Searching for the best smartphone camera? You are at the right place. We test and rank the best camera phones with our Uber-G Camera IQ score, which comes from analyzing photos from up close, and explained in our Mobile Camera Reviews.
When the image-quality (IQ) review is not available, we have our Uber-G Camera HW (hardware) score that tells you how powerful the (rear) camera system is.
Our camera scoring system is based on four “Pillars” or sub-scores that provides much-needed nuance:
Day, Night, Zoom and Ultrawide photography.
You can click/tap on each table header (Name, IQ Score, Day, Night, Zoom, Ultrawide) to sort the table by that particular metric.
| Camera IQ | Smartphone | Day | Night | Zoom | U-wide | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 227 | Huawei Mate 40 Pro | 220 | 257 | 155 | 171 | 2020 |
| 224 | Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra | 227 | 249 | 159 | 154 | 2020 |
| 220 | Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra | 225 | 242 | 155 | 154 | 2020 |
| 218 | Huawei P40 Pro+ | 217 | 239 | 157 | 171 | 2020 |
| 212 | Huawei P40 Pro | 215 | 229 | 150 | 171 | 2020 |
| 195 | Huawei Mate 30 Pro | 196 | 211 | 118 | 172 | 2019 |
| 189 | Apple iPhone 12 Pro Max | 205 | 207 | 105 | 117 | 2020 |
| 181 | Xiaomi Mi Note 10 (CC9) | 190 | 193 | 135 | 130 | 2019 |
| 180 | Huawei P30 Pro | 186 | 196 | 148 | 116 | 2019 |
| 178 | Samsung Galaxy Note 10 | 187 | 194 | 89 | 140 | 2019 |
| 178 | Samsung Galaxy Note 10+ | 187 | 194 | 89 | 140 | 2019 |
| 177 | Samsung Galaxy S10+ | 187 | 194 | 89 | 134 | 2019 |
| 177 | Samsung Galaxy S10 | 187 | 194 | 89 | 134 | 2019 |
| 177 | Samsung Galaxy Fold | 187 | 194 | 89 | 134 | 2019 |
| 177 | Apple iPhone 11 Pro | 189 | 194 | 92 | 117 | 2019 |
| 176 | OnePlus 7 Pro | 186 | 194 | 104 | 115 | 2019 |
| 175 | Honor 20 Pro | 185 | 191 | 103 | 117 | 2019 |
| 175 | Samsung Galaxy S10e | 187 | 194 | 58 | 134 | 2019 |
| 174 | Huawei P30 | 185 | 192 | 103 | 112 | 2019 |
| 174 | Apple iPhone 11 | 189 | 194 | 58 | N/A | 2019 |
| 173 | LG G8 ThinQ | 185 | 191 | 57 | 136 | 2019 |
| 173 | Google Pixel 4a 5G | 188 | 182 | 67 | 153 | 2020 |
| 173 | Google Pixel 5 | 188 | 182 | 67 | 153 | 2020 |
| 168 | Motorola One Zoom | 186 | 178 | 99 | 111 | 2019 |
| 167 | Huawei Mate 20 Pro | 179 | 179 | 103 | 114 | 2018 |
| 164 | ZTE Axon 10 Pro | 179 | 171 | 107 | 119 | 2019 |
| 162 | Samsung Galaxy Note 9 | 186 | 193 | 88 | N/A | 2018 |
| 161 | LG V40 | 173 | 172 | 80 | 129 | 2018 |
| 160 | Xiaomi Redmi Note 8 Pro | 175 | 176 | 56 | 109 | 2019 |
| 160 | Samsung Galaxy S9+ | 184 | 191 | 85 | N/A | 2018 |
| 158 | Samsung Galaxy S9 | 184 | 191 | 59 | N/A | 2018 |
| 157 | Google Pixel 4 | 188 | 182 | 86 | N/A | 2019 |
| 155 | Apple iPhone XS | 187 | 178 | 87 | N/A | 2018 |
| 155 | Apple iPhone XS Max | 187 | 178 | 87 | N/A | 2018 |
| 155 | Huawei P20 Pro | 180 | 180 | 103 | N/A | 2018 |
| 154 | OnePlus 6T | 187 | 179 | 59 | N/A | 2018 |
| 152 | Google Pixel 3 | 186 | 176 | 62 | N/A | 2018 |
| 151 | Xiaomi Mi Mix 3 | 176 | 179 | 82 | N/A | 2018 |
| 150 | Honor View 20 | 179 | 174 | 83 | N/A | 2018 |
| 142 | LG G7 ThinQ | 165 | 141 | 57 | 122 | 2018 |
| 141 | Google Pixel 2 XL | 165 | 168 | 55 | N/A | 2017 |
| 141 | Google Pixel 2 | 165 | 168 | 55 | N/A | 2017 |
| 141 | OnePlus OnePlus 6 | 167 | 167 | 58 | N/A | 2018 |
| 139 | HTC U12+ | 180 | 149 | 83 | N/A | 2018 |
| 139 | Sony Xperia XZ2 | 181 | 151 | 53 | N/A | 2018 |
| 129 | Huawei P20 | 172 | 136 | 63 | N/A | 2018 |
| 127 | Honor View 10 | 169 | 134 | 54 | N/A | 2017 |
| 126 | Honor 10 | 165 | 135 | 53 | N/A | 2018 |
| 124 | OnePlus OnePlus 5T | 160 | 136 | 47 | N/A | 2017 |
| 110 | Vivo V11 | 165 | 100 | 53 | N/A | 2018 |
| 109 | Honor Honor Play | 163 | 100 | 53 | N/A | 2018 |
| 87 | Huawei Y9 (2018) | 142 | 70 | 46 | N/A | 2018 |
| 77 | Samsung Galaxy J7 (SM-J727U, 2017) | 140 | 50 | 45 | N/A | 2017 |
To spot the best camera phones at a glance, we have created an array of Uber-G Camera score logos and awards, divided by price category and photography strength.