{"id":629648,"date":"2026-09-19T14:38:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-19T14:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/629648\/"},"modified":"2026-09-19T14:38:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-19T14:38:09","slug":"iphone-18-pro-ranks-2nd-on-dxomark-huawei-pura-80-ultra-remains-at-top","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/629648\/","title":{"rendered":"iPhone 18 Pro ranks 2nd on DXOMARK, Huawei Pura 80 Ultra remains at top"},"content":{"rendered":"

Apple<\/a> has launched the iPhone 18 Pro<\/a>, which has now stepped onto one of the top camera benchmark platforms \u2013 DXOMARK. The device has shown really strong photography and video-shooting performance. Yet it is still behind the champion \u2013 the Huawei Pura 80 Ultra in the race.<\/p>\n

DXOMARK has shared<\/a> the imaging performance scores of the Apple iPhone 18 Pro on its page. The flagship has ranked second in both global and ultra-premium listings.<\/p>\n

iPhone 18 Pro has scored 172 scores, 3 points less than the best \u2013 175 which was achieved by the Huawei Pura 80 Ultra<\/a> last year. Apple\u2019s flagship also gained 157 points in portrait, 150 points in low light, and 138 points in zoom photography.<\/p>\n

The testing reveals that the Apple iPhone 18 Pro offers best-in-class low-light photography, delivering excellent detail, exposure, and noise control in challenging lighting. It gives accurate exposure with natural contrast + wide dynamic range.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s the first time that the iPhone supports a variable aperture \u2013 a true and robust imaging upgrade against the Huawei Pura 80 Ultra that helps keep more people in focus in group portraits, while also giving users manual control when needed.<\/p>\n

iPhone 18 Pro also has effective stabilization that delivers smooth and natural-looking videos, even when recording while running at 60 fps further improving motion rendering. It brings well-balanced detail and noise levels with good texture.<\/p>\n

Although certain cons, it remains behind the Pura 80 Ultra. There are:<\/p>\n

Slight color casts and occasional white balance shifts can affect color consistency.
\nLong-range zoom performance falls behind some flagship competitors.
\nFlare can be noticeable in some shooting conditions.
\nNoticeable brightness shifts between photo and video previews.<\/p>\n

Apple iPhone 18 Pro has a 48MP wide primary shooter with an f\/1.48 aperture, a 48MP ultrawide-angle lens with an f\/2.2 aperture, and a 48MP telephoto zoom sensor.<\/p>\n

\"Apple<\/p>\n

(Image Credits: DXOMARK)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Apple has launched the iPhone 18 Pro, which has now stepped onto one of the top camera benchmark…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":629649,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[1163,108541,68673,61,37493,60,202,80],"class_list":["post-629648","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mobile","tag-camera","tag-dxomark","tag-huawei-pura-80-ultra","tag-ie","tag-iphone-18-pro","tag-ireland","tag-mobile","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/629648","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=629648"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/629648\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/629649"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=629648"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=629648"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=629648"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}