The Google Pixel 8 Pro and the iPhone 15 Pro Max have been pitted against each other in a camera comparison that's left many of us wondering which smartphone has the edge when it comes to image quality.

On the Pixel, you can only shoot slow motion from the primary camera. However, for the front-facing camera, both devices are very good. The iPhone also has better dynamic range overall. The iPhone also has better detail, as seen in my beard. The Pixel is starting to go a little soft towards me. Stabilization from the selfie cameras is a bit of a draw, but I've watched them again and again, and I think both are very, very good.

For cinematic video, it's easy to say that the iPhone is superior. You saw a preview at the start of this video, and I think it's easy to see that the iPhone has better edge detection due to its LiDAR scanner. The Pixel only can do the cinematic blur at 1080p, whereas the iPhone can do it at 4K. You can also use continuous zoom when filming with cinematic mode on the iPhone. The iPhone also lets you use cinematic mode from the front-facing camera. You cannot do this on the Pixel.

Finally, with the iPhone, you can also edit the amount of blur that you want, as well as the point of focus after the fact. This is something that you cannot do on the Pixel. Right, for auto focus, it was very, very close. I'm going to call it a draw even in low light with a black card. This is my extreme test that I do for auto focus, and both actually did really well.

Finally, audio, which one records better audio? You can have a listen. Audio test on the Google Pixel 8 Pro and the iPhone 15 Pro Max. There's a lot of background noise going on here with all of the cars, so this will be a really good test to see and hear, which one sounds better?

Now, I think it was pretty clear that the Pixel had cleaner audio with less background noise and that's because the Pixel does have something called Speech Enhancement, and this is on by default from the selfie camera. The Pixel also has Audio Magic Eraser, which uses AI to remove background noises, and things which you can apply after the fact. And you can use this on videos that you've shot many years ago or even not on the Pixel, as long as they're in the Google Photos app.

So we have a lot of background noise, which you can maybe hear or maybe not thanks to the Audio Magic Eraser. Now, I know some of you guys are going to be saying yes, but the iPhone has the Voice Isolation. However, this only works when you're making a video call or a phone call. It works really, really well, but I couldn't find a way to apply this when you are shooting video. I'm sure it's something that will be possible and maybe Apple will introduce it at a later point.

So, what are my overall conclusions? Well, I think both of these have excellent cameras with amazing images and video, but a lot of it is going to come down to your personal preference. I think the Pixel does take the edge when it comes to dynamic range, especially from the ultra-wide camera, which I do prefer. It also goes for more realistic skintones compared to the iPhone, which you might find a little bit more pleasing. And it has lots of these really useful software features, which will allow you to do things that you're simply not going to be able to do on the iPhone, such as the Audio Magic Eraser, Magic Editor, and Best Take.

The iPhone, on the other hand, is very consistent, with a better telephoto camera, in my opinion, better portraits, as well as better low-light images. And once again, I still think it has the best video on any smartphone. That's what I think anyway. What do you guys think? Drop me a comment below. Let me know your thoughts. If you found this video useful, then once again, do consider subscribing and hitting that bell icon. These camera comparisons take so long to do, and I've been doing them for many, many years, and they keep getting more and more complicated with all of the new features.

I'm also working on that detailed comparison between the Pixel 8 Pro and the iPhone 15 Pro Max, looking at all of the other aspects as well. So you're not going to want to miss that. I'll leave some related videos linked here and here. I hope you enjoyed this video, and found it useful if you did. Do smash that like button for me. Thanks for watching. This is Saf on SuperSaf TV, and I'll see you next time.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: en- What's up, guys?Saf here on SuperSaf TV and welcometo the SuperSafStyle camera comparisonbetween the iPhone 15 Pro Maxand the Google Pixel 8 Pro.We'll be testing out allaspects of the cameras,images, video, low light,telephoto, all of it.So let's kick off with imagesfrom the primary cameras.Now, both have excellent primary cameraswith lots of detail and dynamic range.I've taken hundreds of pictureswith both devices and I didstart noticing some trends.Now, the Pixel has whatI call the Pixel look.You can generally tell whena picture has been takenon a Pixel.It's quite punchy, lots of contrast.The iPhone usually goes towardsmore of a flatter image,which you can edit later.However, if you'd like,you can choose some photographic styles,give it more contrastand give it a more punchylook if you'd like.I generally tend to leave this as standardbecause I believe most peoplewill be doing that as wellbut I've just been really impressedwith how good both of these cameras are.Now, one area where I did leantowards the Pixel moreis with dynamic range.You can see here in thisexample, we've got a lotof light coming from thebackground, but the Pixel,in my opinion, has maintainedthe shadow detail better.Now, one new feature on theiPhone is that it shootsat 24 megapixels bydefault in good conditions.This means you'll be getting more detailand you'll be able tocrop in further at defaulton the images from the iPhonebut the Pixel still givesyou very sharp resultsand I'm assuming that'sdown to the processing.Now, both devices can shootat the maximum resolution.You've got 50 on thePixel, 48 on the iPhoneand when we do comparethese side-by-side at 100%,once again, I do thinkbecause of the processing,the Pixel does appear sharper.Now, I really wanted to test this,so I did some really trickytests at the high resolutionand I did find that the Pixeldid perform better overall.If you look at thisimage, if we go in 100%,the detail has been better maintainedon the Pixel compared to the iPhone.Now, moving on to low lightimages from the primary camerasI think both do really well once again.In this example, I do prefer the Pixel.I think it's maintained thelights better and it's sharper.However, in this example,I do prefer the iPhoneand I also prefer theiPhone indoors in low light,as you can see fromthese two examples here.Now, when you are usingnight mode on both devices,they do opt for a few seconds,which they feel is best.And for example, in this image,I do prefer the iPhone.Both did around three seconds.The iPhone image is sharperwith more detail in the brick areas.It's also not blown out thehighlights in the window.Now, let's look at ultra wide images.Once again, both haveexcellent ultra wide cameraswith lots of detail andgreat dynamic range.The Pixel is slightlywider and once again,I do think it has overallbetter dynamic range.If you take a look atthis example, you can seethat the iPhone imagedoes appear to be brighterbut it has blown out thehighlights towards the sunset.The Pixel, on the otherhand, has maintained allof that detail without losinganything in the shadow areas.Here's another example.Once again, I think thisdemonstrates how good the HDR ison the Pixel.Now, for the ultra widecamera in low light,this image I would say is a bit of a drawbut here the Pixel does have more detailand it's a sharper overall image.And once again in this image,although it's very close,I think the Pixel is sharper.Now, you can take macroshots with both devicesand I don't know how this fly stayed stillwhile I was actually switching camerasbut both do a great job.You can go in a little bitcloser on the iPhone comparedto the Pixel, but overall,I think both do very, very goodwhen it comes to the macro cameras.Now, before we continue,just a quick reminder,if you're enjoying this video so far,then please do consider subscribing.We're almost at two millionsubscribers and I am workingon a detailed comparisonbetween the Pixel 8 Proand the iPhone 15 Pro Maxwhere we'll be lookingat all of the other differences,as well as the cameras.So you're not going to want to miss that.Now let's talk about zoombecause this gave me somereally interesting results.So both devices have by default 1x, 2x,which is using the middle partof the sensor to give you lossless zoomand it is very, very closewhen we are shooting at 2xbut when we switch to 5x,that's when the optical zoomcameras of both kick in.And once again, I dothink it is very closebut of course, I really wanted to test outwhich one of these willbe better for zoom.So I did lots of tests and Ialso tried extending the zoom.So when we do go to 10x,although it is very close,I started to notice atrend where the iPhonedid manage to capture more detail.This is more obvious whenwe go all the way to 25x.If you take a look atthis hotel, on the walls,you can see the square textureson the iPhone way betterthan you can do in the Pixel.The Pixel has kind of blended them all in.The Pixel can also go up to 30 timesbut it's not really doingmuch for the detail.I still prefer the iPhone.And just to be sure, I diddo an extended zoom teston multiple different subjectsand every time, the iPhonejust produced sharper results.The Pixel, in some occasions,did also struggle to focusat those extended zoom ranges.Now, of course, we had to test out zoomin low light as well.So when we do go to 2x, theiPhone here is doing better.You can pretty much readthe text that I'm holding upwhereas the Pixel is starting to struggle.Now, this is more obvious whenwe kick to five times zoom.So here on the iPhone, you'vegot really good usable image.You can clearly read thetext that I'm holding up.It's actually quite a bit ofa struggle here on the Pixel.Now, I think this mightbe because the Pixelis actually still using the primary camerato get in more light and then cropping in.Whereas the iPhone,because it has a wider aperturefor the telephoto camera,it's actually able tocapture in more light.Now, if we go to 10 times,once again clear win herefor the iPhone and then I didextend all the way to 25 timesand the Pixel really didstruggle to focus at 25 times.Even after tapping multiple times,it just got one photo in focusand still, I do prefer the iPhone.Now, let's talk about portraits.So the Pixel has, by default,either portraits at 1.5 or 2xwhereas the iPhone has1x, 2x, as well as 5x.So using the first stopat 1.5 on the Pixel,on one on the iPhone, bothare doing good overallbut if you do lookcloser at the Pixel imagearound my hair and myears, it is struggling.Now, this is exactly the reasonwhy I don't dye my gray hairor shave it off.It's purely for these camera comparisons.I'm joking.If you look at the iPhone,it's actually isolated me really welland it hasn't got these errorsthat we've got on the Pixel.Now, if you do compare likefor like, 2x versus 2x,the Pixel once again isstruggling a little bit on my earsand my hair, whereas the iPhonehas done such a good job.Now, I do think this might be coming downto the LiDAR scannerthat the iPhone has whichmeasures depth information.And a new feature thatwe've got on the iPhone,which you may have heard aboutis the fact that when youare taking regular photosof people or if you tap on a subject,then it's also going tosave depth informationand you can turn thosepictures into portraits later.What you may not knowis that Google has beenable to turn normal photosinto portraits for quite a while.This is within the Image Editoron the Google Photos appand it can do a good job.So you can actually shoot at 1xand then turn that into aportrait later on both devices.Now, here, both are actuallydoing really well overallbut I still think that theiPhone has better edge detection.Now, if you do take someregular photos at 5x,you'll notice that we doget a natural bokeh effectbecause of that focal length.And although you don'thave the 5x portrait optionon the Pixel, I'm not surewhy they don't do this,they should, you can once again go inand add the depth after the fact.And this actually looksreally good on both devices.I really can't pick a winner.The Pixel also does do a better job at 5xof making portraits comparedto the 1x and the 2x.Here's another example at 5x.Again, I think both aredoing really, really good,although I do prefer the iPhonebecause it hasn't blown out the highlightson my forehead as much.Now, portraits in lowlight, 1.5 versus one,the iPhone, once again,great with edge detection.The Pixel is reallystruggling with my gray hair.Now, I know a lot of you guysare probably saying the Pixeldoes great portraits for meand I don't have the gray hair,but guys, I am a tech reviewer.I have to test out tricky situationsto really see which one does better.And even at 2x, once again the iPhone,although there is more noiseon the iPhone image, whenit comes to edge detection,it is better.And final example here again, more noiseon the iPhone image inthat low light situationbut the portrait mode is doingmuch better for the depth.I do think this comesdown to the LiDAR scanner.Right, now, let's move on to selfies.So I think both takereally, really good selfiesbut there's a few thingsI noticed straight away.The Pixel mostly does better when it comesto maintaining accurate skin tones.Google has this thing called real tonewhere it's really going to tryto maintain your skin colorand you can really see this here.Now, I would say inthis particular example,the dynamic range on the iPhone is better.If you look at the Teslalogo in the background,it's been blown out alittle bit on the Pixel,whereas it's beenmaintained on the iPhone.Here's another example, the Pixelonce again trying to maintainmy accurate skin colorwhereas the iPhone ismore towards the red side.Now, one thing that I did findis that I think the iPhonetries to give you moreof a pleasing selfie,whereas the Pixel triesto give you more of an accurate selfie.But in doing so, when wedo have a tricky situationlike this, it can struggle.You can see in the Pixel,it's really grayed things outand it's not looking very flattering.And this is something that was similarwith the Pixel 7 Pro.Now, on the iPhone,although it's not giving youaccurate colors, especiallyif you look towards my top,it's not really maintainedthe black that the Pixel has,the skin tones are more pleasingand it is a more pleasingselfie overall ratherthan that sort of desaturated lookthat the Pixel's gone for.Now looking at portraits fromthe selfie cameras, again,both excellent, great edge detectionbut I would have to givethe edge to the iPhoneand that's because it doesreally well with hair.With the Pixel, it kind ofgives you a solid cutout,which can look quite fake,especially if you lookat this example here.The iPhone gives you amuch more natural cutoutand it still maintains the hair.Now, selfies in low lights,I think both are really struggling here.The Pixel, once again, doing that thingof completely desaturating the imageand giving a bit of a weird color.The iPhone is giving avery red skin tone herebut I still think it's doingbetter compared to the Pixel.However, when we usethe front facing flasheswhere they illuminate the displays,the Pixel doing much betterhere, maintaining the colorsof the black and just givinga overall more pleasing shotcompared to the iPhone.Now, a few things I do have to mentionabout the Pixel are thenew software features.Google is all about the softwareand we've seen Magic Eraser beforewhere you can remove thingsfrom, say the background.I wasn't a huge fan of thisbut Magic Editor hasreally improved with AI.So now not only can you removethings from the picture,which actually does a pretty good job,you can also move peoplearound and change the scaleof things as well,which works really well.But a new feature which issuper impressive is Best Take.So for instance, if you'retaking a group photoand you've taken multipleimages, but in some images,somebody thinks they look better comparedto other images where somebodyelse thinks they look betteror maybe you've got kids and you're tryingto take pictures with them,they keep looking away.But in the one photo that'sgood, you're looking away,the Pixel will actuallylook at the series of imagesand allow you to pick differentfaces from different images.And I think this is goingto be such a popular featurebecause not only can you use itwith images taken on thePixel, you can use thisfor images that you've taken on an iPhoneor maybe images that you'vetaken a few years ago.Right, now for video.I think both take excellent quality videofrom the rear-facing cameras.The Pixel has actuallyimproved quite a bit comparedto the Pixel 7 Pro, which Inoticed did have quite a lotof noise in shadow areas.But once again, I do stillprefer the iPhone overall,especially when it comesto tricky situations with dynamic range.The iPhone just does such a good jobof maintaining the detailin the highlight and the shadow areas.And this is also the casewhen we use HDR video,which has been shot on both devicesand then converted tostandard dynamic range.So you can see it here.Once again, the iPhoneare doing a better jobwith dynamic range.This was also the casewith the ultra wide camera,better overall dynamic rangeon the iPhone compared to the Pixel.Now, I know what a lot ofyou guys will be saying,that Google did announcethat they've got a newfeature called Video Boost,which will give you muchbetter dynamic rangeafter being processed in the cloud.This is not here yet.I'm looking forward totesting it out in Decemberwhen it does come.You're definitely going towant to subscribe to see that.Now, I'm not sure howpractical that will bebecause every singletime, you're going to haveto let it process in the cloudand then come backwards on the iPhone.You're going to get betterdynamic range straight outof the box.But we shall see at the time.For low light video,both of them do havethose lens flare ballsif there are some lightsources in the video.So that's pretty much the same on both.But when we did get toextreme low light situations,then the iPhone wasbetter with less noise,as you can see from these examples here.Once again, when we do have Video Boost,this is supposed to improve low lighton the Pixel as well, so we'll take a lookat that when it's out.With the iPhone, you can alsorecord in ProRes with Log.So this is a flat picture profile.It's great if you're a pro filmmakerand you want to use some of that footage,which you want to grade later onand for stabilization.So after doing lots of testing,both are very, very stable at 4Kand when we do use therespective stabilization modes,then once again, both are very, very good.However, the iPhone doeslet you do action modeat around 2.7K, which is ahigher resolution comparedto the 1080p when you're doingstabilization on the Pixel.For slow motion, both are okay.Slow motion hasn't reallychanged over the past few years.I'm assuming not many peoplereally use it that much.Here you can see in thisexample the Pixel is sharper.However, the iPhone does have the abilityto shoot slow motion from allof the different lenses,the ultra wide, the primary,as well as the telephoto.On the Pixel,you can only shoot slow motionfrom the primary camera.Now, for the front facingcamera, both are very goodbut once again, the iPhone,better dynamic range overall.The iPhone also has better detail.If you look towards my beard,the Pixel is startingto go a little bit soft.For stabilization from the selfie cameras,I'd say it's a bit of a draw.I've watched them again and againand I think both are very, very good.And for cinematic video,so you saw a previewat the start of this videoand I think it's easy to saythat the iPhone is superiorfor cinematic video.You've got that LiDARscanner, which in my opinion,gives you better edge detectionbut also, the Pixel onlycan do the cinematic blurat 1080p, whereas theiPhone can do it at 4K.You can also use continuouszoom when you are filmingwith cinematic mode on the iPhone.And the iPhone also letsyou use cinematic modefrom the front facing camera.You can't do this on the Pixel.And finally, with the iPhone,you can also edit the amountof blur that you want,as well as the point offocus after the fact.This is something that youcannot do on the Pixel.Right, for auto focus,it was very, very close.I'm going to call it adraw even in low lightwith a black card.This is my extreme testthat I do for auto focusand both actually did really well.Finally, audio, whichone records better audio?You can have a listen.Audio test on the Google Pixel 8 Proand the iPhone 15 Pro Max.There's a lot of backgroundnoise going on here with allof the cars, so this willbe a really good testto see and hear, which one sounds better?Now, I think it was prettyclear that the Pixelhad cleaner audio withless background noiseand that's because thePixel does have somethingcalled Speech Enhancementand this is on by defaultfrom the selfie camera.The Pixel also has AudioMagic Eraser, which uses AIto remove background noisesand things which you can applyafter the fact.And you can use this on videosthat you've shot many yearsago or even not on the Pixel,as long as they're inthe Google Photos app.So we have a lot of background noise,which you can maybe hear or maybe notthanks to the Audio Magic Eraser.Now, I know some of you guysare going to be saying yesbut the iPhone has the Voice Isolation.However, this only works whenyou're making a video callor a phone call.It works really, really wellbut I couldn't find a way to apply thiswhen you are shooting video.I'm sure it's somethingthat will be possibleand maybe Apple willintroduce it at a later point.So that is the SuperSafstyle camera comparisonbetween the Google Pixel 8 Proand the iPhone 15 Pro Max.What are my overall conclusions?Well, I think both of thesehave excellent cameraswith amazing images andvideo, but a lot of itis going to come down toyour personal preference.I think the Pixel doestake the edge when it comesto dynamic range, especiallyfrom the ultra widecamera, which I do prefer.It also goesfor more realistic skintones compared to the iPhone,which you might find alittle bit more pleasing.And it has lots of these reallyuseful software features,which will allow you to do thingsthat you're simply not goingto be able to do on the iPhone,such as the Audio MagicEraser, Magic Editor,as well as Best Take.The iPhone, on the otherhand, very consistent,a better telephoto camera, in my opinion,better portraits, as wellas better low light images.And once again,I still think it has thebest video on any smartphone.That's what I think anyway.What do you guys think?Drop me a comment below.Let me know your thoughts.If you found this videouseful, then once again,do consider subscribingand hitting that bell icon.These camera comparisonstake so long to doand I've been doing themfor many, many yearsand they keep getting moreand more complicated withall of the new features.I'm also working onthat detailed comparisonbetween the Pixel 8 Proand the iPhone 15 Pro Max,looking at all of theother aspects as well.So you're not going to want to miss that.I'll leave some relatedvideos linked here and here.I hope you enjoyed this video.and found it useful if you did.Do smash that like button for me.Thanks for watching.This is Saf on SuperSaf TVand I'll see you next time.\n"