[X Style (Pure) General] doctorjee:
MotoXS got brilliant camera sensor. So does Nexus6P.

Here are the differences.

Daylight performance: They are both very good. MXS images are better when fully cropped (100%) due to the higher resolution. So a 12mp N6P will give you a good 24x16 (inches) photo print. A 21mp MXS will give you 30x20 (inches) photo print. This also means slightly better digital zoom. I would say this a small issue and many might ignore.

Image Stabilization: Both phones rely only on DIS (no OIS) and it's claimed for the new gen Sony sensors used in these, OIS is not really required. It's true for daylight still shots.

However, even for daylight video shots, NXP's DIS struggles a lot compared to MXS's DIS. The videos shot by MXS looks way more stable. I would say this is a major issue.

Low-light performance: The sensor size of N6P is larger. This means it gets more light exposure and thus shots in the dark would look better than MXS. The MXS low light performance however is not bad. It's at least as good any other good cameraphones out there. It's bad compared to N6P low light shots and MXS daylight shots. This might be bit of an issue for some. But remember, larger sensor doesn't ensure less blur. It only means less dark images.

Slo-Mo Video: N6P looks like a winner with 240fps videos (ahh that hummingbird video with N6P!). MXS does good slo-mo at 120fps but frankly it's not as good as N6P.

Selfie Camera: Both almost same, but MXS got that selfie flash for that pitch black condition.

Camera software: Frankly it depends on individual taste. Moto cam app can be launched with double twist even when it's locked and you can check the photos directly from the gallery. N6P launches with a double tap on the fingerprint scanner, but to check the image one needs to unlock the phone and then enter the gallery. MXS allows one touch capture (and optional slide to focus), N6P needs touch to focus and then touch to capture. MX2014 showed frequent lack of focus with this app, but that frequency has been reduced with the MXS but it's still there, so slide to focus may be called into action from time to time. Pretty much a draw.

Full manual control: This is an area that still needs some feedback from the current users. It seems like Moto would require a software update to get this feature activated and the currently available 3rd party apps are not supporting full manual either. For N6P also we are waiting for the full camera reviews. For full manual photography both the phones are yet to catch up with the LG G4.

So it's pretty much a draw, with may be a slight tilt in favor of N6P, depending on what kind of photography one is interested in. For a typical phone camera user, it would be a tie.

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