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I took two smartphones with me on a trip to Hawaii, and I ended up happier with the cheaper phone's photos.

The $800 Google Pixel 3 is often crowned as the smartphone with the best camera, but I found the OnePlus 6T, which starts at $550, took better photos.

The following is mostly my own personal opinion, so it's fine if you prefer the Pixel 3's photos.

I recently went on a trip to Hawaii and thought it'd be the perfect place to take some photos with two different smartphones I brought with me.

The phones of choice were the Google Pixel 3 and the OnePlus 6T.

Google's Pixel phones are often touted as having the best cameras on smartphones, and OnePlus phones have always had "OK" cameras. But after taking a few side-by-side shots with both devices, I'm starting to doubt Google's dominance in the smartphone-camera game.

For reference, I opted to do a pure point-and-shoot test with no taps-to-focus. That way, it shows what each phone decided to, whether it wanted to lighten up darker areas or leave them be.

Check out some photos I took with both smartphones and decide for yourself which ones look better: