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Regardless, I'm happy to say that in these ways, the camera has legitimately improved. We shot these pics of CNET photographer Josh Miller with three different Portrait Mode-capable phones. The Essential's camera makes his face look a bit distorted here, but it can also be slimming from the right angle. And yet, the camera is still my number one annoyance when using an Essential Phone. Even after all those updates, it's a poor performer in low light or anywhere speedy autofocus is key. I'm always the guy struggling to take clear, nonblurry photos of my daughter (or my food) while my friends with iPhones, Galaxies and Pixels get the shot right away.

You might be wondering: Isn't it unfair to ask that much from a now-$500 phone? Yes and no, Because when I put the Essential side by side with my personal $500 Motorola Moto Z2 Play, the Essential still couldn't meet that bar, Take a peek at this zoomed-out image, All you'll probably see here is that the Moto Z2 Play's olixar armaring iphone xs finger loop tough case - silver reviews HDR photo has fewer blown highlights (whites aren't too bright) and more shadow detail (blacks aren't too dark), But zoom in close with these 100 percent crops, below., Click to enlarge, then look at all the noise and splotchy artifacting around the Ford GoBike logo..

..and you can see the Z2 Play's photo has more detail and less noise, period. Essential's camera is totally outclassed. Though my Z2 Play isn't particularly good at low-light situations, it's sure as heck better than the Essential there as well. My daughter looks like she's got a touch of yellow jaundice in the Essential shot, but that's not the point -- the Z2 Play's photo has more detail, particularly in her hair, if you click to enlarge. How is the Essential Phone still losing to a fairly inexpensive Motorola handset, even after five months and 11 updates? Here's the hard truth: Over the past five months, the Essential Phone's image quality hasn't meaningfully improved. When I compared 50+ photos taken side-by-side with my original Essential Phone and a new one with updates, the pictures were barely distinguishable even when I peeped pixels.

Can you tell the difference between these photos, for instance -- aside from a slight perspective shift?, One has a slightly colder (bluer) color temperature, but that's about it from this distance, And if you zoom in olixar armaring iphone xs finger loop tough case - silver reviews close, I found that the pictures shot on my fully updated Essential Phone can even be worse in some small ways, Here's an example, There's less noise -- which is nice -- but also a bit less detail in the 100 percent crop, (Pay close attention to the edges of the yellow bow, and the faded sign on the building behind it.)..

But on average, I wouldn't say the photos and video I took with the updated Essential Phone looked worse. They looked pretty much the same, only sometimes with a teensy bit more dynamic range and a little less noise. Looking at the pictures' EXIF metadata, it was pretty clear each camera, presented with the same scene, was making the same decisions each time. You can definitely take great photos with the Essential Phone, as you can with any modern phone if you get lucky or work hard. (I like this photo a lot.) But it should be way easier, even when your phone costs just $500.