iPhone 5S Camera Comparison

Over the years I have taken the same picture with various iPhones.  Below is basically the same picture with several different iPhones.   I have taken this picture each December with the iPhone I have owned at the time.  Some were taken in the same year.  

As you can see, their was a dramatic improvement in the iPhone camera at the iPhone 4GS.  However, the iPhone 5S was advertised to have a much better camera.  However, according to these pictures, there is not too much improvement in low light from the 4GS.

iPhone 3GS

iPhone 4G

iPhone 4GS

iPhone 5GS

Below is a side-by-side comparison of 4GS with the 5GS.  The 5GS is on the left and the 4GS is on the right.  Much can be done with contrast and other settings, but in terms of pure picture quality, there is not much difference.

5GS                                                                             4GS

For comparison, below is a picture with a Nikon D90 DSLR.  Both the iPhone 5S and 4GS compare favorably to the Nikon D90 image.  No wonder that people are moving to taking pictures exclusively with this smartphones.