good conditions are similar but there are some differences in some areas. The front facing camera video footage was so much better on the iPhone better detail and colours, in all instances day and night is so much better. The rear video lens transition is so much more smoother on the iPhone too. The Pixel night phots have more detail and lighting in the distance.

wow that night mode on the ultrawide lens is so clean on the pixel

wow i didn't expect that, i think Google is a better overall choice, the colors are more natural, the night pictures and footages are sharper with less noise for all the lenses and on the daylight the main sensor makes sharper images with better colors , the only thing that i liked iphone better was 5x video in the daylight and stabilization but i definitely go with google , since the colors were different i liked to see a pro camera pictures as a benchmark , thanks for the awesome video

What I can say is that both phones are so similar, The photos do vary a little but really wow, they are both very good, either one of these phones would give you good results. The Video on the pixel 8 pro is as good as the iphone 15 pro max. Both win. But what would decide for me is the audio editor when shooting video with the pixel 8 pro. That is a killer feature, I've got to have.

pixel is really the king of photo and also it is surprising how it is more detailed compared to the 5x zoom of iphone since it has 50mp.. and also it is now coping with the videos.. and i cant decide which one has the color accurate

I have to say this the best channel about phones, seriously I have seen many channels and I waited for video from this one because its most pro in my opinion.

Awesome comparison! I love the fact that you turn around the phones to shot videos with the main sensors. I do that a lot. Even in day light. Nice!

the video boost feature shown in the pixel event isnt coming until december

It was basically neck and neck with maybe a slight advantage to pixel in day time. Then night came and it was quite a lot better

5:15 what happened to the image on the right side?

This year the video is sooooo improved. Hell yeah, Pixel! It’s almost close to the iPhone’s. The photos both look similar which is also a good indicator

The iPhone looks like it's got a colour filter over the shots where as the pixel looks more natural

Wow Pixel! Google you've overcome this apple iphone 15 Pro Max'.

so the video boost and night sight video is not available?

Pixel camera is quite impressive ❤

Can't wait for my 3 8 pros coming tomorrow

Still need improvement on human subjects in pixel mobiles. I am using pixel 7 dynamic range good and every deatails looking pleasent but when comes human subjects over contrast and over sharpening human faces are looking worst. I observed that same thing in pixel 8 pro. But thank you phandroid for nice comparison I am actually waiting and searching pixel 8 pro camera comparison but I didn't get any from 4th oct you are the first you Tuber I think. One more pixel brings night sight video feature do the video what have pixel 8 pro specs on camera. Thank you

y is the pixel 5x telephoto which is 48mp looking like having lesser clarity compared to iphone's 12mp telephoto? esp visible in video at 5x (timestamp 6:05)

I will say iphones recording mic has a lot of what sounds like white noise. Pixel sounds better and overall the picture/image/video quality for a phone that cost less is definitely more impressive.

Pixel's wide angle lens and the front facing camera are inferior, but outside of that I think it's better in every other comparison. I'm not sure if there was a setting or white balance changed, but it looks as if the iPhone had a yellow hue in almost every shot.

I generally dont know. I have two unopened phones and dont know which one to keep. I will be sad either way (unfortunately, I can't allow myself to keep both)

I think the only obvious different is the white balance. Ip is warmer & a bit darker. Pixel cooler & a bit brighter. It's a personnel preference. The color for Pixel I think just a bit more contrasty than previous model. The red, blue & green are more deep in colors & video for Pixel somehow it improved.

Front facing camera can use some work. Videos are not as good as Iphone but its a step in the right direction.

The iPhone's continuous video capture feature offers excellent performance, and the Pixel's video quality is impressive. However, The Pixel's video quality is great, but when zoomed in, the video quality tends to fluctuate. In terms of back cameras, both the iPhone and Pixel deliver exceptional results, it all comes down to personal preference. Again Pixel's selfie camera has some improvement since the previous model, but the 10.5MP resolution on the Pro version might not be as competitive or as appealing it's a big turn off. Apple, on the other hand, has consistently delivered strong performance with their selfie cameras. Both phones offer amazing features, and I'm eagerly anticipating your video on the upcoming Samsung phone. I'll be looking forward to it! 😄

I tried a whole bunch of Android smartphones this year hoping to find something that would make me switch back to Android, even though I am 100% in the Apple ecosystem (iPhone, Mac mini, iPad). The only one I found that could replace my iPhone is the Pixel 8 Pro. I didn’t encounter the same issues I usually find with Android smartphones. The voice command works perfectly (unlike other Android devices where, for some reason, I can never get the voice command to work on the Gboard keyboard). Additionally, when setting up a new phone, you can have an exact copy of your old Pixel, just like you can with a new iPhone. This isn’t the case with Samsung, etc., where you end up having to put all the apps back into folders yourself, reorganize everything, etc. In the end, I found that the photo and video quality were not as good as on the iPhone, so I kept my iPhone 15 Pro Max and returned the Pixel. However, I’m still looking forward to seeing the Pixel 9 Pro XL. I would be very happy to see Google reclaim its crown as the king of photography. They have the resources and talent; I don’t know what’s missing for them to achieve it. Having a disability, voice command allows me to write very quickly without exhausting myself, so it’s indispensable for me. Additionally, I don’t understand why, when copying data from an old Android smartphone to a new one, you don’t get an exact copy of what you had on the old one. You have to reorganize everything, redo your folders from scratch, etc. This is a basic feature, and Android is advanced enough to have this functionality. I will never understand this.

Pixel is about the camera and software from the start. I’m hoping they’ll keep the price reasonable for the next pixels to come.

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People often say that the pictures are so close that you would be happy with either phone......usually I don't agree, but between these two phones, I would agree. That said, I received my 8P today and won't be going 15P.

I would like Nick to say which phone is reproducing colors more closer to natural one or to this what an eye can see, for me the most important is reproduction of colors, on laptop is hard to say and see, different laptops different screens and so on. I would be grateful for this information.

I don’t know why iPhone has always had a yellow tint to it’s photos

From what I saw here i would say 4k video iphone wins, but pictures the 8 pro really has a slight advantage in almost all scenarios

Google, having a lot of technologies with artificial intelligence, was unable to make a smooth zoom while recording a video (I mean the smooth movement of the cameras). and is this the best phone for shooting video? During the light part of the day it can still cope with video recording without falling far behind the iPhone, but in the evening it doesn’t

Is the comparison done on latest final 9.1 camera version?

In the last comparison with pixel 7, i commented that the skin tones and skin texture are much better on iphone. Meanwhile, DXOMMAK tested iphone and classified it right to Top - Best video performence. Here, with the pixel 8, my opinion remains the same. Better video on Iphone, 5 x Tele better on Pixel 8, like already was with pixel 7. 0:05 Great main camera 4:30 selfie video comparison 9.05 Selfie low light video comparison. 10:40 Great low light main camera

Both impressive, but I prefer the stills of the Pixel. In daylight the light areas are less washed out and there's more details in the shadows, and in night shots the colours in general have more realm and the light sources are captured better. I don't find video so interesting.

Vibration while videoing is very much improve already, i think the 9 will kill it

sucks that Google still can't do smooth transitions for zoom.

Pixel video can be jittery with zoom and it's not as smooth in general. Especially when changing lenses. But damn if it ain't crisp. I really want this phone now lol.

Great video! Pixel improved video a lot! Iphone is just beating it by slightly better stabilization and lens smoothness on daytime & HDR on the wide lens at night time. Other than that they're so close on video, I'll take the Pixel for Phofos thoe!

Is it just me or the front facing camera low light videos look better than the rear cameras take?

Wow, so much difference in quality in night video at 7:00!

For me the pixel is better at almost everything except night video. something that the iPhone does much much better than the pixel Is the transition between the different cameras in a video which is very noticeable on the pixel and nearly flawless on the iPhone

pls do a video comparing other ffeatures as well like flash performcae, night sight, slo mo, portrait, 60 fps comparision.

I would like to see comparison between pixel 8 pro & pixel 7 pro. 😊

The audio noise reduction in Pixel 8 pro video recording is noticeable

I find that daytime photos are less saturated and much more natural than in the past; for night photos there's no match : he still the king !

Pixel 8pro will be further updated with the year-end update, right?

I find this comparison very interesting, some minor mishaps on Googles part when it comes to focus of few photos, overall much better dynamic range, reflection processing, more details, almost perfect white balance (subjectively, sadly, more warm than Pixel 7 Pro) etc. in pretty much every picture and video ... but man look at that iPhone 15 Pro jump compared to iPhone 13 / 14 generation, they improved a lot of things. I mean last year Pixel pretty much wiped the floor with iPhone when it comes to photography and this year Pixel made another step forward and improved while iPhones made a leap and IMHO not downright suck any more.

For me, pixel is winning across the board for all 3 lenses

You should try it with the latest update before launch

When will samsung and pixel have that smooth lens transitioning that iphone has.

Hands down for both devices. But video transitions is so smooth on iphone. ❤

Great, thanx