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Title: iPhone 7 Plus vs Honor 8: Battle of the (fake) Bokeh!
Post by: HCK on September 27, 2016, 04:05:22 pm
iPhone 7 Plus vs Honor 8: Battle of the (fake) Bokeh!

How does the iPhone 7 Plus's Portrait mode compare to the Honor 8's? Here are our tests!

The iPhone 7 Plus has two camera sensors, one with a 28mm depth of field and the other 56mm, meant to take photos at a  "telephoto" format. In reality, the second sensor provides a lot of extra data to the sensor, as proven by the Portrait mode that is currently in beta and is coming soon to all iPhone 7 Plus units in October.

But such a Portrait mode, as Apple calls it, is not uncommon. It's been available in some Android phones for years. Specifically, the HTC One M8 added a second 2MP camera sensor for this very purpose, and while it was well-received, it never gained the adoption that HTC wanted to justify its addition to the phone's sequel the following year.

Some phones don't make a big deal over the second camera, utilizing it more for additional resolution than adding features. But there are a couple devices, such as the Honor 8, close cousin to the Huawei P9, that does both: like the ...

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