Best Android Camera in 2019

Google's Pixel 3 doesn't have best-in-class camera hardware, but it still manages to take amazing photos in almost every situation thanks to its HDR+ processing and the Pixel Visual Core. Despite only having one lens, it takes fantastic zoomed and portrait shots using computational data, and it can practically see in the dark with its incredible Night Sight feature. It's great for selfies too, thanks to the secondary wide-angle camera and automatic lens correction.

Huawei has outfitted its most recent flagship with three incredible cameras (plus a fourth time-of-flight sensor) that give it ultimate versatility. The primary 40-megapixel (MP) camera takes breathtaking shots on its own, but with the additional lenses you can quickly switch to an ultra-wide angle or see up to 5x closer to your subject. The P30 Pro also takes exceptional low-light photos rivaling those of the Pixel 3 — though unfortunately, it isn't officially supported in the U.S.

Samsung's phones have always excelled in the photography department, and the Galaxy Note 10 is no exception. For the first time in a Note phone, you get a triple camera array consisting of standard, telephoto, and ultra-wide lenses just like the P30 Pro. Low light isn't quite as good as what you get with Google and Huawei, but you get remote shutter capabilities with the S Pen, along with plenty of great manual controls.

Like Samsung and Huawei, Sony packed its 2019 flagship with three cameras in the typical wide, telephoto, and ultra-wide combination, but one advantage of the Xperia 1 is its two-stage physical shutter button for quickly launching the camera and capturing photos. The Xperia 1's display is fine-tuned with the BT.2020 color gamut, so you can shoot and edit photos with confidence, and when it comes to video, Sony takes it a step further with in-depth manual controls.

The OnePlus 7 Pro takes solid photos for considerably less than flagships of the same size and specs. It isn't great in low light, but in every other situation the main camera takes consistently solid photos — and does so super quickly with a clean camera interface. The drawback compared to the competition is the telephoto and wide-angle lenses don't add much to the experience, and the selfie shooter is a step down.

The Pixel 3a makes cuts across the hardware and specs to meet a much lower-than-flagship price, but one area Google didn't skimp on is the camera. This is the exact same camera you get in the more expensive Pixel 3, and the front-facing camera produces the same sort of results as well. Any time you can get flagship-level photography on a much more affordable phone is a huge win.