mikegreenwald wrote:
Modern cell phones contain embedded high quality cameras. Apple, Google, and Samsung control the largest share of the market, and each of them claims to be the “best”.
How do we, as consumers, know which is which?
Is there an independent, knowledgeable test site that regularly makes meaningful comparisons of the strength and weaknesses of each of the above, and possible others?
Mike, since a smartphone is basically a supercomputer in your pocket, capable of running any of around two million application programs available in online Android Marketplace or Apple App stores, it seems a shame to pick a phone based solely on the cameras in it. I use my phone for about fifty different things on a weekly basis. Casual photography is just one of them.
If you are already using an Apple iPhone, I'd continue to buy iPhones. If you are already an Android user, I'd keep looking at Android phones. If you've NEVER used a smartphone, I'd look at iPhones first. Also find out what others in your family or circle of friends use, because you may want the sharing features available on that platform. We're an iPhone family because we share photos, and various Apple media subscriptions. Sharing across platforms is not easy.
One source of great reviews I recommend is the MaxTech channel on YouTube. They've done quite a few comparisons of the better smartphones available.