HTC U12+
HTC oCCupies a tiny portion of the smartphone market, but its HTC u12+ is very highly rated by independent analyst DxoMark.
The dual rear cameras give you a wideangle view of 27mm equivalent, plus a 2x telephoto option of 54mm. The native camera app for this phone is very well-featured, as is reasonably common for Android smartphones, with a number of different shooting modes to choose between. You’ve got the option to shoot in raw format, as well as take manual control of the majority of parameters that you’d expect by switching to a dedicated ‘pro’ mode.
storage is relatively restricted at 64GB, but with the option to expand via a MicrosD card it doesn’t come as a surprise to see no other inbuilt storage options available – it’s worth picking one up if you intend to take a large number of photos or videos with the smartphone.
As well as dual rear cameras, the HTC u12+ has dual front cameras, which gives you the option to create shallow depthof-field effect selfies – perhaps more interestingly, you can also shoot selfie panoramas if you happen to find yourself somewhere particularly scenic.
Results are very good in a range of different scenarios, with natural colours for landscapes and a good degree of detail. in low light, the phone can be guilty of ramping up the iso when left to its own devices, so picking a lower setting manually is a wise choice. shallow depth of field shooting is available but it leaves some obvious fringing around your subject, particularly if shooting against a fussy background, but it’s not too problematic for use on social media and so on.