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- But take a closer look, and even the best handsets leave telltale signs of overprocessing; whether it’s oversharpened skin textures from the Pixel’s portrait mode or overly dark shadows in Apple’s HDR algorithm. You don’t have to take my word for it; the internet is plastered with complaints about overprocessing and artifacts found even in some of the best camera phones.
- And yet, brands seem determined to cram even more processing into mobile imaging in pursuit of modest boosts in image quality, rather than taking the plunge on better camera hardware.
- I’m looking at you, Samsung, and your years of identical camera specs.
- How do you feel about modern phone camera processing?0 votesIt's great. NaN%OK.
- It's worth the trade-offs. NaN%I don't like it. NaN%I'm not sure. NaN% Virtually everywhere you look, the latest smartphones promise to use AI (or perhaps we should call it machine learning?) to enhance the appearance of your pictures — from Google’s 100x Pro Res Zoom and “AiMAGE” features embedded, such as outpainting and restyling, in the new HONOR Magic 8 Pro, to the Photonic Engine in the latest iPhones.
