Best smartphone AI for photos, assistants and performance: Huawei P20 Pro, LG G7 ThinQ and Vivo Nex do battle
With artificial intelligence the hottest new feature on smartphones right now, we pit three popular high-end phones against each other to see which really is the most intelligent
Every year or two there’s a new hot smartphone feature. A few years ago it was unibody metal design; then OLED display panels came along, then a bezel-less form factor. In 2018, and likely continuing into next year, the “it” feature will be artificial intelligence (AI).
In January, analyst firm Gartner predicted that up to 80 per cent of all smartphones released by 2022 will have on-device AI capabilities. Companies such as Huawei and LG have already made the jump, while Vivo’s recently released Nex introduces its own AI-boosted, Siri-like digital assistant named Jovi.
We take three AI phones on the market now – the Huawei P20 Pro, LG G7 ThinQ and Vivo Nex – and pit them against each other to see which is truly the smartest in five different areas.
Scene recognition and post-image processing
All three phones have cameras that can identify scenes and objects, which means they can tell the difference between a dog and a cat, a plant a human, and whether it’s a sunny day or late night. All three are keen to show this off by displaying an icon in the camera viewfinder signifying the object or scene.
The point, phone makers will tell you, is so the handsets can snap better photos because they can adjust the camera settings or post-image processing accordingly.