6 PHONE BRANDS WITH QUALITY CAMERAS

Do you remember why you bought your phone? I do, I bought it because of the camera. Hell, I could say I bought the camera even before I bought the phone, which is not true since they come together, but you get the gist. I know other people buy for the space, processor, or even if it is dual or single sim. But most of you probably are like me, we go for the camera. We look for phones with the most mega pixels, be it 8mp, 13mp or even 16mp nowadays. Because the higher the megapixels, the better the photos.

Old is gold, they say. I don’t know who ‘they’ is but, well, they said so. And I cannot beg to dispute it because it applies here. We try choosing phones with the higher megapixels but sometimes this doesn’t mean the camera is of good quality. However, there are some phone brands which have made a name for themselves in the camera sector. They existed since before I-don’t-know-when and therefore are known to be of good quality. They have always had great cameras, real high quality, despite the number of megapixels. Yeah, true gold. Together with these, other new phones have quality cameras that I would like to list the best I’ve encountered.

1. iPhones.

Well, we have all seen all those mirror photos on social media. Everyone with an iPhone is showing off at every possible opportunity. Ask around, it is known to be the best smartphone everywhere globally. It also has a very good camera. What an understatement! It’s a high quality camera actually, whether it is an iPhone 5, 6, 7 or 8. The minor problem with iPhones is just the price. It is not affordable to many, thus the show-off.

iPhone 5 image

         2. Samsung.

This brand is famous too internationally. The Samsung phones take amazing photos too with amazing details almost like a real camera. Some of the phones on this brand are expensive while others are quite affordable. The quality of its photos depends on high megapixels but still the photos cannot be compared to others that claim to be of equal megapixels.

Samsung J7 prime image by Thechemutaicollection

       3. Sony

Some brands started out strong and are not compromising their quality for nothing. Sony is one of them. It is not as popular as other phones in Kenya, but well, it is quite common too. Sony are mostly known for other electrical appliances but not much for phones. They however have very high quality photos as their cameras are built upon decades of Sony camera expertise. You can find some of them here.

Sony Xperia image

         4. LG

Talk about a brand that’s made a name for itself, LG certainly has. From electrical appliances until they launched their first smartphone in 2009, it is indeed a trustworthy brand that most people trust. And it’s camera, it doesn’t disappoint. From clarity to beauty and full colur, you cannot not fall in love with the phones.

LG-P713 image

         5. Tecno

There are ‘the phones’ and then there are ‘phones’. People mostly classify Tecno phones in the second category. True, it cannot be in the same class as the iPhone but I think by now it is pretty close. They are keeping up very closely and the good thing about it is that the have cheaper or budget phones per se, specs closely similar to iPhone and the like but at a slightly affordable price. Not that all Tecno phones have amazing camera but they have the Tecno Camon brand specifically designed for camera advantage.

Tecno C9 image

           6. Infinix

This one’s one tricky brand that came out of the blue and suddenly flooded Kenyan markets. Not that they are of poor quality, not at all. They bring competition to the expensive brands though at an affordable price for their users and with amazing specs, especially the camera. Impressive pictures they take.

Infinix Hot 4 image by NjemArt

Now, I know I am talking about phone cameras taking good photos but even with the best camera you can have a pitiful photo if you don’t take into consideration the phone photography tips. But don’t expect to have a 2mp camera producing a photo like one of a 16mp camera. They both go hand in hand, a good camera and good skills. Anyway we are learning and sharing all day everyday to get it right. And that’s how it is!