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We compared the cameras of the top Samsung, Apple, and Google phones by taking pictures from the observation deck of the tallest building in New York - and it's obvious Samsung's is best for people who care about photos

Antonio Villas-Boas   

We compared the cameras of the top Samsung, Apple, and Google phones by taking pictures from the observation deck of the tallest building in New York -  and it's obvious Samsung's is best for people who care about photos
Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra iPhone 11 Pro Max Google Pixel 4XL smart phone

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  • I took the Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra, Apple iPhone 11 Pro Max, and Google Pixel 4 XL nearly 2,000 feet above New York City, to the top of One World Trade Center, the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere.
  • I tested out the cameras on each of those major flagship phones, including their ultra-wide, regular, and zoomed lenses. I also tried out the S20 Ultra's new insane 108-megapixel sensor and its 100x zoom. Spoiler alert, the photo quality on 100x zoom is bad.
  • From the photos, it's pretty clear that the Galaxy S20 Ultra has the superior cameras.
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With three smartphones in my pockets worth over $3,000 total, I rode an elevator up 102 floors and 1,776 feet to the top of One World Trade Center, the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere.

These lucky phones included the $4 $4 Pro Max, the $4 $4 4 XL, and the $4 $4. The aim was to take a bunch of photos to test their $4 and compare them to each other.

From the top of such a tall building, I was especially interested to see how well the ultra-wide cameras fared to capture the views, as well as the zooming capabilities of each phone.

Check out photos taken with each phone from the observation deck of One World Trade Center in New York City:

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