**Camera Comparison: Google Pixel 4 vs Apple iPhone 11 Pro**

As we compare the camera capabilities of the Google Pixel 4 and Apple iPhone 11 Pro, it's clear that both phones have impressive features, but they take different approaches to achieve their results. Let's dive into the details.

When it comes to digital zoom, both phones deliver solid results at 2x, but we jump up to the maximum amount of digital zoom on each phone and see which one comes out on top. The pixel is absolutely winning in this regard, with much less noise and better detail than the iPhone. Even when we blow them up again, getting even closer, the pixel still manages to deliver a cleaner image than the iPhone.

However, it's worth noting that the iPhone can go up to 10x digital zoom in its camera app, whereas the Pixel only reaches 8x. But what's really the point if it's still just blurrier than it is at 8x on the Pixel? As we see when comparing these side-by-side, the iPhone may have an edge in this regard, but it's a trade-off for not having as much detail and clarity as the Pixel.

Moving on to video capabilities, the iPhone takes the lead here. It can shoot 4K at 60 frames per second, whereas the Pixel is limited to 30 frames per second (or no 4K whatsoever). This means that the iPhone's videos look smoother and more polished, with better color accuracy and less noise. The Pixel's video capabilities are excellent, but they just can't compete with the iPhone's higher frame rate.

In terms of low-light performance, both phones deliver impressive results, but the Pixel seems to have an edge in this regard. We see a lot less noise and grain on the Pixel's shots compared to the iPhone, especially when it comes to wide-angle and telephoto shots. However, the iPhone does manage to capture some beautiful images in extremely low light conditions, particularly with its telephoto lens.

One area where the iPhone takes a slight lead is in color accuracy and contrast. While both phones have excellent color profiles, the iPhone seems to lean slightly towards a more natural look, whereas the Pixel can sometimes come across as stylized or over-saturated. However, it's worth noting that this is a matter of personal preference, and some people may prefer the Pixel's distinctive look.

The importance of the telephoto lens cannot be overstated, especially when it comes to capturing detailed images in tight spaces. The iPhone's telephoto lens is crucial for achieving high-quality shots, particularly when using its ultra-wide-angle mode. While the Pixel has a great telephoto lens as well, it can't match the iPhone's capabilities when it comes to zooming in or out.

Ultimately, which camera system is better? For our money, we have to give the edge to the iPhone. While both phones deliver excellent results, the iPhone's wider range of features and capabilities make it a more versatile and powerful camera system. The Pixel's unique approach to digital zoom and color accuracy may appeal to some users, but for most people, the iPhone's all-around performance will be the deciding factor.

But we'd love to hear from you! Which set of photos do you prefer? Do you have a preference for one camera over the other? Let us know in the comments below or on Twitter at @Andrew_OSU. Don't forget to like this video and subscribe to Apple Insider for more news, reviews, and analysis on all things Apple.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enlet's compare the camera capabilities of the iPhone 11 Pro and the Google pixel for how is everyone doing today it is Andrew here from Apple Insider and we have our Google pixel 4 and our iPhone 11 Pro and iPhone 11 Pro Macs and we're going to compare the camera capabilities of both of these guys so we're gonna compare a video as portrait shots I pretty much everything you need to know about both of these two cameras we're gonna walk through it in this video lots of hands-on time the biggest difference is they both have the same wide-angle lens but the iPhone has an ultra wide lens and Google up the resolution on its telephoto lens but lacks that ultra wide lens so let's go ahead and see how all that is going to play out on the streets hey everyone it is Andrew here we are in downtown historic Dublin checking out the iPhone 11 Pro and comparing it to the pixel the latest pixel it's out there we're gonna have some photos some videos for you to check out so let's go ahead and move into those sample shots hey everyone we are still in here in downtown Dublin we've been filming for a few hours now it is obviously already dark out here and we just want to have a couple takeaways that I had after filming I really liked the telephoto lens on the pixel 4 but the iPhones ultra wide lens has been extremely useful we've been sitting shooting some of these shots and it is just so nice be able to step back and get a much more immersive shot even indoors it's made a huge difference so it's really kind of a toss up of which one I prefer I love being able to get those higher quality telephoto shot whoever zooming in but I really like being look at those ultra wide shots too the iPhone does have some really good telephone capability so I guess I would lean it towards the iPhone in that regard but honestly we're gonna have to get these shots back in the studio and compare them to see which one of these truly wins out and if I do really have a preference for one over the other so let's get these shots back in the studio and check them out under kind of a more high resolution display so before we get into the rest of the comparison here let's go ahead and talk about our video sponsor Kedah Bay so they probably wore ties making stylish minimalistic cases while offering still solid drop protection all in very precision-made package so this is their chief case that we're checking out now it has two meters of drop protection and made from their own proprietary shock Lake material it has a precision micro etched match texture on the outside which has great grip and feel to it and has a raised edge on the front that keeps the screen from touching the surfaces and the camera from touching any surface this is their synthesis case it's their most rugged and stylish case yet it is amazingly thin but it also has two materials it's using polycarbonate and their own shock light for great drop protection still two meters of drop protection there but there's extra protection here around the corners props up a little bit protects it from operations and it has these diamond patterns on the side which again give some great grip to your phone so if you want to check out any more about Kitab a there's links down below in the description we'd love to hear your thoughts now let's jump into those sample shots here using the wide angle lens on both the pic so for and the iPhone 11 pro the f-111 Pro is a little bit more saturated there on the right similar this shot the iPhone looks a little bit warmer but more importantly has more contrast the pixel for photo just looks a little flat and that's something that we noticed throughout a lot of these shots again the I flirt a little maybe oversaturated or a little warm for our liking but the pixel shots look flat at the same time so it's really kind of up to you guys which one you prefer they both have their stylized looks to them and it's really hard to kind of say which one is better it just depends really on your taste unless that can be dealt with balances anyway here though we do to say we prefer the iPhone much more in this portrait mode test those flowers look really great on the iPhone there and the portrait mode stuff worked very well looking at selfie portraits it looks like the pixel did something odd to the image it kind of like compressed it horizontally which makes the bridge in the background look shorter and my head look like it's stretched very tall but the bokeh background effect it looked pretty great on both photos here we are back to the wide-angle lens the iPhone looks like they did a better job here with the white balance with the house looking more white versus how it appears on pixel 4 they had a very similar design aesthetic but that was really setting the stage for this photo which is using an ultra wide lens that is only found on the iPhone 11 Pro and it's a great photo from that same standing position you can get so much more in the shot similarly here we have a nice indoor shot of these really retro arcade pinball machines but again we swap out to that ultra wide-angle lens on the iPhone 11 Pro and you get so much more in the shot it's a way cooler photo for tight spaces we can get even more in this sets the stage for one of my favorite shots in the entire series we did here both these look really great but neither of them look as good as this shot completely unedited on the iPhone 11 Pro using the ultra wide-angle lens you can't get this on the pixel so the ultra wide capability clearly goes to the iPhone let's go back to the wide-angle lens for this shot which and looks a little bit better on the iPhone but I really want to test out the telephoto abilities so here they're both looking pretty solid at 2x but we jump in to the maximum amount of digital zoom on each phone the pixel is absolutely winning we blow these up again get even closer here inside a final cut and there is so much more detail and less noise in the pixel versus the iPhone check it out here again 8 X on the pixel 4 versus the 10x digital zoom on the iPhone yes the iPhone can go up to 10x in the camera app versus only 8 X in the pixel but what's really the point if it's still just blurrier than it is at 8 X on the pixel now check out some video abilities here is the iPhone panning across 4k at 60 frames per second on the pixel side of things it actually does not have 63 milliseconds so this is 4k at 30 frames per second it doesn't look quite as good aim when we compare these side-by-side man the iPhone clearly has the edge when it comes to the video capabilities not only does look better on the iPhone but it just looks so much smoother with that higher frame rate here we have our wide-angle shot this is a low-light we're trying to moving into the negative capabilities here wide-angle shot on both jumping into 8x on the pixel versus 10x on the iPhone a lot less noise a lot less grain on those pics our telephoto shots here we have a I think three like two or so a second exposure on the iPhone for a low-light shot it looks a little bit better on the iPhone here the iPhone definitely skewed a bit too warm which they've been known to do so far in this series come hearing again the iPhone looks a little bit better in here it looks like we captured with the light in the pixel shot which may have washed out a little bit but the iPhone definitely has a more balanced to contrast II shot again you could barely see these flowers in extremely low light very long exposure on both shots but the icon came out a little bit ahead in our opinion though maybe it I need it to saturated here they look great but what the iPhone does is again to warm but it looks more like a night shot versus the pixel which could look more toward like a day shot here we have the same pixel for kind of color profile that they get so often but what I want to point out here is look so there's more detail in the sky in the iPhone shot when you compare them side-by-side here once more the pixel has a very stylized look to it and the iPhone again airs on a little bit too saturated you clearly ventured outside of Dublin we're hitting the stadium now and this is a setup for another wide-angle shot going to ultra wide and you can get so much more here with that ultra wide lens on iphone so the telephoto lens is really crucial and the importance is huge look at these shots here telephoto shot of both of them we zoom it in even more here on the computer and there's a little more smoothness to the pixel versus the iPhone looking at the scoreboard side-by-sides again there's a lot less noise the telephoto shots are so much better on the pixel but at what cost we've really been comparing these shots and it's so hard to say which one is definitively better than the other but they've just taken different approaches Google put a lot into that telephoto lens it has a higher resolution in with their software capabilities their telephoto shots look really nice but are you zooming in more or are you wanting to you that ultra wide lens more and that's what it basically comes down to we do have to give the iPhone the edge overall because those two kind of wash each other out the telephoto that's better versus the ultra wide which it doesn't have but the iPhone also has better I think portrait mode shots and it has better video capabilities it can shoot 4k at 60 frames per second and the selfie lens on the pixel doesn't do any 4k whatsoever it's limited to 1080 the iPhone can even do 4k videos using that selfie camera now so there's a pretty big difference there and for that reason we have to give the edge to the iPhone over the pixel for when it comes to which one of these has the best overall camera system but I'd love to hear your thoughts down below in the comments which set of photos did you prefer and what do you think of the cameras let me know down below or on Twitter at Andrew underscore OSU hey everyone did you guys like that video be sure to click on that like button so we can create content that we know that you guys want to see and follow Apple Insider in all social media channels if you want the best prices on any Apple gear check out the Apple Insider price guide that is updated daily and until next time we'll see you laterlet's compare the camera capabilities of the iPhone 11 Pro and the Google pixel for how is everyone doing today it is Andrew here from Apple Insider and we have our Google pixel 4 and our iPhone 11 Pro and iPhone 11 Pro Macs and we're going to compare the camera capabilities of both of these guys so we're gonna compare a video as portrait shots I pretty much everything you need to know about both of these two cameras we're gonna walk through it in this video lots of hands-on time the biggest difference is they both have the same wide-angle lens but the iPhone has an ultra wide lens and Google up the resolution on its telephoto lens but lacks that ultra wide lens so let's go ahead and see how all that is going to play out on the streets hey everyone it is Andrew here we are in downtown historic Dublin checking out the iPhone 11 Pro and comparing it to the pixel the latest pixel it's out there we're gonna have some photos some videos for you to check out so let's go ahead and move into those sample shots hey everyone we are still in here in downtown Dublin we've been filming for a few hours now it is obviously already dark out here and we just want to have a couple takeaways that I had after filming I really liked the telephoto lens on the pixel 4 but the iPhones ultra wide lens has been extremely useful we've been sitting shooting some of these shots and it is just so nice be able to step back and get a much more immersive shot even indoors it's made a huge difference so it's really kind of a toss up of which one I prefer I love being able to get those higher quality telephoto shot whoever zooming in but I really like being look at those ultra wide shots too the iPhone does have some really good telephone capability so I guess I would lean it towards the iPhone in that regard but honestly we're gonna have to get these shots back in the studio and compare them to see which one of these truly wins out and if I do really have a preference for one over the other so let's get these shots back in the studio and check them out under kind of a more high resolution display so before we get into the rest of the comparison here let's go ahead and talk about our video sponsor Kedah Bay so they probably wore ties making stylish minimalistic cases while offering still solid drop protection all in very precision-made package so this is their chief case that we're checking out now it has two meters of drop protection and made from their own proprietary shock Lake material it has a precision micro etched match texture on the outside which has great grip and feel to it and has a raised edge on the front that keeps the screen from touching the surfaces and the camera from touching any surface this is their synthesis case it's their most rugged and stylish case yet it is amazingly thin but it also has two materials it's using polycarbonate and their own shock light for great drop protection still two meters of drop protection there but there's extra protection here around the corners props up a little bit protects it from operations and it has these diamond patterns on the side which again give some great grip to your phone so if you want to check out any more about Kitab a there's links down below in the description we'd love to hear your thoughts now let's jump into those sample shots here using the wide angle lens on both the pic so for and the iPhone 11 pro the f-111 Pro is a little bit more saturated there on the right similar this shot the iPhone looks a little bit warmer but more importantly has more contrast the pixel for photo just looks a little flat and that's something that we noticed throughout a lot of these shots again the I flirt a little maybe oversaturated or a little warm for our liking but the pixel shots look flat at the same time so it's really kind of up to you guys which one you prefer they both have their stylized looks to them and it's really hard to kind of say which one is better it just depends really on your taste unless that can be dealt with balances anyway here though we do to say we prefer the iPhone much more in this portrait mode test those flowers look really great on the iPhone there and the portrait mode stuff worked very well looking at selfie portraits it looks like the pixel did something odd to the image it kind of like compressed it horizontally which makes the bridge in the background look shorter and my head look like it's stretched very tall but the bokeh background effect it looked pretty great on both photos here we are back to the wide-angle lens the iPhone looks like they did a better job here with the white balance with the house looking more white versus how it appears on pixel 4 they had a very similar design aesthetic but that was really setting the stage for this photo which is using an ultra wide lens that is only found on the iPhone 11 Pro and it's a great photo from that same standing position you can get so much more in the shot similarly here we have a nice indoor shot of these really retro arcade pinball machines but again we swap out to that ultra wide-angle lens on the iPhone 11 Pro and you get so much more in the shot it's a way cooler photo for tight spaces we can get even more in this sets the stage for one of my favorite shots in the entire series we did here both these look really great but neither of them look as good as this shot completely unedited on the iPhone 11 Pro using the ultra wide-angle lens you can't get this on the pixel so the ultra wide capability clearly goes to the iPhone let's go back to the wide-angle lens for this shot which and looks a little bit better on the iPhone but I really want to test out the telephoto abilities so here they're both looking pretty solid at 2x but we jump in to the maximum amount of digital zoom on each phone the pixel is absolutely winning we blow these up again get even closer here inside a final cut and there is so much more detail and less noise in the pixel versus the iPhone check it out here again 8 X on the pixel 4 versus the 10x digital zoom on the iPhone yes the iPhone can go up to 10x in the camera app versus only 8 X in the pixel but what's really the point if it's still just blurrier than it is at 8 X on the pixel now check out some video abilities here is the iPhone panning across 4k at 60 frames per second on the pixel side of things it actually does not have 63 milliseconds so this is 4k at 30 frames per second it doesn't look quite as good aim when we compare these side-by-side man the iPhone clearly has the edge when it comes to the video capabilities not only does look better on the iPhone but it just looks so much smoother with that higher frame rate here we have our wide-angle shot this is a low-light we're trying to moving into the negative capabilities here wide-angle shot on both jumping into 8x on the pixel versus 10x on the iPhone a lot less noise a lot less grain on those pics our telephoto shots here we have a I think three like two or so a second exposure on the iPhone for a low-light shot it looks a little bit better on the iPhone here the iPhone definitely skewed a bit too warm which they've been known to do so far in this series come hearing again the iPhone looks a little bit better in here it looks like we captured with the light in the pixel shot which may have washed out a little bit but the iPhone definitely has a more balanced to contrast II shot again you could barely see these flowers in extremely low light very long exposure on both shots but the icon came out a little bit ahead in our opinion though maybe it I need it to saturated here they look great but what the iPhone does is again to warm but it looks more like a night shot versus the pixel which could look more toward like a day shot here we have the same pixel for kind of color profile that they get so often but what I want to point out here is look so there's more detail in the sky in the iPhone shot when you compare them side-by-side here once more the pixel has a very stylized look to it and the iPhone again airs on a little bit too saturated you clearly ventured outside of Dublin we're hitting the stadium now and this is a setup for another wide-angle shot going to ultra wide and you can get so much more here with that ultra wide lens on iphone so the telephoto lens is really crucial and the importance is huge look at these shots here telephoto shot of both of them we zoom it in even more here on the computer and there's a little more smoothness to the pixel versus the iPhone looking at the scoreboard side-by-sides again there's a lot less noise the telephoto shots are so much better on the pixel but at what cost we've really been comparing these shots and it's so hard to say which one is definitively better than the other but they've just taken different approaches Google put a lot into that telephoto lens it has a higher resolution in with their software capabilities their telephoto shots look really nice but are you zooming in more or are you wanting to you that ultra wide lens more and that's what it basically comes down to we do have to give the iPhone the edge overall because those two kind of wash each other out the telephoto that's better versus the ultra wide which it doesn't have but the iPhone also has better I think portrait mode shots and it has better video capabilities it can shoot 4k at 60 frames per second and the selfie lens on the pixel doesn't do any 4k whatsoever it's limited to 1080 the iPhone can even do 4k videos using that selfie camera now so there's a pretty big difference there and for that reason we have to give the edge to the iPhone over the pixel for when it comes to which one of these has the best overall camera system but I'd love to hear your thoughts down below in the comments which set of photos did you prefer and what do you think of the cameras let me know down below or on Twitter at Andrew underscore OSU hey everyone did you guys like that video be sure to click on that like button so we can create content that we know that you guys want to see and follow Apple Insider in all social media channels if you want the best prices on any Apple gear check out the Apple Insider price guide that is updated daily and until next time we'll see you later\n"