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How we test smartphone speaker playback

There appears to be no end to the amount of content users are consuming on their smartphones. As the displays become larger and brighter and offer a better overall visual experience, users are increasingly listening ...

How we test smartphone audio recording

People are using their smartphones to create ever more video content. Smartphone camera image quality has greatly improved over the years, but what about the sound quality of the microphones? DXOMARK has developed a unique ...

Huawei Mate 20 X Audio test

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Introduced as the large-screen member of Huawei’s popular Mate 20 family of phones, the Huawei Mate 20 X is engineered to be a multimedia powerhouse. This positioning was borne out by its excellent scores in ...

Apple iPhone XS Max Audio test

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The Apple iPhone XS Max, a flagship device when it was introduced in 2018, is powered by Apple’s A12 Bionic chipset and features a large OLED-display as well as a dual-camera setup with dedicated tele-lens. ...

Apple iPhone 11 Pro Max Audio test

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Introduced this fall, the Apple iPhone 11 Pro Max is the largest member of the iPhone 11 family, and comes equipped with a three-module main camera like the iPhone 11 Pro. As is appropriate for ...

Samsung Galaxy Note 10+ (Exynos) Audio test

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Released earlier this summer, the Galaxy Note 10+ is Samsung’s latest high-end device. Samsung Note devices have always been favored by multimedia enthusiasts because of their large displays (the original Note was the first proper ...

Samsung Galaxy S10+ (Exynos) Audio test

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Introduced earlier this year as Samsung’s flagship phone, the Galaxy S10+ sits behind only the newer S10 5G and Note 10+ in Samsung’s lineup, with its 6.4-inch AMOLED display placing it between the S10 and ...

Honor 20 Pro Audio test

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The Honor 20 Pro is the current flagship phone from Huawei’s value brand. Although Honor is aimed at the more budget-conscious consumer, it is kitted out with impressive specifications. The device’s quad-camera setup includes a ...

Sony Xperia 1 Audio test

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Introduced in May 2019 as Sony’s flagship smartphone, the Sony Xperia 1 comes loaded with a triple-camera system for its main camera, and is powered by a speedy Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 SoC paired with 6GB ...

Xiaomi Redmi K20 Pro camera test

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The K20 Pro is the flagship model in Chinese manufacturer Xiaomi’s budget-friendly Redmi line of smartphones. And looking at the Xiaomi Redmi K20 Pro’s product sheet, it indeed comes with most of the headline specs ...

Asus ZenFone 6 camera test

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Launched in May 2019, the Asus ZenFone 6 is a flagship device and features a Snapdragon 855 chipset, a large 6.4-inch IPS LCD display, and up to 256Gb storage with 8Gb of RAM. It offers ...

Huawei Mate 30 Pro camera test

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The Huawei Mate 30 Pro is the Chinese manufacturer’s latest flagship smartphone and comes with a 6.53-inch OLED display, a 4,500 mAh battery, and Huawei’s brand-new Kirin 990 chipset. The rear camera features a total ...

Huawei Mate 30 Pro front camera test

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The Mate 30 Pro is the new premium smartphone from Chinese device maker Huawei, featuring top-end specs all around, including a large 6.53-inch OLED display, a powerful Kirin 990 chipset with a new image signal ...

Apple iPhone 11 Pro: Exploring the new camera features

Taking advantage of its array of three rear-facing cameras, Apple’s iPhone 11 family has added several new photo and video features designed to improve the shooting experience and final results for both beginning and advanced ...

Lenovo Z6 Pro front camera test

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Announced in April 2019, the Lenovo Z6 Pro is the Chinese manufacturer’s latest flagship. With its quad-cam main camera setup, a Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 chipset, and an octa-core processor, it achieved pretty good scores for ...

Introducing our new Wide and Night scores

DXOMARK started testing smartphone cameras back in 2012, which to many people may not seem too long ago, but could easily be called an eternity in terms of mobile technology. Mobile imaging technology in particular ...

Expanding the DXOMARK Camera protocol: The Night score

Photographing a city or capturing a flash portrait at night can result in great images, but also poses some unique challenges to the photographer. Shooting in low light traditionally required a camera with a large ...

Expanding the DXOMARK Camera protocol: The Wide score

Wide-angle lenses are an extremely versatile tool—they are great for capturing narrow indoor spaces, and also for allowing you to squeeze that little bit of extra scene into the frame when photographing landscapes or cityscapes. ...

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