Choosing a smartphone for travel enthusiasts.

For travel enthusiasts who frequently capture beautiful scenery, choosing a phone that suits their needs is no easy task, given the vast array of smartphones available today. This article will offer suggestions on the best smartphones to help you perfectly preserve the moments of your travels.

Huawei P30 Pro

• Great for: Landscape photography, automatic photography, wildlife photography, and manual photography.
• Disadvantages: Post-processing is not as good in low light conditions and with a large phone.

The Huawei P30 Pro showcases Huawei's broad vision by incorporating a range of futuristic features and cutting-edge photography technology into this luxurious phone. The Huawei P30 Pro boasts three lenses on the back: a super zoom lens capable of up to 50x zoom, a 40MP main camera, and a 20MP ultra-wide-angle lens. The combination of these elements, along with the fast processor, produces stunning photographs.

However, users of the Huawei P30 Pro still experience some noise when zooming in and camera shake. To avoid this, you can minimize zooming, use a tripod, or place the phone on a stable surface when shooting. The wide-angle lens of this smartphone allows you to capture the scene in front of you with a panoramic view, from tall buildings to magnificent natural landscapes.

In addition, a highlight of this phone's camera is its Pro mode. This allows users to freely change camera settings, just like with a digital camera. If you like a phone with a wide field of view and want the freedom to change aperture and shutter speed, then this is the phone for you.

Motorola One series

• Great for: Simple landscape photography, selfies, video recording
• Disadvantages: slow autofocus, significantly lower image quality compared to other high-end models.

The American smartphone manufacturer has offered several options for those particularly interested in cameras, with three lines of phones focused on photography: Zoom, Macro, and Action, each with a different purpose. While Macro focuses on close-up photography, Zoom is geared towards long-range photography with optical magnification. Zoom also features a wide-angle lens, allowing you to capture expansive, comprehensive images.

Motorola's Action series is excellent for travel video recording thanks to its image stabilization feature. This means you can freely shoot horizontally or vertically without worrying about affecting what you're recording.

However, a drawback of these three phones is that the camera can sometimes focus slowly, especially with moving subjects. Additionally, these models don't perform well in low light conditions, so use the Motorola One series for photos when you're in sunny locations. With prices starting from just 200 EUR (approximately 6 million VND), the Motorola One series offers fairly good image quality, making them a safe choice for those who want to save money and invest more in their travel.

Google Pixel 4

• Excellent for: landscape photography, night photography, portraits
• Disadvantage: cost nearly £700

  

Google has long been a pioneer in the smartphone camera competition, and the Pixel 4 is no exception. Priced at £700 (approximately 21.5 million VND), it's not exactly a bargain. But for that price, you get an incredibly good camera that excels in all lighting conditions.

This device's night mode is significantly better than previous smartphone models; it can even capture stars in the sky under suitable conditions. Additionally, the Pixel 4 has an option to adjust exposure on certain parts of the landscape before you press the shutter button, making it easier to focus on backlit subjects. Therefore, the Pixel 4 is the perfect choice for capturing sunsets or sunrises.

The Pixel 4's portrait mode uses artificial intelligence technology to automatically calculate the depth of the image using its dual cameras. Additionally, unlimited storage on Google's cloud service allows you to store photos and data without worrying about running out of phone memory.

iPhone 11 Pro

• Excellent for: a comprehensive photography tool
• Disadvantages: cost over £1,000 and limitations of the Apple ecosystem.

Apple's iPhone 11 Pro boasts an exceptional camera with three 12MP lenses, offering a wide range of stunning photography experiences. You can switch to wide-angle for breathtaking landscape shots or zoom in with the telephoto lens for close-ups and personalized subject photography, useful for hunting and wildlife photography. The iPhone 11 Pro has an incredibly fast processor and performs exceptionally well in low-light conditions. Night Mode automatically activates when it detects low light, unlike Pixel phones which require manual activation.

The front-facing selfie camera is also 12 MP, meaning you can shoot selfie videos with the front camera in 4K quality, just like with the rear camera. The iPhone 11 Pro is even waterproof, so you don't need to worry about taking it to the pool or beach.

Minh Chi