I couldn’t sleep last night and was literally staring at the wall for a long time. I figured I might as well take some sample photos of the wall from the Nokia N97, N85, N82, and the iPhone to compare their flashes (or lack of flash). Check it out.

For baseline, I’m going to use my wife’s iPhone 3GS to show you how the wall looks like in darkness from 5ft away. The 3GS doesn’t have flash, so the room is completely black.

Apple iPhone 3GS – doesn’t have flash

Nokia N97 – dual LEDs flash

Nokia N85 – dual LEDs flash

Nokia N82 – Xenon flash

Results

The Nokia N82 remains king of cameraphones. No flash < Dual LEDs < Xenon. The Nokia N85's photo came out better than the Nokia N97 too. I’m curious how the Nokia N86 performs in this test. Were you surprised?