The OnePlus 5 Camera

In terms of camera, the company has again made a look alike of the iPhone 7 Plus. The company has copied the design and the placement of the camera on the rear as well as on the front. The camera also features the Apple's most beloved feature i.e. " the portrait mode". The Oneplus company has used higher-resolution Sony sensors: a 16-megapixel IMX398 (the same one that Sony developed especially for OnePlus’ sort-of sibling company Oppo) with a wide-angle f/1.7 lens, and, closer to the middle of the phone, a 20-megapixel IMX350 with an f/2.6 telephoto lens. And yes, the 5 also has a portrait mode that simulates bokeh around the subject of the picture, re-creating the shallow depth-of-field effect of large-sensor DSLR cameras. The only lacking point of the Oneplus 5 is its lack of OIS i.e. Optical Image Stabilisation. The company would find itself giving an excuse that its extra-wide aperture and electronic stabilization makes the OIS superfluous but the only phone i seemed to have experience it with is the Google Pixel. So far I have found its camera to be the best till date, only uptil now when the likes of Galaxy S8 and LG G6 and including the iPhone 7 are just coming nearer to its quality offered by the Google Pixel. The depth effect or in other words the "portrait mode" on the phone is not up to the marks and far from Apple's iPhone 7 Plus feature. The portrait mode is the lacks to detect the required depth effect and he background objects unlike the iPhone 7 Plus which does a great job in this department. A reason behind it could be Oneplus 5's lack of Optical Image Stabilisation on both its rear cameras. Furthermore, unlike Apple, Oneplus decided to ship the product with the newly launched feature as soon as possible whereas Apple delayed the launch of its iPhone 7 Plus after its announcement to make the necessary algorithm changes to enhance its depth effect.