
Portrait mode on the iPhone SE is shot at the same perspective as regular photos, so it looks a bit further away than on the Pixel. But the iPhone SE and Pixel 4A prove that it can look decent on a budget phone, too.Īctivating portrait mode on the Pixel 4A will automatically change the field of view as it pushes in closer to your subject. More expensive phones like the iPhone 11 and Pixel 4 can make portrait mode photos look almost as good as those from a dSLR. The iPhone SE and Pixel 4A prove that a single camera can take good portraits See some samples in the video on this page.
Super res zoom on the Pixel 4A means that any shots you take with digital zoom look a little sharper and more detailed than those from the iPhone SE. The iPhone SE does not have facial retouching features. Adjust the level of facial retouching (or beauty mode) on the Pixel 4A's front camera by tapping on the arrow at the top of the camera screen. There's a digital level on the Pixel 4A to help you keep the phone straight when taking a photo. You can take time-lapses, panoramas and slow-motion videos on both the iPhone SE and Pixel 4A. The iPhone SE can snap raw photos too, but you'll need a third-party app like Halide or Snapseed. Just go into Settings > Advanced > Raw + JPEG control. The Pixel 4A can take raw images in the default camera app. Some other interesting camera features to note But can Google's $349 (£349, AU$599) Pixel 4A do even better? Both these phones have a single rear camera and both borrow some clever computational photography tricks from their more expensive counterparts, the iPhone 11 and Pixel 4. The camera takes excellent photos in almost all scenarios. The $399 (£419, AU$749) iPhone SE proved that you don't have to sacrifice camera quality when buying a less expensive phone. After having used both the new iPhone SE and Pixel 4A to snap portraits, landscapes, night mode and selfies, I've come to realize that spending $400 - or less - gets you almost as good a camera as a phone that costs twice (or even three times) as much. But you don't have to spend a fortune to get a great camera on a phone. Both new flagships will likely be pricier than their budget predecessors.
And iPhone 12 is rumored to be announced any day now, making it the second iPhone Apple will have released in 2020 after April's iPhone SE launch.
Google is set to announce the Pixel 5 phone today, almost two months after unveiling the Pixel 4A.