![]() ![]() ![]() Top row (from left to right): iPhone XS portrait mode, iPhone XS selfie mode, iPhone X portrait mode.īottom row (from left to right): iPhone X selfie mode, iPhone 8 Plus, iPhone 6S Photography expert Sebastiaan de With from Halide explains this in greater detail in an in-depth blog post as well, if you want to explore it further. We believe it’s because of Apple’s new stronger noise-reduction technique, and there also seems to be a slight dip in contrast. Instead, it looks like the softer image is largely due to aggressive noise reduction - look down at the subject’s shirt collar, and you’ll notice it doesn’t look as detailed as it does in the iPhone X photo. The iPhone XS takes slightly softer portraits, but we don’t think this is a “beauty mode” like some have suggested. Zoom in closer to the subject’s face, and you will notice there’s a slightly stronger level of detail on the iPhone X photo. ![]() Look at the digital billboards in the background - they’re all completely blown out on the iPhone X photo. However, Smart HDR does make the XS photo the one we want to share. In the iPhone X photo, the blur around the subject is more accurate than the iPhone XS photo (look at the ear on the right of the XS photo). Flip over to the front camera, and the iPhone XS still makes mistakes. It doesn’t overexpose the sunlight hitting the woman’s forehead or in the background instead, skin tone is much more realistic and natural, and the iPhone XS overall delivers a stronger photo. The accuracy of the cutout around the subject is good in both photos of the woman taken with the rear camera, but you can see how Smart HDR vastly improves the iPhone XS Portrait Mode photo. There have been improvements to Portrait Mode, especially with its accuracy in identifying subjects and applying bokeh, or blur ,around them. Case in point are the following two photos: The differences between the XS and XS Max over the iPhone X can be subtle, but in almost every case, the iPhone XS wins out thanks to Smart HDR. The difference when you then glimpse at the iPhone XS photo is startling. Take a look at the woman’s forehead, nose, and the background on the left side of the iPhone X photo: It’s all overexposed. You can easily see how much better the iPhone XS fares - the colors are more accurate, especially the skin tone, but what really shines is Smart HDR again. This is not a Portrait Mode photo, but a regular shot. This is even more apparent in the photograph of the woman in the middle of a New York City street. More importantly, the buildings in the foreground are brighter, delivering a much more balanced photograph. Those patterns are visible on the iPhone XS photo, and you can see the sky is also a tad bluer, and the clouds more defined. The sky looks a little overexposed on the iPhone X photo, enough to mask intricate cloud patterns. It’s a good comparison showing the differences between the iPhone X and the iPhone XS. I lost my iPhone on a dream vacation - and it wasn’t a nightmareįor example, take a look at the picture of the clouds. ![]()
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