the best smartphone for selfie photos according to DXOMARK

The iPhone 14 Pro climbs to first place in the DXOMARK ranking of the best smartphones in terms of selfie photos. It thus passes in front of the P50 Pro of Huawei which was until then in pole position.

The iPhone 14 Pro Max // Source: Anthony Wonner – Frandroid

For a long time, theiPhone is one of best smartphones, including in photo. This is what notices DXOMARK and its scientific test protocol. A few days ago, the review site placed theiPhone 14 Pro in second place best smartphones in photosbehind the Honor Magic 4 Ultimate.

The organization awarded the first place of the best smartphones in selfie mode to the iPhone 14 Pro, which passes in front of the Huawei P50 Pro. Note that the latter already dates from a year ago, even if for the moment no P60 Pro has been unveiled by Huawei.

Apple has improved the hardware of the Pro version of its iPhone

According to DXOMARK, the reason that explains this first place for Apple is that the iPhone 14 Pro has an autofocus system and a larger aperture, since we go from f/2.2 on theiPhone 13 Pro at f/1.9.

An autofocus on the front camera makes a difference in focusing precision and depth of field. This improves its DXOMARK score by 11 points, going from 127 to 139 in photography compared to the previous model. In selfie, the phone reaches a score of 145, only one point ahead of the Huawei P50 Pro.

Even better photos and videos

The evaluator notes ” strong improvements, delivering the best performance to date for the exhibition and the bokeh “. He continues his comment by saying that “ the iPhone 14 Pro produces still images with precise exposure, excellent detail as well as generally beautiful colors and good skin tones. The simulated bokeh effect in portrait mode also looks very natural ».

iPhone 14 Pro Max // Source: Anthony Wonner – Frandroid

The iPhone 14 Pro also takes the lead in the front camera video rankings, ” thanks to excellent exposure, color and stabilization performance “. All is not rosy however since DXOMARK notes some ” minor limitations like image noise in many situations and skin tone issues in low light or high contrast photos.

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