If you use Chrome as your browser then you'll have auto-translation of foreign language web sites built-in. This is just as well, since this large Mobile Review test of nine top smartphones is in its native Russian. The camera testing is fairly comprehensive, though slightly unfair to the Nokia 808 PureView in that its various Creative mode, PureView lossless zoom and Xenon flash weren't used at all. Despite this, the Symbian-powered handset still won out, top scoring with the as yet unavailable 2013 Galaxy S4. Imagine how the conclusion would have panned out if the 808 had been used to its full potential?

Here's the link to the full article, and, as I say, you'll need Chrome or a similar translating engine to read the text.

The second place is taken by the end of Sony Xperia Z. It seems that the software is clearly "nedopileno": not very clear pictures, there is a lot of red shades of color.

Next - Samsung Galaxy Note II. Good camera, but often lies BB, do not know how to choose the point of focus for the exhibition, a lot of noise when shooting in low light.

The next smartphone is very difficult to determine the podium. For example, Nokia Lumia 920 is best "fotkaet" at night as during the day photos with "Lumiya" so-so. HTC Butterfly - a good option for almost all conditions, but slightly behind other devices.

Camera HTC One seemed to me strange: in some circumstances come out very sharp photos in other smartphone loses even MX2. Best shots are obtained when shooting in poor conditions, as the device has an optical image stabilizer (you can reduce the exposure and the value of ISO). As part of the video - the best of all (perhaps on par with the Nokia Lumia 920).

Interestingly, the Apple iPhone 5 is probably the most versatile mobile camera: in almost all cases, I rate it if you do not "excellent", then to "very good." In addition, iPhone 5 has the easiest interface and the lens does not need to rub after each removing the smartphone from the holster or pocket.

A special case is Nokia PureView 808. If you close your eyes to the "dead" operating system Symbian, then Nokia 808 photographs almost perfectly.Approximately at the same level removes Samsung Galaxy S4: great job white balance, accurate selection of exposure, a very wide dynamic range (probably because of the files on the go with the SGS 5-9 MB), the highest detail, a soft noise suppression, a lot of settings, effects and filters.

Therefore Nokia PureView 808 and Samsung Galaxy S4 can rightly divide the first place!

Apologies for the quoted Google-translated text - it reads quite well, but there are occasional lapses.

Mobile Review's conclusions on the various competing camera phones fall very much in line with my own findings. The HTC One and Lumia 920 only really stand out in very low light, their 'party trick', the Xperia Z is ruined by its overzealous image processing, while the iPhone 5 camera is a great all-rounder. I'm not sure where they get the idea that only the iPhone is immune from having to check and clean the camera glass before a shot though!

As mentioned above, Mobile Review missed several Nokia 808 capabilities, all of which would have signficantly shown up the competition (maybe they were afraid of this?):

• Creative modes - they left the 808 in default 5mp mode, whereas by going to its 8mp or 38mp mode, far more detail could have been resolved.
• PureView lossless zoom - this wasn't used at all, again. For looking at distant detail, this would have shown far more than the competing crops.
• Xenon flash - again, flash was turned off for all phones, though several of the low light close-up shots would have turned out dramatically better lit if the 808's Xenon flash had been allowed.

Still an interesting comparison though.