Top five latest professional grade camera phones

Skip to the List. When judging a camera for its picture and video capturing ability, you can’t reach a verdict by looking at the pictures on its native display screen. You need to view the pictures and videos on a much larger screen (for instance on Samsung UN65MU9000). After all, larger displays will be the family albums for your children. By the time they grow up, they will all have 101-inch or larger screen TVs on their walls. And surely you wouldn’t want them to find the pictures you take today to be horribly small, grainy, blurry, and pixelated. At this point, you might be thinking that it would be a good idea to buy a good digital camera spending $400 or more. But there’s no point in buying digital camera anymore. Professional grade camera phones available in market today.

Latest smartphones come equipped with better cameras and technologies. They feature better still photo and video recording technology than most digital cameras priced under $400. Optical zooming ability is the only feature where mobile phone cameras lag behind. You have to buy zoom lens; but class zoom lenses for mobile phones are still scarce and pricey. If zooming ability is not what you are looking for in a camera, it will be better for you to opt for mobile phone cameras than the digital cameras. You can even capture slow motion video with camera phones which is a very rare quality in affordable digital cameras. Here is our recommendation on the latest professional-grade camera phones.

iPhone 8 Plus

Features Primary: Dual 12 MP, 28mm, f/1.8, f/2.8, phase detection autofocus, 2x optical zoom, OIS, quad-LED (dual tone) flash Video: 2160p@ 24/30/60 fps, 1080p@ 30/60/120/240 fps Secondary: 7 MP, f/2.2, 1080p@30fps, 720p@240fps

Samsung Galaxy S8

Features Primary: 12 MP, f/1.7, 26mm, phase detection autofocus, OIS, LED flash Video: 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, HDR, dual-video rec. Secondary: 8 MP, f/1.7, autofocus, 1440p@30fps, dual video call

Essential PH-1

Features Primary: Dual 13 MP, f/1.9, phase detection & laser autofocus, OIS, LED flash Video: 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, 720p@120fps Secondary: 8 MP, f/2.2, 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, 720p@120fps 360-degree: Available separately.

Huawei P10 Plus

Features Primary: Dual 20 MP + 12 MP, f/1.8, Leica optics, 2x lossless zoom, phase detection and laser autofocus, OIS, dual-LED (dual tone) flash Video: 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps Secondary: 8 MP, f/1.9

OnePlus 5

Features Primary: Dual 16 MP, f/1.7, 24mm, EIS (gyro) + 20 MP, f/2.6, 36mm, phase detection autofocus, 1.6x optical zoom, OIS, dual-LED flash Video: 2160p@30fps, 1080p@30/60fps, 720p@30/120fps Secondary: 16 MP, f/2.0, 20mm, EIS (gyro), 1080p

Honorable mention

Sony Xperia XZ Premium

Features Primary: 19 MP, f/2.0, 25mm, EIS (gyro), predictive phase detection and laser autofocus, LED flash Video: 2160p@30fps, 720p@960fps Secondary: 13 MP, f/2.0, 22mm, 1/3″ sensor size, 1080p