iPhone 16 Pro Max Camera Comparison Against Google Pixel 9 Pro XL Shows Why Apple Is Winning The Camera Game

Apple and Google both place great emphasis on evolving their camera technology and each year improve the camera capabilities further, especially for flagship phones. The Pixel 9 Pro XL is packed with some impressive camera improvements, and so is the iPhone 16 Pro Max, which has a key feature added to the new series. Both cameras were put to the test in an outdoor and indoor setting, and it was a close call as both offered excellent results. However, the iPhone came out victorious even though the outdoor photos by Pixel outperformed initially in the comparison.

iPhone 16 Pro Max has better camera capabilities than the Pixel 9 Pro XL

With the iPhone 16 lineup, Apple has been working on bringing Apple Intelligence capabilities but also has brought ahead significant camera improvements, given how the biggest selling point of the model is the camera. Similarly, Google has been leveraging AI and focusing on camera advancements, with the Pixel 9 Pro XL intensifying the competition between the two for which model offers more camera innovation.

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Andrew Lanxon of CNET compared the iPhone 16 Pro Max camera performance with the Pixel 9 Pro XL by going on a tour of Edinburgh, Scotland, and using the camera app on both phones with the default setting enabled.

The Pixel outperformed the iPhone when it came to outdoor pictures of the fall as despite the gray skies the colors of the pictures popped out more and the images were more vivid and vibrant. Pixel has been known for its color vibrancy, especially outdoors. iPhone 16 Pro Max, on the other hand, gives a more realistic color tone, which, even though it is closest to life imagery, gives the pictures a dull look.

When Andrew shifted to indoor pictures, the iPhone captured brighter images due to improvements in its hardware and the addition of the Camera