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hello everybody its crystal and everybody always wonders what's the best phone to buy but here at Android authority we're taking the guesswork out of it for this installment of best of Android 2015 we're taking a look at the camera which phone takes the best pictures our very own nerve and Rob went around taking pictures with six of what we think are the best Android smartphone cameras and then all of us here at under authority took a closer look and voted on which phone's camera we enjoyed the most and that's really important because everybody has their own opinion as to what makes a good picture is a sharpness saturation exposure but overall there's a very clear winner here so let's take a closer look and see which 2015 Android smartphone has the best camera let's take a look make sure after you're done watching this part of the best of Android series to check out the rest here on YouTube or our website Android authority comm where we pick the best phones when it comes to battery display and more let's introduce the contestants we have the BlackBerry Prive LG v10 galaxy note 5 droid turbo 2 Nexus 6p and the Sony Xperia z5 premium now these pictures were all taken in Auto mode with HDR set to auto however on the z5 premium auto HDR is always on so keep that in mind also we shot in a 43 aspect ratio due to the BlackBerry Prive only allowing 43 aspect ratios and make sure you're watching this video at the maximum quality your computer or internet speeds can handle and make a full screen to see all those extra little details let's start with some daytime shots on an overcast day overcast days are a little tricky for cameras due to that very bright white sky and the darker subjects it creates but these are the best 2015 Android cameras so they do a pretty good job at exposing both so keep these couple things in mind when determining which photo is better in your opinion which has the best exposure sharpness color temperature and saturation the main difference you can tell right off the bat and will be the same for the rest of these daylight photos is that the LG v10 Nexus 6p and z5 premium have a cooler bluish color tone to them while the blackberry turbo 2 and the no 5 have a warmer orangish tone so which one's more realistic well probably the cooler blue colors but then again which one do you prefer I mean it's hard to say maybe a tie with a blackberry and 6p well let's move on to a similar shot and really dissect it immediately we can rule out the Droid turbo 2 it's not necessarily blurry but it's just very soft but the z5 premium details are pretty lacking although the colors are quite nice the note 5 has a lot of processing going on including sharpening which does help in some situations but with all these small tiles and windows very far away it does lose some of his depth that leaves us with a v10 6p and Blackberry all look really good the clouds are better exposed with the BlackBerry although the color temperature may not be of preference it does look very nice though the v10 s exposes a little more making the clouds a little brighter and then using some of them not much shopping going on as we look at the tiles creating a very soft image on the 6p our clouds are better exposed not as much as the blackberries but still nice and there is some sharpening going on but not too much just the right amount I would say in my opinion when considering exposure sharpening and color temperature I'll pick the 6p as a winner here but it's still very close with the other two everything that I just mentioned will become a theme for the rest of these daylight images here we have a subject up-close this statue of something and the focal point is International Brigade plaque and as we browse through these shots you'll notice a lot of overexposing on the background really the only phone that manages to do a good job of keeping the background with the sky is a z5 premium the colors of the sky are actually present and these trees and buildings are exposed very nice the problem is the actual subject is not as clear as the other shots and when you're taking a picture like this the subject you're shooting is more of a priority than an evenly exposed background sit with the droid turbo 2 is to runner up in terms of exposure but still it's a very soft and almost blurry image let's jump to the v10 and see that statue suddenly becomes a lot sharper and clearer even with the background starting to get lost the note 5 looks similar but it's sharpened a lot almost too much once again the 6p doesn't have as nice colors as a v10 although seems a bit sharper but still is probably one of the worst exposed photos with that HDR mode not triggering taking a look at the blackberry it seems to be the best of both worlds the trees are exposed better than the other shots colors are nice and the subject is quite clear and sharp without being too sharp the BlackBerry really looks great here here's the BlackBerry on a different shot focus point is a clock big bend in the distance doesn't seem to be the clearest here the v10 is miles clearer with better colors although the droid turbo 2 actually manages to create a sharper image and here's an o-5 huge color shift but isn't too bad it's even more sharp than the turbo 2 and in my opinion once again maybe just a tad too much sharpening going on the z5 maybe not enough and 6p has a lot of sharpening going on as well almost too much both a better color temperature and better exposed image I think the 6p is a winner here again let's go in a selfie of our boy here blackberry is quite fuzzy same with z5 premium while the droid turbo - isn't fuzzy is just blurry the 6p looks like it has some nice detail going on but seems not to be the best focused image and here's a no.5 once again huge color change very very warm and even without the beauty mode the no.5 seems to really soften the skin too much that leaves us with the v10 although not the best detail I do think it has the best colors and exposure now let's get into the low-light shots here's a blackberry looks alright but then when switching to the v10 it's not even comparable although some like flares start to show up and then you switch to the 6p and once again the v10 isn't comparable much better colors and when looking at the wood much better detail as well the turbo 2 is OK but loses some color in detail the note 5 does a good job but seems a little too foggy almost when compared to the 6p and a z5 just very dark the 6p is a clear winner here here's a low-light shot with something bright in it and we focus on the light as you can see the z5 really has trouble keeping the lyse exposed correctly same with the turbo 2 and the blackberry does a good job although the overall image is quite dark the note 5 looks very good - although you do have that extra sharpening which loses details in the leaves and here's a v10 it looks fantastic just the right amount of sharpening so you can still see the leaves perfectly but there's still a better picture I have to show you and that comes from the Nexus 6p yeah it's darker but you don't lose anything in the darkness the lights are exposed perfectly the detail is incredible as well I mean this really is an amazing photo here now let's try something a little different here I'm not going to label these so you can decide for yourself which is a better image without any given facts here we have a pitch-black night with the only lights coming from this carousel we didn't pick a focal point so it should default to the actual right itself as you can see some are blurry and some of these phones do not have optical image stabilization which can really make photo suffer in low-light alright I'm guessing you probably picked image 4 right yep that was the Nexus 6p now there is no optical image stabilization here but the HDR plus feature on the 6p is fantastic and when it's on in low-light there really is no competition with this fire shot we can get a good idea of how each camera processes colors and how well they process motion we focused on the fire pit with the note 5 being washed out the BlackBerry being dark the droid turbo tubing overexposed and the z5 lacking loss of detail now we're left with the v10 and the 6p but when we take a closer look you can really get a lot more detail with the six PS image here's one instance where the 6p isn't the preferred picture this is where we see all the faults of the six PS lack of image civilization and we have a bit of a blurry image and the same can be said for the Droid turbo to the note 5s remains study if that crazy color shift really takes away from the atmosphere of this area the z5 creates a very nice image nice colors in the sky and really captures the atmosphere the BlackBerry is very similar it seems a little sharper and the v10 has a different color temperature but take a look at the difference in noise there's a lot less with the v10 and overall I think the v10 takes the crown here now that we understand the themes of these cameras images the pros and the cons let's take a look at only the best here's a nice shot with a lot going on a sky lust lights and a building in the back the BlackBerry Prive followed by the z5 premium beat out all the others which is very interesting we're still in low-light here but this time with a much more close-up view with such a close-up image a lot of phones fail to focus properly in the slow light and with the subject being words it's important to make sure the words are clear and once again the BlackBerry paired made for the clearest rendering of the words on the sign with the runner up being the note 5 here's another selfie shot in low-light and the Nexus 6p was a clear winner here with tons of detail and nice colors even the runner-up the droid turbo 2 is way behind the Nexus 6p in terms of quality that just shows how tough of a shot this was to capture all these films are capable of 4k video but we do have to say the 6p is the worse it's just way too dark the note 5 is a close runner-up with it just not being very sharp at all the no effects camera without all that extra sharpening processing makes for a very soft image no doubt we're going to give the edge to the LG v10 it looks fantastic and definitely creates a more sharper picture colours are very good too everything is exposed correctly without being too dark or too bright when it comes to panorama in daylight the Nexus 6p is a clear winner with a turbo to being in dead last due to the strange grid appearing throughout the image the 6p pieces together the images flawlessly while even the runner-up no.5 seems to have robble creating some uneven subjects like this pipe here with the same shot but at night time is almost funny to look at the z5s attempt while the Nexus 6p destroys every single other shot sure there's some noise and some parts are a little blurry but the amount of brightness and saturation of colors makes for a beautiful image and here's a runner-up the LG v10 not even comparable and that's a great place to end this comparison all of us here at Android authority voted and the Nexus 6p was a clear winner and that's awesome to say that a Nexus phone has the best camera on the market right now and this mostly thanks to his HDR plus mode and not only takes two shots of different exposures and pieces them together but it has tons of post-processing and it doesn't just write to boost the color and brightness the no.5 came in second place although far behind the 6p with the v10 falling very close after that so these three phones are definitely the best Android smartphones that you can pick up if you're looking for the best camera alright everybody thanks for watching I really hope this help you decide which smartphone camera is right for you and make sure you live it like and check out these other cool videos on the side here and if you want our Android thority app click on that Google Play link up there and last but 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