New York: It's difficult to justify paying for a high-priced, top-end smartphone these days — unless, that is, you want to take good pictures.
In this Age of Instagram, a great camera is one of the few reasons to pay $650 or more for the latest smartphone, instead of $200 or $300 for a budget phone that does texting, Facebook and Web surfing just as well.
Samsung's phone cameras have shown tremendous improvement in just a few years.
The new Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge phones take much better pictures than last year's S6 models.
In fact, they're now basically neck and neck with Apple's iPhones, meaning that you no longer have to compromise on picture quality if you prefer Android.
I took more than 2,000 still shots and a few videos using 10 smartphones from Samsung, Apple, LG, Huawei and Motorola.
To make the comparison clearer, I focused on indoor and night settings, such as museums, bars and New York's Central Park at night.
Even budget phones can take great shots in good light, but only great phones take good shots in poor light.
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