Gadgetory

20-17 is coming to a close and it was another solid year for smartphones surveying the editorial staff at pocket now we're continuing our lists of favorite phones of the year top features best performance we're doing something a little different in our camera Awards this year instead of ranking we're highlighting the manufacturers that best achieved a particular style or usage a number score free of other context and doesn't make a whole lot of sense when two manufacturers might be courting very different experiences here are our top five favorite photography performers of the year kicking things off with LG we expect the V Series to bring something special to content creators the sharpest lens we've reviewed the most flexible version of a dual camera shooter but this phone really shines when firing up the manual video mode exacting control cinah log for color grading and the best audio controls for recording and monitoring designed more for the person behind the viewfinder and less for the person taking the selfie it's the most complete package users can find out of the box to take their video production up to the next level Apple earned some kudos this year not for the look of photos and videos performance closely resembling last year's iPhones but the underlying tech on Apple cameras helped move the industry forward better compression high quality output in significantly smaller file sizes now iPhone 4k video is about the same size as most other phones 1080p even the world's third largest manufacturer couldn't move Google to support HEV C this processing also enabling 240 frames per second Full HD slow motion video terrific quality of life improvements without sacrificing the familiarity iOS users expect with the world's most popular camera another company delivering techie solutions for smartphone cameras Google reinforced their reputation as a top-tier software solution firm the pixel to manages with one camera what most other companies require to to achieve computational solutions to prove image stabilization HDR and their software background blur this is all wrapped up in the top option for folks who want simplicity the most point-and-shoot friendly option on our list perfect for people who might not even want to tap the screen to focus they can count on the pixel doing all the heavy lifting for them just hit the shutter and you'll probably get a juicy colorful photo you'll want to show off on social media huawei of course stands in contrast to Google's simple approach with the most camera like shooter on our list this partnership with like it continues to bear fruit for folks who want to capture the most photographic images they can from a phone the auto mode takes a nice turn towards AI for recognizing subjects adjusting exposure settings based on that recognition and then altering post-processing settings based on a locally stored library of pleasing images of course turning to the manual modes you get as granular as you want in controlling your output stills have a life and a texture not often found from a phone add to that one of the more flexible and least compromised portrait modes and you've got the phone most likely to do battle against standalone cameras wrapping up our list some phones excel in auto modes but disappoint for manual controls other phones are the opposite but no phone manages to combine both as well as the Galaxy Note 8 top-tier autofocus crowd-pleasing color processing and great low-light performance the note 8 also brought Samsung into the dual sensor world in a big way we can probably point to better performers ferb individual features but no manufacturer was able to package as complete and well-rounded a camera system as Samsung this year that balance is no small feat there's a little something here for everyone and that's our list of top phone cameras for 2017 did your phone make the grade who were the best honorable mentions for each category drop us a comment down below as always thanks so much for watching be sure to subscribe to this channel for the rest of our year-end best of lists next up we're going straight to the top the best phone of 2017 you're not gonna want to miss it for pocket now I'm Juan Carlos bag now some gadget guy on Twitter and Instagram and I will catch you all on the next video