Can the more expensive OnePlus 10T, with its top Qualcomm processor, easily beat the cheaper, midrange Nothing Phone1 in a camera battle?
The OnePlus 10T is the first new phone to come from OnePlus since former co-founder Carl Pei launched his company’s first phone, the Nothing Phone 1. The OnePlus 10T is more expensive than the Nothing Phone 1, yet isn’t as stylish and doesn’t share the same materials, but there are some similarities in the cameras.
Outside of the camera and processor, the OnePlus 10T has a 6.7-inch screen and costs $649 or 629 British pounds, while the Phone 1 has a 6.5-inch screen, the fun Glyph lighting on the back, and it costs 399 pounds . The photos were all taken in auto mode and allowed to focus naturally, apart from the Portrait mode shot where a tap on the screen set the focal point. All photos have been resized for easier viewing here but were assessed beforehand on a color-calibrated monitor.
Let’s look at a third photo, this time taken in bright sunshine. The OnePlus 10T’s photo is more colorful with higher contrast levels, but there’s lens flare and the focus is biased towards the logs and background rather than the letters. The Nothing Phone 1’s photo is more realistically colored with a warmer tone, and the letters are more detailed and in focus when you zoom in. There’s no lens flare, but the background is more blurred than I’d prefer.
OnePlus’s decision to put a low-megapixel wide-angle camera on the 10T hurts it, and the low-quality photos it produces mean it won’t get used much. The Nothing Phone 1’s wide-angle camera lacks vibrance, but that can be fixed with editing, while the lack of detail cannot be changed. It gets the win here.2x zoom Neither phone has an optical zoom feature, but both apps provide a shortcut to a 2x digital zoom mode, tempting people into using it. Neither are good, with problems on both sides.