Sony IMX586 Comparison Review: Five 48 MP smartphones face-off in a camera duel

[Redaktion]

The Sony IMX586 is currently the most widely used camera sensor in the midrange to affordable flagship price segments. Our experiences with its image quality have varied from device to device though, so we have decided to pit all the IMX586 equipped smartphones that we have already tested through their paces to see who comes out on top. Read on to find out how our five sample devices get on in this comparison review.

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[NikoB]

Bad size of original jpeg! 2-5Mb only! My 13Mp сamera always shoot 8-12Mb on daylight. Much more details!

The cameras are factory-set just idiotic! They immediately need to be changed to third-party software!

The editors do not need to compare the sensors and optics of different models in JPEG, it's stupid! Shoot in RAW and compare there! All modern models support shooting in RAW!

JPEG size must be at least 2/3 of RAW size!

[Mr B]

@NikoB:
You are absolutely wrong!

There is basically no noticeable difference between JPEG 90% vs 100% settings, with sensors and optics of this caliber.
It makes some sense with DSLR and above, but not with 1/1.7 sensor with paper thin semi-plastic optics.

Factory settings is what 99,999% (five 9-nes for reason!) users will use when playing with smartphone photography. Whole point of 600+ € smartphone snapper is to take that picture quickly and right away.
It's not to mess around with custom settings, manual mode and RAWs.

If a sane user wants to spend 10 minutes setting up a single photo, he/she would bring DSLR/full frame camera with them.

Third party software throws away support for additional cameras and any customizations that were made for your combination of camera/optics on your smartphone by the manufacturer.

RAW does not include optical distortion correction and honestly - given that the hw is nearly identical, I would expect indistinguishable results.

If I had to f*** around with RAWs and manual settings every time I wanted a quick photo, I would stick to Nokia 3310 and carry my Samsung NX500 everywhere.

This is a very good test that mirrors experience and results actual buyers will have with the cameras.