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Camera Comparison: Samsung S24 Ultra vs iPhone 15 Pro Max
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Samsung galaxy phones always have problems with the color white. iPhone displays do a much better job of handling white. I owned a S23 Ultra and noticed that the camera as very slow. Retuned for that reason and the constant updates and notifications for access blah blah blah. Samsung and Google want access to everything and they are not very transparent about why they need it, want it, and what they are doing with it.
I don't know I use the Photos Apple App in order to keep my photos "organized" and backed up. I tried Google but it does not feel alike. A personal matter, if I wanted an AI edited picture (I can always open a program and process it afterwards. Raw information may be the best setting for me.
I think the problem with comparing to an iPhone is always missed, in that it does so much of everything well, outside of the cameras. It's not about being the fastest, best battery life, or camera, even though they might sometimes fit that. It's about a great overall experience that doesn't stop at just the phone.
Samsung finally built something that seems to be getting applause for being generally decent all around, reducing inconsistent photo quality or behavior and other improvements. And good for them! ...But I'll stick with my phone, until I see a genuinely mind-blowing feature that I want.
At this point, the smartphone market is kinda stagnant with AI and better processors to aid it being the next marketing hype that, while cool, is still seemingly in its infancy stage.
Samsung finally built something that seems to be getting applause for being generally decent all around, reducing inconsistent photo quality or behavior and other improvements. And good for them! ...But I'll stick with my phone, until I see a genuinely mind-blowing feature that I want.
At this point, the smartphone market is kinda stagnant with AI and better processors to aid it being the next marketing hype that, while cool, is still seemingly in its infancy stage.
People are just over defensive.
Just because someone made a phone that in the current model and under some conditions made one better looking photo (while none being bad in itself) nobody is running to throw everything away.
At least I'm not. I can look at one detail and say, look that's nice, and at the same time never feeling the need to change everything. Life would be chaotic and very disturbing if that way of thinking was applied to everything.
Just because someone made a phone that in the current model and under some conditions made one better looking photo (while none being bad in itself) nobody is running to throw everything away.
At least I'm not. I can look at one detail and say, look that's nice, and at the same time never feeling the need to change everything. Life would be chaotic and very disturbing if that way of thinking was applied to everything.
Thank you Macrumors, this is exactly the comparison I’ve been asking for, right down to the exact shot I asked for. Great job.
why post this? you know the people here w
Almost perfectly oscillating between the iPhone and the S24U in every shot. Worth mentioning though that she does look much older on the iPhone.
I'm not sure if Samsung has a default beautify mode that makes her look younger like most Chinese phones (which you can't really turn off), or if the iPhone makes people look older.
But either way, what Samsung lacks is a smaller version of the S24U. S24 and S24+ both come with Exynos chips that are usually horribly inferior to their Qualcomm counter part. That's why this year, I'll probably jump ship and try the iPhone 16 pro once it's been realessed. I just hope Apple would enhance its horrible ergonomics in iOS system navigation with iOS 18.
I'm not sure if Samsung has a default beautify mode that makes her look younger like most Chinese phones (which you can't really turn off), or if the iPhone makes people look older.
But either way, what Samsung lacks is a smaller version of the S24U. S24 and S24+ both come with Exynos chips that are usually horribly inferior to their Qualcomm counter part. That's why this year, I'll probably jump ship and try the iPhone 16 pro once it's been realessed. I just hope Apple would enhance its horrible ergonomics in iOS system navigation with iOS 18.
I can confirm no beautify mode for Sammy.
Both cameras do a good job. What bug me from mostly the iPhone, but see it on some Sammy photos, what you see on the screen is not what you get. Apple seriously over processes unless you do actual RAW. Sammy is no where as bad but their software needs some adjustments. Very early in the game for them with this device. Give it a couple of months.
Both I find are very usable.
From those tiny thumbnails the samsung looks slightly better. but that's ok cause it just means the apple will leapfrog it again this year.
In reality though, we're at a point where there's not really any discernable difference any more.
I was on a train the other day and noticed the person next to me was "touching" up a picture of herself on her phone. Removing blemishes, slimming her chin etc etc. At this stage i think more detail in a photo might be a drawback.
In reality though, we're at a point where there's not really any discernable difference any more.
I was on a train the other day and noticed the person next to me was "touching" up a picture of herself on her phone. Removing blemishes, slimming her chin etc etc. At this stage i think more detail in a photo might be a drawback.
Chiming in as I see a lot of Apple fans here with a clear bias. The Samsung captured way more detail in the buildings, particularly in the red areas, which indicates better dynamic range.
I also noticed you said there is no option on the samsung for 24fps video. Completely false... you didn't go into pro video mode as there are options for 24fps in 1080, 4k, and even 8k. So you essentially compared iPhone PRO mode to Samsung EASY/AUTO mode. Not a great comparison. You handicapped the Samsung from the jump.
I also noticed you said there is no option on the samsung for 24fps video. Completely false... you didn't go into pro video mode as there are options for 24fps in 1080, 4k, and even 8k. So you essentially compared iPhone PRO mode to Samsung EASY/AUTO mode. Not a great comparison. You handicapped the Samsung from the jump.
THANK YOU! Way more detail in the building with the red light on it, you can see the bricks... and they mentioned no 24fps video, because they didn't go into Pro Video mode... whole comparison was handicapped from the get go... the Samsung is clearly better when you don't have the Apple Cult Gene and know how to use the Samsung.
I'm not the one who did a comparison without being able to operate the other camera properly and then act like that was a 1 to 1. Clearly, none of the people in this thread have ever used a Samsung as not one person called out the blatant misuse of Video mode versus Pro Video mode on the Samsung. Either way, if you look at these images without an Apple confirmation bias, you'd be hard pressed to say Apple was better. Where's the details in that red brick building? Lost on Apple... Samsung has every bit of it, indocatong more dynamic range.
Apple isn't a bad product (although I despise their monopolistic approach to everything, lack of support for older models, and inability to update your own hardware without buying overpriced new stuff every year), but Apple is not a god amongst devices as everyone has been led to believe. I work in IT and 99% of the time, if we are having an issue with something, it's a Mac. There's a reason software developers use PC/android over Mac, unless you work for Apple.
Their retina display is amazing, hands down, no argument there. Otherwise, no different than any other flagship. Time for Apple to step down off the high horse and lose the ego.
lol I genuinely don't buy that.
I've only been in the industry going on 10 years now, but some of those years were recent with a decent sized MSP. The biggest complaints that ever came from a Mac I could list on one hand, much of it having to do with getting them to reenter their Outlook credentials, downloading Office, or just getting Screen Connect to work since Macs require additional permission for an application to allow remote control/view of your screen. Hell, the most I had to do because of Macs was set up L2TP VPN connectivity on the firewall/Windows Server, as MacOS/iOS did away with PPTP support. (also, no reason to still be using PPTP anyway)
I'm still a Windows guy through and through, but it's hard to pretend that things are more stable in an environment where each PC may have differing hardware even when bought from the same company, as the internals change from year to year. You then get to learn which Lenovo or XPS you begin to hate because of bad NICs or drivers. A Dell laptop which gets stuck in a boot loop when trying to upgrade the BIOS/firmware because the monitor attached has a resolution "too high". You know, all the fun stuff you get to deal with being in IT.
That said, so long as Windows retains 90% of the market, it'll likely be 90% of the problems you encounter, especially in a business setting.
Excellent info: thank you for taking the time to elaborate, and to educate me.
yes but still i wouldn't judge this specific test as anything really objective. one little tilt of the phones and the wall will look different.