The Best Smartphone Camera 2022!

0:00 Intro
1:45 We Built a Voting Site
4:47 Revealing the Phones
5:20 The Winners and Losers
8:38 What Actually Happened
12:46 What we Learned

[spyro]

Marques and his team killed it with this experiment.

[UzuHa_NaruSuke]

Marques be like: I am somewhat of a data scientist myself

[AlanGurling]

this totally raised the bar by several marks. Thanks for doing this. Well done to Team Pixel / Google for their hard work.

[NautilusGuitars]

Dude! You just solved one of my biggest gripes with these sorts of comparison videos. The methodology here is actually statistically/scientifically sound for once. Any other way of doing comparisons is deeply flawed. You basically eliminated statistical error by doing it this way, and that's actually very innovative for this format.

You're the man, Marques! Always finding ways to make major improvements and create the best content. You're a huge inspiration, and you've more than earned your place at the top.

[BoomTharis]

Aside from the “best phone camera overall, ” the person who voted could also get the “best phone camera for your eyes” from this test. Great great job MKBHD team!

[zollotech]

Such a great way to do the poll this year. Thanks for doing this again and even better.

[aaronwang]

you should sneek in some professional level cameras in a secret bracket to see if the average people can see the difference between regular smartphones and cinema level cameras

[ehmzed]

I love how the Asus Zenfones always do great in these, despite almost never being mentioned elsewhere!

[NZOCD]

Incredible voting method this year - very clean and professional approach without being too technical, it's clear to see how you're always trying to push the boundaries.

Top quality as usual Marques. Here's to 2023!

[ThatOneDudeWhoPostsStuff]

I wonder if companies will use these videos to try to base their camera processing on the winning results

[jabestillitano]

You've really outdone yourself this year Marques! I teach high school maths I think I'm going to show my kids this as a demonstration on the statistical thinking process. Great example of improving from a previous experiment, setting up a new one, performing it, analysing, discussing results and concluding with other random observations. Just perfect.

[pjbj]

You're becoming more of a truth seeker and journalist than before, you're adding a lot of value as you evolve beyond just reviewing tech to actually help us understand how it works. Thank you Marques.

[lifeuhvriley]

The stuff MK can accomplish by having such a huge dedicated audience is INSANE!

[poOgee]

As an ex-market researcher/ demand forecasting professional, I really appreciated the team implementing some scientific/ statistical rigour into the voting methodology this year! Crowd sourcing large sample sizes allows for so much extra potential in granular analysis like this. Looking forward to next year!

[BryantWilliamsZMBx]

I'm blown away by how much went into this experiment, you can tell how much passion is behind the work. BIG ups to Marques and his team!

[myhairverypain]

As a photography enthusiast, I noticed that the Sony performs how I would expect a prosumer camera to perform. The colours were neutral, exposures were pretty spot on in preserving highlights/shadows with no artificial bokeh or dramatic HDR. This means DI workflow might be similar to an A7/R/S camera for e.g. and if really needed I think a photog won't mind mixing a few snaps from the Xperia and the main cam since they are harmonious. Can't wait to see what Sony brings in the Xperia V.

[squatchh_]

When I got my 6a this year, I was blown away by how great the camera is on it, even from the 5a and 6. Glad to see I'm not crazy and it takes amazing photos.

[jeeva]

As a data scientist, im so happy with how amazing all this turned out. Truly good stuff

[williamtung]

An actually scientific experiment on youtube. props to you, Marques!

[Nilanjan]

This is remarkable! I am a data person and I can imagine how much effort went into this. Not even taking into account the editing and visualization part of it!

You and your team are killing it, Marques!