Last week, I spent many hours poring over images from the newly released Google Pixel. I was checking them against photos from the iPhone 7 and Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge in what has become a twice-yearly exercise: trying to discern which new phone has the best camera. The conclusion was that the Pixel is pretty much the best, but the difference between the three was closer than ever.

One area where the Pixel seemed to be lacking, however, was in low light situations. The images from the iPhone and the Galaxy S7 you’d see a mix of evenly distributed noise as well as some noise reduction, but the Pixel’s images featured scattered splotchy patches.

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