Solved! Are there any non-Apple smartphones which natively record in x265?

[shortylickens]

I've owned many many cell phones over the years and rarely do I consider them decent video cameras and as such I almost never use them for video. However, lately I been experimenting with my Nokia 7.2 out of boredom and I realized I want my next phone to have a decent video camera. The Nokia 7.2 is terrible but I only just recently figured that out. Not only does video look awful but the sound is garbage as well. On top of which the files are absolutely huge and I cant think of a reason for that except they use an old or rotten compression. According to my media info tool they use AVC and a 6 minute clip at 720p comes out to 659 megs, which is terrible especially when you consider the crummy quality.
I'm not buying a phone right away but I'd like my next one to be all around better, including modern encoding. I do NOT want to convert videos on the phone after I shoot them. That takes too long. And storage is not the issue, uploading is. A file thats ten times larger than it needs to be will also take 10 times longer to upload to Youtube. After its on Youtube they can do whatever kind of reformatting they want, but I dont want to piss away an hour waiting for something to get there.

It can be any brand except Apple, and since AT&T wireless is so far the best service in my area, I will probably be buying thru AT&T or from Amazon and using my SIM. Needs to have above average video and audio recording, and x265 compression if possible, or very efficient x264. Real time. It doesnt necessarily have to be the very latest thing or sport lots of over the top features. If its two years old and meets my requirements I'll be happy with it.

 

[Commodus]

I've owned many many cell phones over the years and rarely do I consider them decent video cameras and as such I almost never use them for video. However, lately I been experimenting with my Nokia 7.2 out of boredom and I realized I want my next phone to have a decent video camera. The Nokia 7.2 is terrible but I only just recently figured that out. Not only does video look awful but the sound is garbage as well. On top of which the files are absolutely huge and I cant think of a reason for that except they use an old or rotten compression. According to my media info tool they use AVC and a 6 minute clip at 720p comes out to 659 megs, which is terrible especially when you consider the crummy quality.
I'm not buying a phone right away but I'd like my next one to be all around better, including modern encoding. I do NOT want to convert videos on the phone after I shoot them. That takes too long. And storage is not the issue, uploading is. A file thats ten times larger than it needs to be will also take 10 times longer to upload to Youtube. After its on Youtube they can do whatever kind of reformatting they want, but I dont want to piss away an hour waiting for something to get there.

It can be any brand except Apple, and since AT&T wireless is so far the best service in my area, I will probably be buying thru AT&T or from Amazon and using my SIM. Needs to have above average video and audio recording, and x265 compression if possible, or very efficient x264. Real time. It doesnt necessarily have to be the very latest thing or sport lots of over the top features. If its two years old and meets my requirements I'll be happy with it.

My understanding is that numerous phones from Google, Samsung and the like can record in H.265/HEVC, but not by default. You'll likely have to dive into the camera app's settings to enable it.

I'll be frank: video is one of those camera aspects where Apple unambiguously kicks everyone else's ass. Formats, quality, stabilization, lens consistency, actually useful features like Cinematic Mode (aka rack focusing)... you even have access to pretty good editing apps from Apple and a few third-parties. You can certainly find Android phones where the lenses and sensors will be more useful for certain shots, but the iPhone is particularly well-rounded.

 

[shortylickens]

thats fine but then I'd have to join a whole new ecosystem and frankly I dont want to do it right now.

 

[MrSquished]

The Google pixel 6's do both those formats. I think the default, and native, is 264 but in camera settings and then advanced you can choose 265

Also Samsung's will as well


Iphones do have the best video but the others aren't slouches, just not as good.

The pixel 6's do have a sound setting you can turn on that eliminates background noise while recording and focuses on your subject's voices