Welcome to the 91mobiles Blind Camera League! Here, we’re putting the camera capabilities of smartphones from various price ranges to the test across different scenarios. And the best part? You, our readers, are the judges! Simply choose the images you prefer, and the phone with fewer votes will be eliminated. The winning phone moves on to the next round, facing off against other winners until only one champion remains.
Round one flagship competitors:
In the first round, we have the Google Pixel 9 Pro XL (review) and the Vivo X100 Pro (review) battling it out for the title of Best Flagship Camera Phone. Check out the blind camera comparisons below, and vote for your favourite photos!
- Group A: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max vs Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra
- Group B: Google Pixel 9 vs Apple iPhone 16
- Group D: Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 6 vs Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold
Camera specs at a glance:
Before we begin our blind camera test, let’s review these phones’ on-paper specs. Since it is a blind camera test, we have renamed the phones “Phone A” and “Phone B.” The names will be disclosed once the poll ends after a week.
| Google Pixel 9 Pro XL | Vivo X100 Pro co-engineered with ZEISS | |
| Primary camera | 50 MP, f/1.68 with Octa PDAF & OIS | 50 MP (Sony IMX989), f/1.75 with PDAF & OIS |
| Secondary camera | 48 MP (ultrawide), f/1.7 Quad PDAF with Autofocus | 50 MP (ultrawide), f/2.0 with Autofocus |
| Tertiary camera | 48 MP (5x periscope), f/2.8 Quad PDAF with OIS | 50 MP (Sony IMX816, 4.3x periscope), f/2.5 with OIS |
| Front Camera | 42 MP, f/2.2 with PDAF | 32 MP, f/2.0 |
Daylight HDR
To test the HDR capabilities of the Google Pixel 9 Pro XL and Vivo X100 Pro, along with other parameters like colour management, and sharpness we took this daylight shot from each of them.
Ultrawide
These ultrawide shots are from our office on both phones to test the distortion aka perspective correction, colour consistency, HDR processing, etc.
Zoom
These zoom shots from the Google Pixel 9 Pro XL and Vivo X100 Pro from the same spot.
Portrait
This portrait was captured from the same distance and at the same focal length, from both phones simultaneously.
Selfie
Here are the selfies from both the phones beside each other, to test the front camera on parameters like colour management, focusing capabilities, HDR processing, and more.
Low light without night mode
The low-light pictures are from the Google Pixel 9 Pro XL and Vivo X100 Pro, without night mode to test their low-light capabilities.
Low light with night mode
Here are the night mode samples from both the Google Pixel 9 Pro XL and Vivo X100 Pro, in the same conditions.
This wraps up our blind camera comparison between the Google Pixel 9 Pro XL and Vivo X100 Pro. Now, it’s time to pick the images you like more, by casting your vote in the polls attached to each segment. We will keep the polls open for exactly a week. Come back on Friday, November 15th to see which of the two advances to the next round.
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