completely confused between Lumia 920 and HTC 8X

[berty6294]

I think many of you are getting confused by what HTC means when they say "faster camera." A lot of you are stating you want a faster camera because you need to take photos of your kids playing, and your kids are fast. That's great, but both cameras will perform the same in that situation.

Both the 8X and the Lumia 920 have at least an 8mp camera (920 is 8.7mp) and the important thing regarding the speed of the camera is they BOTH have an f/2.0 aperture. That means they both let in the same amount of light, which dictates how fast the shutter can actuate. A faster shutter means a "faster camera" in respect to snapping a photo of your subject.

If you are saying you want the 8X because the camera app LOADS faster, well that may be the case. I haven't seen any side by side comparisons between the 920 and the 8X loading their camera apps. But when it comes to actually taking a photo, both phones should perform nearly identical. At that point it comes down to do you want the superior hardware OIS stabilization (920), or will you settle for an industry standard but soon to be sub-par software stabilization (8X)?

I believe the focus time on each is different. You know when you tap the screen and the camera moves in and out of focus and then snaps. HTC I heard was a much faster process. The lens will be open for the same time, but the processes around that are significantly quicker. That's what I've heard

 

[Smg-Uk]

I think many of you are getting confused by what HTC means when they say "faster camera." A lot of you are stating you want a faster camera because you need to take photos of your kids playing, and your kids are fast. That's great, but both cameras will perform the same in that situation.

Both the 8X and the Lumia 920 have at least an 8mp camera (920 is 8.7mp) and the important thing regarding the speed of the camera is they BOTH have an f/2.0 aperture. That means they both let in the same amount of light, which dictates how fast the shutter can actuate. A faster shutter means a "faster camera" in respect to snapping a photo of your subject.

If you are saying you want the 8X because the camera app LOADS faster, well that may be the case. I haven't seen any side by side comparisons between the 920 and the 8X loading their camera apps. But when it comes to actually taking a photo, both phones should perform nearly identical. At that point it comes down to do you want the superior hardware OIS stabilization (920), or will you settle for an industry standard but soon to be sub-par software stabilization (8X)?

No a dedicated image chip means it will focus faster and process faster so you can take alot of images in a short amount of time i doubt you will be able to do this on the Nokia.

 

[Reeves]

As a father of a five-year old and one-year old, I wonder about this myself, but I believe that HTC One camera speed thus far shown is due in large part to OEM software on Android Ice Cream Sandwich. That burst mode speed was also on the Samsung Galaxy S III, if I am not mistaken.

That device doesn't have a dedicated chip. Additionally, there are multiple burst mode/Camera Plus-type apps in the Android Play store. So it's really a question of the right software on top of decent-to-great modern hardware

So the Lumia 920 hardware is most certainly capable of fast, burst mode shooting. The question is will it be enabled in Nokia's Camera Extras that ship with the device. The current Nokia Camera Extras have a burst mode, but it is slower than the HTC one.

On the other hand, my wife has the Sprint version of the HTC One X. Trust me when I tell you the photos ain't all of that despite the backside illumination, dedicated chip and F2.0 aperture buzzword talk.

She takes some good photos, but there are plenty of somewhat soft or noisy ones as well. I honestly think the iPhone 4S had a better camera, not to mention the iPhone 5.

 

[Gaichuke]

Unless like Kebero said you use it for taking group photo's then it will be useful for that as well.

It's still a small sensor FFC, you can take good pictures with that only in perfect conditions.

 

[tissotti]

The Beats Audio I have used and it actually works well! (people who are putting it off clearly haven't used it) It works well, i will say it works a little better paired with Beats headphones. And FYI i think beats have fantastic sound for a great price! I'll be honest, the price for the sound quality is a bit much, but do remember you are also paying for the great build quality and fantastic looks.

Im a designer jean kinda guy, so i will pay extra for the looks and build quality of headphones!

I'm not going to start arguing about beats audio on 8X, but i just have to touch on that Beats audio headphones as a big speaker and headphone HiFi guy.

I just recommend you to at least try out if you have a possibility headphones by the likes of Beyerdynamic, Sennheiser, Grado, Sony, Fischer Audio, AKG, Hifiman etc. You might find that the headphones can go WAY further for the music you listen than Beats. To me it's at least much cooler to have something a bit different than what everybody else has, especially as that one thing is pushed only by marketing.

As for build quality all of the above will be offering full metallic headphones in the ~300euro/dollar range (Like Sony MDR-1R or Sennheiser Momentum.), neither is there price roof when you go for these headphones. They scale endlessly.