ONEPLUS 12 VS 1000 12 CAMERA TEST

Both, the OnePlus 12 and the IQOO 12 launched in December 2023 and January 2024, within a gap of a month. And since the time of these launches, there has been a lot of buzz about their cameras, especially since both of these brands are owned by the same parent company.

- BHAVYA DESAI

BBK Electronics owns both, OnePlus and Vivo, and Vivo internally owns iQOO. And both these devices have a very similar camera set-up, in fact they also use similar sensors and processors as well, making this comparison very interesting. The OnePlus 12 starts at ₹69,999 and the iQ00 12 starts at ₹57,999 and let's find out which is the better camera between the two.

Look, Body & Feel

The iQOO 12 has been designed in association with the BMW M edition and you can see the reminiscence of that across the design, I really like the weight of the phone, it is really light and you hardly feel as if you are holding anything. But the camera module perspective the iQOO is very simple, they’ve not spent much time in trying to jazz up the module. It pretty much slapping on the module in the black background. The OnePlus on the other hand have some unique things about the 12, like the glitter effect when the light falls on it, also the flowy texture.

I have spoken about that in detail in my review of the OnePlus 12 in the pages here so you can see that as well.

Now both of the phones come with a triple camera set up and they have been updated of the latest software of Funtouch and Oxygen OS.

Camera Set-up:

iQOO 12

• triple rear camera setup

• 50MP primary camera with a 1/1.3 inch OmniVision OV50H sensor,

• a 50MP ultra-wide-angle camera with a 120-degree field-of-view,

• a 64MP telephoto camera with the OmniVision sensor 3x, 10x optical zoom upto 100x hybrid zoom

• 16-MP at the front and can only shoot Full HD

OnePlus 12

• It features the same 50-MP Sony LYT808 sensor

• 48-MP Ultrawide camera, and a