Recently, I got a chance to test the camera capabilities of iQOO’s upcoming smartphone, the iQOO 13, in Dubai. Now, keep in mind that this is not a camera-centric handset. iQOO is extremely clear that as a brand, it is focused on delivering the best performance with its smartphones at any price. But as we all know, when it comes to prices above Rs 50 thousand, customers are looking for a handset that can perform well on all fronts. While I’m still working on a full review of the phone, here’s a look at how the handset performs in terms of optics. Without wasting any time, I’ll get straight into it.
Camera specifications and features
Let’s first dive into the camera specifications so you can get a better idea of what you’ll find on the latest iQOO flagship. The handset comes with a 50MP Sony IMX921 (1/1.56″ Sony VCS TrueColor camera) primary shooter with f/1.88 aperture. The primary camera sports a 50MP (1/2.76″ ultra wide-angle) camera with an f/2.0 aperture. Finally, you get a 50MP Sony IMX 816 (1/2.93″ 2X telephoto) camera with f/1.85 aperture. On the front you get a 32MP selfie camera with f/2.45 aperture.
One thing you might notice is the absence of the 70mm periscope camera present on the iQOO 12, which allows you to take some impressive portrait shots. According to the iQOO team, the team wants to deliver an overall package at a price that is still affordable for customers. Since the iQOO 13 comes with a lot of upgrades compared to its predecessor, the periscope camera had to make room for other features.
Moving on to the camera features offered by the iQOO 13, the phone offers you multiple ways to click your desired shots. These include Snapshot, Night, Portrait, Photo, Video, High Resolution, Panorama, Slow Motion, Time Lapse, Pro, Supermoon, Ultra HD Document, Long Exposure, Astro, Tilt Shift and Fish Eye.
Next, I will talk about some camera samples that I clicked with this phone and how the phone managed to handle specific lighting situations.
daylight
The iQOO 13 comes with a capable primary camera and a Sony IMX921 sensor that ensures you get reliably good shots whenever you point and shoot. Although I was largely happy with the color accuracy delivered by the phone, the dynamic range could have been better. The handset is capable of taking some detailed shots and even in the default settings, it lets you click shots that can be directly shared on social media platforms.
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One gripe I ran into with this phone’s primary camera was the way it handled yellow light. The phone adjusted the yellow light to give the image a cooler color temperature during processing. This meant that the resulting image had some noticeable color deviation from the actual landscape. I have already informed the iQOO team about this issue and hopefully it will be fixed with a software update soon.
Portrait shots of the day
The iQOO 13 lets you click portrait shots at four different focal lengths – 24mm, 35mm, 50mm and 100mm. The color science offered by phone cameras at 24mm and 34mm is dramatically different from that offered at 50mm and 100mm. I personally prefer clicking shots at 35mm and at this focal length, portrait shots look incredible.
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night shots
The night shots clicked from the iQOO 13 were particularly impressive as the phone captured the vibrant nightlife in Dubai quite well. Despite the presence of neon lights and some tricky light sources, the phone produced some good shots. While there was a slight haze around some light sources, I’d say the iQOO 13 did a pretty good job.
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We’ll pit the phone against some other handsets in this price range to get an even better idea of its camera performance, but for now, the handset looks good at handling night shots.
snapshot
The feature that stood out to me was the snapshot feature. This mode lets you click some amazing shots of subjects moving really fast. We visited the Dubai Autodrome facility to test the effectiveness of this feature and to my surprise, the handset clicked clear steady shots of cars moving at speeds of over 200 kmph.
As you can see below, the car looks absolutely stable in the frame without any blur. Keep in mind, this was the fastest part of the track and the car was passing me at high speed (as I mentioned earlier, easily above 200 kmph).
Every time I failed to take a good photo on the track with this feature, it was simply human error because I couldn’t frame the car properly. This is a commendable achievement as most phones on the market struggle to keep up with fast-moving objects, let alone cars moving at this speed.
conclusion
Overall, the iQOO 13 looks like a capable performer that will let you click some impressive shots regardless of the lighting conditions. With good editing tools and modes, the phone does a good job of letting your inner photographer click the images you want. The phone does a particularly good job of capturing portrait shots. Stay tuned to us for a detailed review and comparison with other phones in this price range.
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