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One reason why the Pixel phones are so popular is the camera. There's a depth, a level of clarity, and brilliant/accurate colors that most phone cameras cannot match.
Also: I changed 10 settings on my Pixel phone to significantly improve the user experience
Google is always trying to one-up itself by improving the Pixel camera with every iteration. Back with the Pixel 8, Google introduced the P3 wide gamut capture feature that came along with the Ultra HDR format of Android 14. The Display P3 wide gamut capture makes photos seriously come alive with color.
What is Display P3?
Display P3 is a color space that combines the following:
DCI-P3 color gamut
D65 white point
sRGB gamma curve
For those who didn't sit at the popular photography club table at lunch, Gamma is a nonlinear operation used to encode and decode luminance in photos and videos. An even easier-to-understand definition is that gamma defines the relationship between a pixel's numerical value and its luminance. Without gamma, your photos wouldn't capture color as your eyes see it.
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