DxOMark has just released test results for Samsung’s latest flagship smartphones, the Galaxy S6 Edge and, by extension, the Galaxy S6. Both phones share the same hardware and specifications, including a 16MP BSI CMOS sensor, F1.9 lens and optical image stabilization. The S6 Edge’s camera performance puts it at the top of DxOMark’s mobile rankings – find out why. Read more
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The Nexus 6 is Google’s showcase phone for Android 5.0 ‘Lollipop’ and the first Nexus device made by Motorola. It comes with a dual-LED ring flash, a 13MP sensor with a fast F2.0 aperture, optical image stabilization and 4K video recording. DxOMark Mobile put the Nexus 6 through its image quality tests and has just published the results. Read more
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We just updated our full review of the Amazon Fire Phone’s camera capabilities with data from DxOMark’s mobile analysis. With an overall score of 69, the Fire Phone lands at 18th on DxO’s mobile rankings, tied with the HTC One M8 and coming in well behind flagship phones from Apple, Samsung and Sony. Read more
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DxOMark has put Apple’s iPhone 6 Plus through its mobile imaging tests and the results are in. Tested alongside its iPhone 6 sibling, the 6 Plus has the added benefit of optical image stabilization. Both phones scored well enough to place them at the top of DxOMark’s mobile rankings, pushing the Galaxy S5 and Sony Xperia Z3 down the list. Take a look at the full test results and how the iPhone 6 Plus compares to its sibling and its peers. Read more
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The Sony Xperia Z3 is Sony’s latest waterproof flagship smartphone, picking up where the Z2 left off. Like that phone it’s 4K capable and also offers an atypically-large 1/2.3″-type sensor. Just like the Z2, that’s a 20.7MP Exmor RS stacked CMOS sensor nestling behind a 27mm equivalent F2.0 lens. All this has encouraged Sony to offer ISO 12,800, which it says is the highest of any smartphone. Learn more about how it performs
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With top-notch hardware and plenty of imaging features, the HTC One M8 presents a lot to like as a mobile photography tool. Unfortunately, its 4 megapixel camera just can’t keep up with other flagship phones and we were underwhelmed by its image quality when we reviewed it. Our collaborators at DxO have put the One M8 through their usual round of mobile imaging tests. See how it scored
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The Galaxy S5 is Samsung’s latest flagship smartphone and successor to the Galaxy S4. It comes with a 16MP BSI CMOS sensor, an F2.2 maximum aperture, 4K video capture and phase detection AF, but has to make do without an optical image stabilization system. That doesn’t hold it back much – DxOMark’s Mobile report gives its image quality full marks, making it a joint leader in their rankings with the Sony Xperia Z2. Learn more
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The Nikon D800E, with its 36MP sensor and ‘cancelled’ anti-aliasing filter, is the highest resolution full-frame SLR on the market. Our friends and collaborators over at DxOMark have been looking into how various lenses score on it, and have now finished testing over 100 different optics from Nikon, Samyang, Sigma, Tamron, Tokina and Zeiss. They’ve picked out the highest-scoring in several categories, and published the results in a multi-part article. Click through to find out more
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The Xperia Z2 is Sony’s latest flagship smartphone and replaces the Z1. The full-HD display measures 5.2 inches and offers better viewing angles than its predecessor’s 5-inch equivalent. While a new Snapdragon 801 processor and 3GB of RAM offer plenty of power, the camera specification is nearly identical to the Z1’s. Images are captured by a 20.7MP 1/2.3-inch CMOS sensor on a F2.0 lens. Nevertheless, Sony has managed to improve the image quality of its new flagship. Learn more
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Over the past few years, DxOMark’s tests and scores have provided a numerical measure for the Raw image quality potential of cameras. They’ve therefore been debated at some length by enthusiasts looking to see where their favourite model stands in the rankings. Now there’s a new DxOMark Sensor score champion, but perhaps surprisingly, the first camera to break the 100-point barrier isn’t a full frame model from Nikon or Sony, but the RED Epic Dragon movie camera. Click through for details and a link to the full report.
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