There are so many camera phones in the market these days that you can easily get confused about the best smartphone camera. And trust me, it’s tough to choose the best smartphone if your privacy goal is just photography. Furthermore, each smartphone that comes with single, double, triple, quadruple, and five camera lenses have a difference in technology, and truthfully, you can’t compare one single smartphone to another based on simple specs these days. So, what is the best method to compare smartphone cameras, and if there is, what would be the best smartphone camera of 2023? Let’s see.
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Best Smartphone Camera Ranking 2023
We have compiled a list of the 100 best smartphone cameras and their ranking based on their performance, picture quality, and image delivery. In this list of best smartphone camera ranking, you’ll find the highly related smartphone that has the potential even to outperform traditional DSLR cameras.
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Rank | Smartphone Name | Camera | Selfie | Audio | Display | Battery |
1 | Huawei P50 Pro | 144 | 106 | 93 | ||
2 | Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra | 143 | 94 | 71 | 87 | 69 |
3 | Huawei Mate 40 Pro+ | 139 | ||||
4 | Apple iPhone 13 Pro Max | 137 | 99 | 75 | 99 | 89 |
5 | Apple iPhone 13 Pro | 137 | 99 | 75 | 98 | 76 |
6 | Huawei Mate 40 Pro | 136 | 104 | |||
7 | Google Pixel 6 Pro | 135 | 102 | 71 | 90 | |
8 | Vivo X70 Pro + | 135 | 91 | |||
9 | Xiaomi Mi 10 Ultra | 133 | 88 | 73 | ||
10 | Google Pixel 6 | 132 | 71 | 87 | ||
11 | Huawei P40 Pro | 132 | 103 | 59 | 85 | |
12 | Oppo Find X3 Pro | 132 | 62 | 88 | 66 | |
13 | Vivo X70 Pro | 131 | ||||
14 | Vivo X50 Pro+ | 131 | ||||
15 | Apple iPhone 13 | 130 | 99 | 75 | 93 | 74 |
16 | Apple iPhone 13 mini | 130 | 99 | 75 | 90 | 62 |
17 | Apple iPhone 12 Pro max | 130 | 98 | 75 | 88 | 78 |
18 | Apple iPhone 12 Pro | 128 | 98 | 87 | ||
19 | Vivo X60 Pro + | 128 | 51 | 89 | ||
20 | Xiaomi Mi 10 Pro | 128 | 83 | 76 | ||
21 | Oppo Find X2 Pro | 126 | 72 | 74 | 76 | |
22 | Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra | 126 | 100 | 69 | 87 | |
23 | Honor 30 Pro+ | 125 | ||||
24 | Apple iPhone 11 Pro Max | 124 | 92 | 71 | 84 | |
25 | OnePlus 9 Pro | 124 | 69 | 89 | 65 | |
26 | Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3 | 124 | 72 | 89 | ||
27 | Huawei Mate 30 Pro 5G | 123 | 84 | 61 | ||
28 | Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra | 123 | 99 | 70 | 91 | 70 |
29 | Apple iPhone 12 Mini | 122 | 98 | 73 | 85 | |
30 | Apple iPhone 12 | 122 | 98 | 73 | 85 | |
31 | Honor V30 Pro | 122 | 76 | 59 | ||
32 | Huawei Mate 30 Pro | 121 | 93 | 60 | ||
33 | Oppo Reno 6 Pro 5G | 121 | 62 | 86 | 85 | |
34 | Oppo Reno 6 Pro + | 121 | ||||
35 | Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra (Exynos) | 121 | 100 | 70 | 91 | 57 |
36 | Xiaomi Mi CC9 Pro PE | 121 | 77 | 54 | ||
37 | Asus Zenfone 8 | 120 | 66 | 81 | 64 | |
38 | Google Pixel 5 | 120 | 94 | 68 | 74 | 58 |
39 | Samsung Galaxy Note 20 | 120 | 100 | |||
40 | Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra 5G | 120 | 100 | 68 | 89 | |
41 | Vivo X60 Pro 5G | 120 | 91 | 47 | 86 | |
42 | Xiaomi Mi 11 | 120 | 85 | 68 | 87 | 49 |
43 | Xiaomi Redmi K30 Pro Zoom Edition | 120 | ||||
44 | Apple iPhone 11 | 119 | 91 | 71 | ||
45 | Samsung Galaxy S21+ 5G | 119 | 70 | 69 | ||
46 | Asus Zenfone 8 Flip | 119 | 63 | |||
47 | OnePlus8 Pro | 119 | 93 | 67 | 88 | |
48 | Samsung Galaxy S20 + | 118 | 66 | |||
49 | Vivo X60 Pro 5G | 118 | ||||
50 | Xiaomi Mi 10T Pro 5G | 118 | 88 | 72 | 72 | |
51 | Motorola Edge + | 117 | 66 | |||
52 | Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra 5G (Snapdragon) | 117 | 97 | 68 | 90 | |
53 | Samsung Galaxy Note 10 + (Exynos) | 117 | 66 | |||
54 | TCL 20 Pro 5G | 117 | 89 | |||
55 | Xiaomi Mi 11T Pro | 117 | 91 | 91 | 87 | 81 |
56 | Huawei P30 Pro | 116 | 89 | |||
57 | OnePlus Nord 2 5G | 116 | ||||
58 | Samsung Galaxy S21 5G (Exynos) | 116 | 98 | 70 | 63 | |
59 | Samsung Galaxy Note 10+ 5G (Exynos) | 116 | 99 | 66 | ||
60 | Samsung Galaxy S10 5G (Exynos) | 116 | 97 | |||
61 | Asus ZenFone 7 Pro | 115 | 101 | |||
62 | OnePlus 9 | 115 | 66 | 88 | 77 | |
63 | Oppo Find X3 Neo | 115 | 61 | 85 | 81 | |
64 | Oppo Reno 10X zoom | 115 | ||||
65 | Samsung Galaxy S20 FE (Exynos) | 115 | ||||
66 | Sony Xperia 1 III | 115 | 66 | 86 | ||
67 | OnePlus 7T Pro | 114 | ||||
68 | OnePlus 7 Pro | 114 | 86 | 65 | ||
69 | Vivo X51 5G | 114 | 81 | 53 | 87 | 60 |
70 | Google Pixel 4 | 113 | 92 | 68 | ||
71 | Honor 20 Pro | 113 | 85 | 53 | ||
72 | Samsung Galaxy S10+ (Exynos) | 113 | 96 | 65 | ||
73 | Huawei P40 | 112 | ||||
74 | Huawei Mate 20 Pro | 112 | 75 | |||
75 | Oppo Reno 5 Pro+ 5G | 112 | 59 | 83 | ||
76 | Sony Xperia 1 II | 112 | 57 | |||
77 | Google Pixel 4A | 111 | ||||
78 | Huawei Mate 20 X | 111 | 75 | |||
79 | OnePlus 8T | 111 | 82 | 89 | 71 | |
80 | Sony Xperia 5 II | 111 | 78 | |||
81 | Xiaomi Mi 11i | 111 | 66 | |||
82 | Xiaomi Mi 11i Lite 5G | 111 | 67 | |||
83 | LG Wing | 110 | 88 | |||
84 | Xiaomi Mi 9 | 110 | ||||
85 | Huawei P20 Pro | 109 | 72 | |||
86 | Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 2 5G | 109 | 66 | |||
87 | OnePlus Nord 2 5G | 108 | ||||
88 | Oppo A94 5G | 108 | 82 | |||
89 | Oppo Reno 4 Pro 5G | 108 | 61 | |||
90 | Xiaomi 11T | 108 | 88 | 70 | 89 | 89 |
91 | Xiaomi Redmi K40 Pro + | 108 | 66 | |||
92 | Oppo Reno 6 5G | 107 | 80 | 58 | 80 | 96 |
93 | ZTE Axon 30 Ultra | 107 | 63 | |||
94 | Apple iPhone Xs Max | 106 | 82 | 74 | ||
95 | Xiaomi Redmi Noet 10 Pro | 106 | 84 | |||
96 | Motorola Edge 20 Pro | 105 | 55 | 80 | 76 | |
97 | Oppo Find X3 Lite | 105 | 53 | 79 | 68 | |
98 | Oppo Reno 4 5G | 105 | ||||
99 | Oppo Find X 2 Neo | 105 | ||||
100 | Realme GT Neo | 105 |
Understanding the DxOMark Rating
I get it, the DxOMark rating can get confusing for some people, obviously, smartphone cameras are not rated like films such as three out of five stars or an IMDB rating of 7/10. Each smartphone rating for DxOMark goes way beyond the threshold of 100. So, does that mean smartphones that have 100 + ratings are much better than any smartphone on the planet? My answer would be: No.
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DxOMark has its own set of algorithms to compute these ratings/numbers. However, each number represents some level of image quality. In a nutshell, DxOMark breaks a smartphone camera performance on photos and videos, photos have their own subcategory, and videos have their own. Now, each subcategory score is then calculated, and a weighted average score is showcased as the final rating, and it is because of that a smartphone camera score can reach 100+ mark.
As you can see in the above image, each smartphone goes through several quality checks, which include these 18 parameters.
- Exposer
- Colour
- Autofocus
- Texture
- Noise
- Artefacts
- Night
- Bokeh
- Preview
- Tele
- Wide
- Exposure video
- Colour video
- Autofocus video
- Texture video
- Noise video
- Artefacts video
- Stabilisation video
Based on the individual score on each subcategory, the performance of the smartphone camera is calculated. Although, you must note that this overall score is just the rating provided by DxOMark based on what they like.
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Conclusion:
Each smartphone camera is unique, and it has its role and purpose in shooting an image. E.g., the Apple iPhone 13 Pro score is 137, and the score of the Huawei P50 Pro is 144. However, iPhone is still a better camera smartphone if you want to shoot a pro-res video because it has a new sensor shift and cinematic mode. On the other hand, Huawei P50 Pro has no such feature. So, in the end, surely DxOmark scores matters at some level; however, it is also important to ensure the purpose of your smartphone use.
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