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This article is designed to highlight the most important results of our testing.

It is important to note that we test all smartphones using only their default settings, so we did not consider the image results from the Pixel 3’s Night Sight mode in our DxOMark scores. With the Pixel 3, Google has also introduced a special mode called Night Sight that can achieve excellent image results in very low light, using a multi-frame stacking approach, as long as there is no (or only very little) motion in the scene. In particular, the Pixel 3 is a phone without a dedicated telephoto lens that is nonetheless able to produce 2x zoom images that are very close in quality to what can be achieved with an optical zoom. The Pixel 3 provides solid upgrades over the Pixel 2 in both of those areas, which is reflected in its higher scores for those categories.
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It also comes with unlimited storage for your images on Google Photos.įor the camera, Google has once again decided not to add a second lens, relying instead on its dual-pixel sensor and clever software to provide Zoom and Bokeh. Like the Pixel 2, it uses a USB-C connection and has a fingerprint sensor on the back. The phone is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 chipset, and comes with 4GB of RAM, along with either 64 or 128GB of storage. As flagship phones go, it is smaller than most, with a 2160 x 1080 pixel 5.5-inch P-OLED display that features a color gamut that covers 100% of the DCI-P3 colorspace and offers high-dynamic-range support. The display covers more of the face of the phone, making it larger than the Pixel 2’s display, but the phone itself is the same size. The Google Pixel 3 builds on the solid foundation established by earlier models. Google Pixel 3, extreme low-light portrait captured with standard mode Google Pixel 3 camera review (originally published December 21, 2018) Overall, the Google Pixel 3 is still a solid performer almost one year after its launch, but in some areas, especially zoom, it cannot keep up with the multi-camera competition that comes with dedicated tele-lenses. It is one of the best we have tested so far and improves image quality a lot over standard mode, with much brighter exposure in very low light and much less noticeable color casts.

In low-light conditions, Pixel 3 users are better off using the device’s dedicated night mode. There are some slight color casts in images captured with the flash-on setting, but detail is good. It performs better in flash-auto mode, achieving good results for portrait shots, and also captures generally good exposures with the flash forced on. When shooting in low light, the Pixel 3 struggles somewhat when the flash is switched off, producing dark exposures, high noise levels, and some color casts in very low light. However, a decent performance under our new Night test protocol lifts its overall score to 102 points and keeps the Google device close to a top-ten position in our DXOMARK Camera ranking. The Pixel 3 does not come with a wide-angle camera and therefore doesn’t earn any extra points for this feature. Pixel 3 users have to make do without an ultra-wide camera, but the device comes with Google’s Night Sight mode which we have tested using our new Night protocol. Unlike many of its multi-cam rivals, the Pixel 3 uses a single-camera setup that features a 12.2Mp, 1/2.55″ dual-pixel sensor and a f/1.8-aperture lens. Launched in October 2018, the Google Pixel 3 is Google’s current small-format flagship phone, offering a 5.5-inch P-OLED display with HDR support and a Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 chipset. For more information, please see the articles about our new Wide and Night test protocols. The updated elements and scores are right at the top you can still find the original review further down the page. We have retested this device using the new Wide and Night test protocols and updated this review.

We also expanded our low-light testing and created the new Night sub-score, which incorporates the previous Flash score. Please note: In September 2019, we updated the DXOMARK Mobile test protocol to cover ultra-wide-angle performance and have renamed the protocol DXOMARK Camera.
