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It is truly amazing what we can do on cell phones these days. That said, this isn't any better than anything on the market today. The video is simply better produced than many of the engadget video-walk-around-the-block-while-holding-the-phone sample vids we often see. Also note the choice of lighting - outdoor shots that are mostly shot during the golden hour ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_hour_(photography) ). Very smart of them to release a well produced video like this though, as the common user will assume that the shots will always look this nice.

It's a lovely video, but it's not a real world scenario.



Looks good enough for HD amateur porn....


Agreed - while this is flabbergasting compared to anything, say, three years ago, the crunchy / overly sharp quality and blown-out highlights are the hallmarks of a cheap point and shoot.


And yet, nicely cherry-picked videos and stills from the iPhone 4S promotional material are just fine for stoking the fires of iOS vs the rest...


What do you mean by "them"? It was shot by a Google+ user not Google.


A G+ user and Google employee. From his profile:

"I work at Google as an Android Software Engineer, primarily focusing on anything graphics and animations related."




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