Pixel phones have always been one of the best phones when it comes to photographing in low light, but the situation changed in favor of other phones after it adopted this technology and even surpassed it, see the difference between photography in the Night Mode of the iPhone 11 and the Night Sight mode in the Pixel 4 phone. In this new test. (All the photos on the right are for the iPhone 11, and the pictures on the left are for the Pixel 4 phone).

When the iPhones came this year with low-light photography mode, many were watching for the new Pixel phones from Google to see how this feature known as Night Sight will develop and will it outperform its competitors or what. And many stakeholders have conducted experiments between it and other leading phones, led by the iPhone 11, to determine the extent of the development of this technology. MacWorld made a comparison between the mode of photography in low light between the iPhone 11 and the Pixel 4 phone, and they had an opinion on which of the two phones used this feature with high professionalism and which used it in a way that lacked that professionalism.
The night mode photography in the iPhone devices was seen as an attempt to catch up with that technology on the Pixel 3 phone, and many expected that this technology would come much advanced on the Pixel 4 and that Apple and other companies should follow suit. This time, however, it appears that the situation is different.
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The study found that the iPhone 11 presented an image more than just converting dark images into usable images, but rather a clear and detailed image. It lit up the right spots, kept the right shades, and tackled the entire scene simply better than the 4 pixel pixel.
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The site went on to say that the iPhone 11 produced richer and more detailed images without losing the natural dark more often and performed objectively better in preserving color accuracy and other aspects of the image.
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By way of comparison, Pixel 4 images seem to over-brighten images, as well as color oversaturated and too many details and shadows lost. In a few cases, the Pixel 4 offers better photos but in portrait or photo mode, it is somewhat subjective, and some people may even prefer the Pixel 4 in this case.
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Of course, these are preliminary results and further tests must be done before making a firm judgment. But in general, Pixel phones may struggle to regain their leading role in low-light photography.
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