[Winner announced] Google Pixel 9a vs iPhone 16e daylight blind camera comparison

Update: We have the final votes, and the poll is now closed. It’s time to announce the winners. The iPhone 16e won in four of five scenarios, as it produced more lively images. Contrary to that, the Pixel 9a won in only one scenario, i.e., the portrait picture.

The Google Pixel 9a is the latest affordable and compact phone from Google, priced at Rs 49,999, undercutting the iPhone 16e by Rs 10,000. But does the iPhone 16e (review) offer better photography even with a single rear camera? We pit the two phones in a daylight camera comparison to find out. You get to decide the winner by voting for the image you prefer across various daylight scenarios.

Camera specs at a glance:

Let’s review the on-paper specs of the Google Pixel 9a and the iPhone 16e. To remove any possible bias, we have cleared the information about the shots and renamed the phones “Phone A” and “Phone B.” The names will be disclosed once the poll ends.

Since the iPhone 16e lacks an ultrawide lens, we have excluded ultrawide shots in our comparison.

Daylight HDR

2x zoom

Close up

Portrait

Selfie

This wraps up our daylight blind camera comparison between the Google Pixel 9a and the Apple iPhone 16e. Now, it’s time to pick the images you like the most. We will reveal the winner in each segment next week. Stay tuned!