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The Galaxy Note 8 is the first Samsung phone to feature a dual lens camera system. Similar to Apple’s iPhone 7 Plus, it includes a telephoto lens paired with a standard lens. This allows both phones to deliver fun depth-of-field effects—but does one company do bokeh better? Let’s check out the differences between their approaches, and see if one phone can emerge victorious.

The iPhone 7 Plus is the first phone from Apple to feature a dual lens system.

The Galaxy Note 8 takes what makes the S8 and S8+ great, and adds a dual lens system, a first for Samsung.

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Apple’s Portrait Mode and Samsung’s Live Focus use their dual camera systems  in a scene and introduce or blur, into a photo taken with the telephoto lens. This mimics high-end DSLRs and creates

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