
Wow. I've carried the Google Nexus One in my pocket every day for almost 6 months now. As my primary phone, it's been with me to Seattle, Sydney, and Los Angeles -- I've snapped hundreds of shots with it! While not best-in-class, the Nexus One takes much better pictures with its single LED flash equipped 5 megapixel AF camera than any HTC device before it -- in fact, it's good enough for me the majority of the time, and I'm picky :) So, when the HTC Incredible landed in my dirty little hands a month ago with its dual LED flash equipped 8 megapixel AF camera, I was both excited and intrigued. How would it fare? As it turns out, the Incredible (like the HTC EVO 4G, which uses a similar sensor and optics) improves upon the Nexus One to represent the finest HTC currently has to offer. See for yourself after the break... The evidence The pictures show pretty respectable low-light performance from both cameras. The Nexus One uses a wider angle lens, but the Incredible features a larger lens opening, and is able to gather more light. As a result, the Incredible handles colors and exposure slightly better than the Nexus One. The Incredible clearly captures more detail than the Nexus One, and is able to gather more light before noise becomes a problem. How is else is Incredible better than the Nexus One? The Incredible features extra camera settings not available on the Nexus One (contrast, saturation, sharpness, ISO, widescreen, self-timer, metering mode, review duration, flicker <b>...</b>
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