Google Pixel 4a vs iPhone SE vs Samsung Galaxy A71 Camera Comparison Test! By TechDaily

What's going on guys, my name is wade with tech daily and in this video we're going to be doing a camera comparison test between the Google Pixel 4a, the 2020 iPhone SE and the Samsung Galaxy a71. So the reason I wanted to compare these phones in particular is because all three devices fall within that 350 to 400 price point, so they're certainly competing smartphones and, if you're in the market for a new device, you're, probably considering at least one of them, if not all of them. What also makes this comparison particularly interesting is that these phones are, of course, from the three big players: google, apple and Samsung, and each company not only offers a different approach to the camera and smartphone hardware, but the actual results vary pretty heavily too when we start to analyze the picture and video samples, and it is interesting to see these results side by side so to get things started. I want to take just a second to explain what all is going on with the camera setups here with these three phones, and then we'll jump right into some actual side-by-side samples feel free to jump ahead if you want to, but with the 2020 iPhone SE. Of course, this phone has one single lens around back. It's a 12, megapixel, f, 1.8, aperture, shooter and up front. The selfie camera is a 7, megapixel, f, 2.2 lens this setup isn't new. It isn't particularly high-end either it's been on previous iPhones and years past.

But what helps this phone out? A ton is apple's high-end a13, bionic chipset, which is their flagship processor, with apple they're, relying heavily on the software and image processing via the chipset, more so than the actual lens hardware to produce the images. So that's something to consider, and it's actually a similar story with the Pixel 4a. This phone also has just one lens around back: a 12.2 megapixel, f 1.7 aperture shooter paired with an 8 megapixel, f, 2.0, aperture selfie camera up front with Google they're, pretty much known to make the most out of one lens that maybe isn't the best on paper when strictly looking at the specs, but they're huge on the software and image processing too, and I personally don't think anyone else does it better. The Samsung Galaxy a71, however, embraces all kinds of lenses and crazy hardware specs. This phone has a quad lens setup around back, that's made up of a 64 megapixel, f, 1.8, aperture main shooter, a 12 megapixel ultra-wide lens 5 megapixel depth sensor to help with live focus, shots and a 5 megapixel macro lens for super up close pictures and with a selfie camera. This phone gets a 32, megapixel, f, 2.2 camera up front. So there are a couple of important things to note here: first off with shooting modes and capabilities, the a71 pretty much offers the most.

Each phone does have their own sort of special software editions, there's varying slo-mo modes. Google Lens hyperlapse food and portrait mode filters, but only the a71 offers more shooting modes that utilize. The actual additional lenses. Wide angle, for example, is useful and that's not something you get on the iPhone or the pixel the macro lens. On the other hand, I don't personally value, but it's there if you want it and the a71 can take advantage of all of those megapixels with a high megapixel shooting mode.

So while the extra lenses don't always offer more features in this case with the a71, you are getting a little extra. There is one sort of software feature that I think is the most important one to have and that's night mode. The pixel has it with its night sight, camera the a71 has night mode, but the 2020 iPhone SE has no low light or night mode shooting at all. So in particularly dark settings, there's no assistance and I think that's a big mistake with apple, not offering it. Besides, all that every phone can shoot.4K video though the iPhone goes all the way up to 60 fps, while the pixel and a71 maxed out at 30 fps, and the iPhone also has optical image stabilization, while the pixel and a71 rely on gyro as, and when we get to the video samples, I think you'll see how much more stable the iPhone is. That's pretty much all the important stuff like I said, the shooting modes and software features and filters, and things like that vary a bit between the different phones.

I could spend 10 minutes going over every little detail, but let's just jump into some actual real world results here, so we can see what's going on with these phones, and I'll offer up some of my own sort of insight and critiques, so, first off with just regular old selfies. I actually think all three phones do a pretty good job, but there are certainly some things we can pick out. The iPhone right away looks bright and pretty pleasing, but it is maybe more colorful and saturated than it should be. I think it does offer the most detail, though the Pixel 4a is the most accurate I'd say as far as the color and exposure in regard to how the scene really looked, though, I'm not a huge fan of the actual lens on the 4a, like the focal length sounds a little weird, but you can sort of see how skinny my head looks and how my nose and chin look very forward compared to the wider look of the other two lenses. I'm not sure if I'm explaining it all that well, but it's just something.

Furthermore, I noticed the a71 looks okay, but with selfies Samsung tends to over soften and over beautify the images, while also offering a particularly dark looking image and all in all, I think it's the most processed looking picture out of the bunch with a portrait selfie here. A lot of the same characteristics I mentioned from the last picture are present once again, but when looking more at the background and foreground separation, the iPhone and a71 do an okay job, but the Pixel 4a, I think, is still better than the other two, and you can see that around the top of my hair, especially the iPhone and pixel, offer the sharper more detailed images. While again, the a71 is just super, smooth and processed, which you can see all over my face when we move over to the rear camera. Once again, I think the 4a is the truest to life. Looking image with the color and exposure, the iPhone looks pretty pleasing to the eye again, and I think the a71 looks the most different out of the three.

What you'll see here in a second is that the a71 tends to almost over brighten most scenes and also over saturate. At times too, it does work every once in a while. There are instances where a bright colorful image looks pretty good, but in this case I think it does miss the mark with the skin tone and just the overall look and with a rear portrait shot. In my opinion, I think the 4a outshines the other two phones by quite a bit with the detail. The color, the edge detection and everything in between the iPhone still looks good, but my hair gets a little blurry, where maybe it shouldn't be, and my beard isn't quite as detailed compared to the pixel, the a71 again isn't bad.

I think as a whole. There's nothing. This phone got wrong exactly it's just a little too bright with the skin tones a little too far off compared to the rest, and when we move over to some outside shots, I want to offer up some of the tendencies I noticed with some pictures in the lineup. The iPhone in general is a little more saturated than real life and maybe a little brighter at times. The Pixel 4a is the most accurate, the most true to life, but that sometimes means things.

Maybe don't look as nice. Perhaps a little dull, so while it's accurate, it's maybe not as eye-catching, though you likely can pick out more detail in the shots versus the rest and with the a71. This is an instance where a bright, colorful, more saturated, look actually works. The sky is a bright blue compared to the rest, the clouds are almost starch white, the Paris balloon really stands out and the trees and the grass are a very vibrant green. This is a picture that looks good with Samsung's color profile and while it may not be an honest representation of how the scene really looked, I think there are people out there.

That might argue it's a pretty good. Looking picture, it's a similar setup here. The Pixel 4a is maybe a little more dull. The iPhone takes it up. Maybe one notch with a brighter, more colorful result and the a71 goes probably a few more steps, even still with a really bright and really saturated.

Look now when the lights go down. Unfortunately, this is where the iPhone gets separated from the other two devices. Like I said already, this iPhone does not offer a night mode while the other two phones do, so you basically end up with results like these, where in some cases the iPhone is not great other times it's completely unusable and while the a71 can at least capture the scenes with its night mode, the Pixel 4a. Here its night sight, camera just blows the other two devices away, and it's not even close if low light or nighttime shots are your thing. The Pixel 4a is the clear winner.

The a71, like I said, is totally fine. It'll get the job done, but apple, not offering any help with low light stuff. Here on the Essie, I think, was just a huge mistake. So I have a ton more picture and video samples to show you guys. I want to go ahead and just let them play through here, so you can sort of critique and analyze them yourself, go ahead and run through them, see what you think, and I'll catch back up with you at the end of this video do so do all in all.

If I had to choose just one phone when it comes to strictly pictures, I think there's no question the 4a is the winner. It offers a ton of detail, it's low light, shooting mode is fantastic, and it is far and away the best picture taker for 300, 400 or even 500. The iPhone isn't too far behind it. I think it excels with video in particular, but no night mode is just such a bummer and I really think it limits this phone's potential. The a71 is a perfect choice too.

Those extra lenses are a plus at times, especially the wide angle, and I think Samsung has done a great job. Improving there a series cameras, particularly this year. There's definitely a lot of folks who, like bright colorful, looking pictures, so I know it'll be the choice for a lot of people. But what do you guys think? Which phone did you like best? Let me know in the comments down below I'd love, to know your thoughts. Of course.

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