The phone manufacturer boasted a lot about its triple camera setup around the launch.

This sparked a lot of outrage as people though theyre being served with subpar camera experience.

However,OnePlus later clarifiedand said it has shipped devices with the same firmware as DxOMark tests.

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When people started getting the equipment, software which gave us really good grades, didnt match their expectations.

The photo needs to be natural and good in heory, but visually appealing as well.

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We didnt do a good job at balancing those two aspects.

OnePlus camera history

Historically, OnePlus hardware selection for cameras has gone through constant change.

This year, the company updated the hardware, but there are very few visible enhancements.

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And when we launched the OnePlus 5 and 5T, the dual-camera had just arrived in the market.

So we were trying different approaches to see where the trends are going and where we should be.

He added there were very few resources in the selfie camera department up until the end of last year.

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The company now wants its devices camera to snap natural looking pictures but with a lot of emotion.

He noted that the companys direction of photography is different than that of Huawei or Google.

Zhang mentioned theres a large amount of work to be done in terms of computational photography.

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Even by our own standards, the camera is not where we want it to be.

Were trying to improve our image quality to match the best in the market.

Its natural for users to expect them to work like the Pixel 3 or the Huawei P30 Pros features.

The company has ramped up its testing effort witha snazzy new camera labto tweak its tech.

All eyes are on you, OnePlus.

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The author was in Taiwan on OnePlus invitation.

That’s one heck of a mixed bag.

He likes to say “Bleh.

That’s one heck of a mixed bag.

He likes to say “Bleh.”

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