Below are some photos I’ve taken over the years with a number of different phones. I’ve tried to keep the subject matter similar where possible.

The shot above was taken using the iPhone 4. Yes iPhone 4!

So same church but this is using the crappy camera in the HTC Hero. However, still perfectly acceptable. Below is a shot from the iPhone 5.

The above shot was using the HTC HD2. An old classic but it still took great photos.

Now the above shot is at the same place, just in the middle of thick haunted fog. You could hardly see anything that day. But I really liked the shot from the ancient iPhone 3GS.

So let’s take a few current phones. The above is from the Samsung Galaxy K Zoom. The S5 would have taken a similar shot to that shown below from the LG G3.

I could continue with samples from so many different smartphone cameras but my point is this, regardless of how good or poor their camera sensors were they all captured the memory. If you want DSLR quality go and buy one so you can pixel peep to your hearts content.

If there was one prime objective when deciding on which phone to buy, make sure it’s the one that can take the shot easily and fast. A memory doesn’t exist if you did not take the photo in time. That’s why iPhones are great. Quick to open the camera app and quick to snap the shot. The HTC One M8 and LG G3 are equally as impressive. And in all honesty smartphone sensors are tiny so miracles won’t ever happen.

If you happen to expand your horizons down the DSLR or similar route you will be surprised at just what you can do with a proper camera. I recently acquired an ultra wide 10-20mm camera lens. It takes photos like I’ve never seen before! Sample shot below-

So have a good weekend everyone. And happy shooting 🙂