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Pacific sunset captured on the new iPhone 12. 
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The same sunset, captured on an iPhone 11. 
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Sunset captured on Google's Pixel 5. 
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A colorful row of San Francisco homes, captured on iPhone 12. 
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    Pacific sunset captured on the new iPhone 12. 
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    The same sunset, captured on an iPhone 11. 
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    Sunset captured on Google's Pixel 5. 
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    A colorful row of San Francisco homes, captured on iPhone 12. 
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    The same shot with iPhone 11. In optimal light, the differences between iPhone 12 photos and iPhone 11 are barely noticeable. 
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    The same shot captured with Pixel 5, which does a good job accurately representing colors. 
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    Photo of hydrangea captured on the new iPhone 12. Swipe through to see how the Pixel 5 captures the most detail. 
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    Photo of hydrangea captured on iPhone 11. 
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    And finally, the same flower, shot with Pixel 5. 
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    The iPhone 12 did a slightly better job than iPhone 11 capturing the edges of Mike's hair in Portrait mode. 
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    But the iPhone 12 also did this in standard Portrait mode, which was weird. (It only processed one photo this way—the rest were fine.)
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    Portrait mode, using iPhone 11. So last year. 
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    Still Mike in Portrait mode—but this time, shot on Pixel 5. 
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    The work of San Francisco artist Kristine Mays, shot on iPhone 12. There's a remarkable amount of detail in this scene—the wires, the leaves, the trees—and the iPhone 12 captured it well. 
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    The same scene shot on iPhone 11. Notice how the sky is blown out in the background. 
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    Shot on Pixel 5, which captured not only detail but color. 

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