Jun 29, 2021 7:59 PM

OnePlus Nord N200 5G Gallery

Photograph: Julian Chokkattu
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OnePlus Nord N200 5G, main camera Night mode. The camera is often a budget phone's biggest weakness, especially when it comes to low-light photography, so it's no surprise to see the Nord N200 5G do a rather poor job here despite using the camera's Night mode. Still, it performs worse than similarly priced competitors like Samsung's Galaxy A32 5G (see next photo). 
Photograph: Julian Chokkattu
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Samsung Galaxy A32 5G, main camera Night mode. There's more visible noise, but you can actually *see* more details in this photo. It's brighter overall, has decent colors, and is much more respectable for a phone that frequently dips below $250.

Photograph: Julian Chokkattu
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OnePlus Nord N200 5G, main camera. Results can look OK during the day, especially if you're viewing the image on a small screen, but look closely and you'll see aggressive noise reduction removing fine details from all surfaces. The N200 also tends to oversaturate. 
Photograph: Julian Chokkattu
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Moto G Stylus 5G, main camera. OK, this is a $400 phone, but this is the same camera system as the Moto G Power (2021) which goes for less than its $250 retail price these days. Details are much sharper, and colors are a little more natural.

Photograph: Julian Chokkattu
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OnePlus Nord N200 5G, main camera Night mode. There's so much grain in this photo it looks like pointillism. In a vacuum, it's OK for a phone of this price, but compare this to the following photo. 
Photograph: Julian Chokkattu
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Moto G Stylus 5G, main camera Night mode. Again, this camera system is the same as what's available on the $250 Moto G Power. The details are much sharper, there's not much grain at all, and colors look a whole lot more realistic.

Photograph: Julian Chokkattu
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OnePlus Nord N200 5G, main camera Night mode. Same problem here. Lots of grain, plus a weird yellowish-green hue.  
Photograph: Julian Chokkattu
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Moto G Stylus 5G, main camera Night mode. It's a pretty stark difference from the prior image. It's so much cleaner and sharper overall, and the colors look proper.

Photograph: Julian Chokkattu
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OnePlus Nord N200 5G, main camera. This was inside the NYC subway, but we're above-ground as you can see in the windows outside. It's a high-contrast scene, and you can see the Nord N200 went funky with the colors. My dog's face is also stripped of any shadows so it looks very unnatural. 
Photograph: Julian Chokkattu
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OnePlus Nord N200 5G, main camera. This indoor shot is lacking in detail. Everything is soft and looks somewhat blurry.

Photograph: Julian Chokkattu
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OnePlus Nord N200 5G, main camera. Clearly, it can do a fine job with sweeping scenes when it's brightly lit. Sure, if you zoom in you can see that the fine details are all smoothed out, but that's not much of a problem here. 
Photograph: Julian Chokkattu
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OnePlus Nord N200 5G, main camera. Many of my low-light snaps have this out-of-focus look to them, which makes them all fairly unflattering, not to mention the massive amounts of grain.