2018 was a good year for Google, all thanks to the Pixel 3's incredible camera that set a new bar for mobile photography. In a bid to keep up, Apple designed the iPhone 11 Pro's camera in a way that it would oust anybody threatening its leadership. Now that the Pixel 4 has finally seen the light of day, it's just proper for a comparison to take place - and it did.
Given that nothing is ever stagnant in the tech space, consumers all benefit from the extravagant features that smartphones pack these days as companies will always try and outperform each other. So when the Pixel 4 series finally had its official reveal, it didn't take long before a tech journalist decided to find out how Google's flagship stacks against Apple's top of the line iPhone 11 Pro.
The Pixel 4 handsets won't arrive until late October, but The Verge's Tom Warren luckily got one and did what we were all asking for. We now have some pretty good shots taken from each phone, and while we expected Google to win this round, it seems that it's the iPhone 11's turn to reign this year and left the Pixel 4 eating dust.
According to Warren, the pictures were taken at the same time, with the two devices held close together as possible. He wanted the photos to look as identical as possible to make the comparison fair, avoiding tweaks or anything that could enhance or alter the quality.
In almost every shooting scenario, the Pixel 4 ended up being second best against the iPhone 11 Pro. It's certainly a surprise, like Google, for a while was several steps ahead in its camera game.
Nevertheless, the photos taken from the Pixel 4 were still great, and honestly, we're interested to see how it fares in environments with low lighting. In less than two weeks, Google's new flagship phones will hit the stores, so we won't have to wait long.
The Pixel 3, along with the iPhone XS Max and Huawei P30 Pro, can all be easily called the best camera phones in 2019, and it seems Apple's top of the line flagship is ready to join the list as well. Perhaps it's the Deep Fusion tech that did the trick, a feature that came with the iOS 13.2 update.
Go see for yourself and be the judge - The Verge made a fun interactive comparison slider so you can scrutinize each photo without hassle.
