The iPhone 16 Pro Max has already undergone DxOMark’s camera testing following its September launch. It currently ranks fourth in the DxOMark global smartphone camera rankings. The benchmarking firm tested the Apple flagship again and, this time, compared it to its Chinese rivals in terms of telephoto lens performance https://www.trustedreviews.com/explainer/mobile-explainer/what- is-a-telephoto-zoom-4225271 of the camera.
DxOMark notes that the iPhone 16 Pro Max may offer better telephoto photos than its predecessor. However, the benchmarking company says Apple’s flagship phone cannot “catch up” with Chinese flagship phones. As the comparison of portrait photos shows, it is less detailed in the eye area and less smooth in the facial skin area.
Of course, iPhones aren’t known for aggressively smoothing skin in photos, which is very common on Chinese Android phones. However, as DxOMark indicates, users are less likely to prefer the iPhone 16 Pro Max shots.
To give you a better idea of the quality of photos taken at telephoto, DxOMark has provided a chart showing the amount of detail preserved at different focal lengths. In this table, the company compares the iPhone 16 Pro Max to the Vivo X100 Pro, Huawei Pura 70 Ultra, and the Xiaomi 14 Ultra.
As the curves show, the iPhone 16 Pro Max’s telephoto lens preserves significantly less detail than its competitors. It offers comparable performance between the 80mm and 160mm focal lengths https://www.canon.ge/pro/infobank/understanding-focal-length/ but falls behind on other points. DxOMark also notes that detail isn’t great in landscape photos either.
In comparison, Chinese Android competitors do a better job of delivering a refined image. But again, as DxOMark pointed out in its initial analysis https://www.dxomark.com/apple-iphone-16-pro-max-camera-test/ the video mode, the dynamic range of the zoom, the Color rendition, stabilization and autofocus are excellent on the iPhone 16 Pro Max. Only the periscopic telephoto lens performance keeps this phone from being an all-around camera.
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