How we score

Note: This article was first published on 28th December 2017.

The camera in your smartphone is likely the most important one in your life, so it’s vital to find a good one. I put seven of this year’s flagship smartphones to find out which has the best camera, and this is what I discovered.

How we chose the lucky 7 contenders

There were a lot of smartphones that came out this year, so we narrowed our selection to flagships that cost approximately S$1,000 and above. You’ll notice that one flagship is conspicuously missing from our list, the Razer Phone, and that’s because early impressions of the camera were disappointing.

How we score

The tests are broken down into basics, like color rendition, detail retention, low light performance, and so on. I also test key features like HDR, flash and panoramas. The sample images you see have been saved for web to reduce loading time, but are otherwise unedited. Each section has a winner, and on the last page, the scores are tallied to pick our final winner (this year’s result may surprise you).

Here are our contenders’ key specs related to their camera systems: