7 Best Camera Phones For Photography – Smartphone Photography

Mobile phones are no more just for making call like in good old days, but they can do almost everything one can imagine. The mobile phone industry is one of the most innovative industry in the world. Everyday something new comes out. The cameras in mobile phone also changed a lot during the last decade. It all started with VGA cameras and then the megapixel cameras.

Nokia recently stunned everyone with their 41 megapixel camera, which in many cases broke the limits of many high end DSLR in terms of pixel counts. Is it the beginning of Mobile Phone Photography and end of traditional camera photography?

In one of the report it came out that the game consoles are dying and the mobile gaming is growing in an exponential rate. If this trend will start with mobile phone photography also, the day will come when the best photographic images will come from these devices.

In addition to this mobile phones are adding more processing power to do many multitaxing and high memory consuming applications such as post processing of videos and photographs.

Today the market is full with smartphone from many manufactures and with many mobile OS. Apart from Apple iPhone most of other smartphones are powered by Android OS. But one thing is common between all these devices that these are all engineering marvels.

In this article we tried to short out the best smartphones with great camera capabilities. This is the our list of the best smartphone for photography. These camera phones sometimes perform better then point-and-shoot cameras.

This is a comprehensive list and valid for now as the smartphone manufacturers are adding up new innovative camera technologies everyday.

1# Nokia 808 PureView

When discussing about Camera Phone, this one is a gem of a phone. Featuring a 41 megapixel camera, this is the best camera phone out there. The test images from Nokia 808 PureView are breathtaking.

Keep in mind that this is not a iOS or Android powered smartphone. This only features the old Nokia Belle OS, which is Symbian’s new name. Other then that the camera has all the other standard features you can expect.

If you are thinking what kind of photos this phone ca take then look out this photo. Click on the photo to see the actual size. Believe me you won’t be disappointed.

Sample Photo: Climbing in South Africa – 41 MP photo captured with Nokia 808 Pureview

The only issue with Nokia 808 PureView is that it’s not going to be released in US.

2# Apple iPhone 4S

The next in the list is Apple iPhone 4S, not because it has the best camera in it, but it has the best application base to take perfect pictures. Featuring a 8 megapixel camera with thousands of exclusive apps to take any kind of photos, Apple iPhone 4S is one of the best smartphone in the market right now.

Apart from its Photography capabilities, iPhone 4S provides features that no other phone manufacture provides till now.

3# Samsung Galaxy S II

Just following the Apple path is Samsung. They are one of those Android Phone manufactures who try to stand out of the crowd. With a magnificent design and featuring a 8 megapixel camera Samsung Galaxy S II has everything you need to take good picture without compromise.

With so many Photography Apps on Android market this phone has capabilities to take great photos, edit and share those with ease.

4# Motorola DROID RAZR MAXX

Motorola Droid was a big success and this new Motorola Droid Razr MAXX definitely has power to take great photographs.

Like Apple iPhone 4S and Samsung Galaxy S II, Motorola Droid Razr MAXX has a 8 megapixel camera. The other features that the Android Powered phone has are touch-focus, geo-tagging, face detection, image stabilization, 1080P video recording, ect.

5# Nokia N8

Nokia N8 camera performance is sometimes better then the point and shoot cameras.

With a 12 MP sensor this phone can take awesome photographs during the daytime and it has similar performance to other camera phones during the night.

If the image quality will be taken into consideration Nokia N8 has better image quality then Apple iPhone 4S and other 8 MP cameras.

The Nokia N8 also features a Xenon flash to offer better color reproduction in the darker scenes.

6# Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc

This beautiful and sleek Android powered smartphone is also a great camera. The Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc has 8 MP camera with fast focusing and minimal shutter lag.

If you are a Sony Ericsson fan this phone will definitely make you happy with it’s great camera performance.

7# HTC Amaze 4G

With a 8 MP camera and some of the advanced features like auto-focus, dual-LED flash, Geo-tagging, touch-focus, face detection, SmartShot, BurstShot, SweepShot, ClearShot, HTC Amaze 4G is definitely one of the best Camera Phone in the market right now.

The 8-megapixel camera doesn’t overload you with scene modes, but nearly every one it has is executed well: “Sweep Shot” stitches together wonderful panoramas, “Clear Shot HDR” creates super-crisp images and “Burst” takes five quick consecutive shots beautifully–perfect for sporting events or the fleeting smiles of toddlers.

There are also two dedicated physical camera buttons: one operates the camera, the other shoots 1080p HD video in camcorder mode.