It's genius that these phones always release 6 months from each other so they can't be truly compared. Each release is usually better than the competitor
Not a bad idea! But I do feel that there is still quite a bit of work that has to be done, like improvements on distortion. If not, the comparison between the 2 phones ultrawide camera will be a bit lackluster
Since you kept referencing the iPhone's 48MP camera, it probably would have made sense to compare it to the Samsung's 50MP mode rather than the 200MP mode. The 50MP mode performs a lot better than the 200MP mode in terms of things like processing time, and I would have been genuinely curious to see how they stack up for daylight photography when MPs are more comparable.
He seems bias honestly..always rating iphone better in most category while in actual sense its not also whenever samsung seems to be far superior to that category he declares a tie
As a S23 ultra user, I have to say that iPhone has done some good changes to the camera! Really curious to see what samsung is gonna come up with the s24 ultra
As a life long iPhone used (almost switch to Android around 2016 after been so tired of the 6, 6s and 7 form factor) I salute Samsung's progressions throughout the years. The better Samsung gets, the better my iPhone will become.
As an S23U user. Looking at the features and advancements of the iPhone 15, it seems predictable that the Samsung S24 will also follow Apple path. However, this isn't a negative development, as long as the design remains appealing, they can focus on hardware and software feature enhancements. The competition between Samsung and iPhone certainly benefits us as users
@@syazwan1765 forgive him, man has a stroke while reading and loses the ability to read and comprehend. My thought and prayer goes to the usual peasant who need formal education
I’m still in awe at the sheer fact that a camera smaller than a palm of a hand can give such a precise and detailed photo, yes most proper cameras are much better, but the fact that such a small camera fit inside a phone not made just for photos (although one of the main features is obviously the camera), it’s definitely not the only thing built into these pretty small phones. And the camera itself for its size, is absolutely astonishing for me
That’s because the camera hardware in itself alone doesn’t provide the excellent outcome but rather the software optimisation processing the information received
@@meyasinmComputational photography has come a long way. I always wondered why nobody offers a full frame camera with this kind of software. This software coupled with a large sensor, same decent glass and eye-AF would surely deliver awesome results. The market for this camera would probably be rather small though.
@@cmdrratzass7305 im not an expert in this field but it could surely be based on the fact that iphone and samsung as a smartphone manufacture already has 10x more expertise in the software department than a hardware focused company like sony. Yes camera manufactures could learn a lot from this but the gap b/w smarphone software and camera software is waay to far right now.. Also the fact that apple/samsung puts so much money into software and chipset(etc) that sony or any other manufacture cannot even dream of outright copying them.
@@cmdrratzass7305yeah it would be small as photographers on their own add all the effects to get the results the client wants. It could be done with AI but that's gonna need way too much for all the variations of effects there are.
Just chiming in to say that 200mpx (103mpx for me on the S22U) has its uses not just for print photography, I visit sites for work frequently, and many times I am looking for a detail I didn't think I needed until later, but managed to find it from zooming in on the hi res shot.
200mp is GIMMICK , i tested in indoor and low light 200mp mode vs 50mp mode on x90 pro+ with 1 inch sensor and the lower the light the more details vivo has over samsung, mp is useless on such a small sensor as the one from samsung.
@@Chopper153 good luck with that, is easier for samsung to bump useless mp on paper than actual do improvements since most average joe will fall for specs on a paper. Samsung became the apple of androids when huawei went down, expect them to milk you for another 5 years until 1 inch sensor.
As much as improvements have been made to camera hardware and software, at the end of the day a lot of consumers will still prefer the results from one brand over the other. I believe it's more of a stylistic choice, and it also boils down to the consumer's priorities regarding photography.
I'm impressed. The biggest improvement I observed is in the iPhone's noise reduction, which kinda took em years to finally do something about it. I'm curious now whether the upcoming Pixel 8 series is gonna slacken on their noise reduction as well and let the iPhone beat the Pixel in cleaner low light photos, for the first time. Can't wait for that comparison.
After years and years and years Android phones still take mostly grainy videos. It's an issue still not fixed so what is taking Google and Samsung so long?
@@lamar310my guess would be no photonic engine. If I remember correctly only the iPhone Chips have a specific segment inside of them that is dedicated to taking photos and videos. That's why I think photos take in general more to process on Android. It's interesting why they don't build one as well or my guess is completely wrong and it's something else.
It's all about software side improvement which only Apple can do because they are the only one who develops the chips and OS. In Android side Chips and OS doesn't come from one company. So there is always some lacking. But this difference will keep decreasing as it is improving day by day.@@lamar310
Like so many things I love how complex the comparisons really are. Really does come down to what people want to do with it. That night mode stuff is crazy these days though, both camps are scary good.
So I do a lot of photography with both my 23 ultra and my pixel 7 pro, haven't gotten my hands on a 15 pro max to be able to compare myself yet, but for my uses (mostly vehicle photography and night sky shots) the s23 ultra has been the best for me, night sky shots I will say the pixel takes the lead on, but the s23 is pretty damn close. But having that 3x lens is perfect, as it is the best zoom to get pictures of cars, without taking any quality hit. I also do some nature photography, and the 200mp camera has helped out a lot with that, the amount of detail is amazing, and has wonderful end results, but mostly only if it is close, within 3-5 feet, then it starts to not be as good
@dt3688 on what basis? I can agree they they do have *some* better qualities, but samsung also has some better qualities. It really goes down to user preference, and I prefer Samsung
Nice Comparison. I find it interesting that you've done comparisons for 24mp vs 12mp and 48mp vs 200mp and completely skipped the 50MP mode on the Samsung. The S23 Ultra takes pretty good daytime picks at 50MP which are often better than default 12mp picks. i.e. less compression or jagged edges from over sharping. The 50MP photos are also better than the 200MP photos Samsung should take apples lead and make 50mp the default resolution. I would have liked to see comparisons between 24MP vs 50MP and 48MP vs 50MP. Oh, and we forget that HEIF format is not widely supported on non Apple devices and require exporting as JPG.
00:03 The iPhone 15 Pro Max has improved its camera features, including resolution, night mode, and portrait mode, as well as optical zoom and dynamic range. 01:50 Samsung and iPhone have different approaches to zoom, with each having its strengths and weaknesses. 03:36 Samsung's camera app offers more fun and experimental options compared to the iPhone, but the practical experience feels dated. 05:22 The iPhone 15 Pro Max and Samsung have similar camera speed and audio quality. 07:05 Samsung and Apple smartphones have comparable portrait modes and improved cinematic and slow-mo features. 08:49 Samsung has an edge in slow-mo and macro photography, while Apple excels in video quality. 10:32 Samsung's video quality is affected by grain in low light 12:20 The iPhone's smart hdr feature captures complex lighting scenarios accurately. 14:06 Daytime photos are the most important category for most people and having more megapixels is a game-changer. 15:52 iPhone's high-res mode is the default option with no compromise 17:34 Got 15% off any orders Hope it helps
Why you didn't mention S23U microphone zoom that follows automatically video zoom? Its impressive. I was impressed of how it picked up a voice from people 20m away from me
I believe iPhones also have it! iPhone 11 and up have the microphone zoom, Apple called it "Audio Zoom." He probably didn't mention it because it's good in both?
I'm pretty sure iPhones also have that, but attemping to mention something one phone may or may not have doesn't make a fair comparison, for example Apple has now implemented it's new voice isolation feature or wide spectrum voice feature which is very impressive, but Samsung I don't think has that.
Would have been interested in seeing Samsungs 50mp option included in this comparison too. Ultimately though I think these camera comparisons are becoming less and less relevant. They are both more than enough for 90% of users and the day to day shooting they'll do. And if you're someone who's actually pixel peeping and looking at colour correction etc., then you're probably not shooting auto mode anyway and better of shooting manual/RAW and editing colour/light yourself.
@@kxngoxar6584 i am not mad for apple to win since they have more experience with their camera's and can make them better and have modes turn on automatically using smart AI inside their camera's. Samsung on the other hand focussed more on improving what they lacked mostly with their older phones, now they have one of the largest zoom features of any smartphone, lots of modes and features to adjust your pictures how you want, even changing them after you taken the shot to adjust any details the camera might taken in a bad light or blurring out anything, adding features of 1 pictures to another and so on. Just like mr boss says, Samsung has tons of features and hard to cover them all, it is also hard to use them with 1 hand since the S23 ultra is a very large phone. Now what camera is best depends on you as the user if you like to have direct nice pictures and easy to change features with the Iphone or are you more into using alot of features with 2 hands, adjusting your shots constantly and knowing what you take when to put the right effects on your shots with the S23 ultra? i myself got the S23 and i haven't regretted getting him at all, pictures and videos are the best for my liking, the zoom helps alot to look at objects far away and taking them without disturbing anything. it is true that the S23 looks for brightness and warm colors at all times but i don't mind to adjust my pictures and edit to my liking afterwards. Apple has smart AI build in for years now and Samsung is missing some of those features but it might come in the next S series or even the K series what will be focussed on camera mostly
the S23U's camera improved dramatically with the August update. I hope the S23U used here had that update otherwise it was trying to compete with one hand tied behind it's back
Well that's embarrassing. A lot of the reason the 15 promax won this (barely) was because of the zoomed in clarity being a bit better, but the august update on the S23U dramatically improved this.
For me, the biggest thing about 15 pro lineup is that it has a lot of things in normal mode. 14 pro can also take Live Photos, high res photos and portraits, but not at the same time. With 15 pro, you get all three with just one shutter press in normal mode
It's sad that it's very obvious how RU-vidrs like Arun here sells iPhone so much just because it's new and it's "iPhone" even though in almost all his samples, iPhone looks worst and Samsung is a lot better. But he really always justifies and finds reasons to defend iphone and either make them tie or let rate iphone better. Sad reality really that RU-vidrs are such spcial climbers which will definitely make them iPhone bias naturally. Sad.
I get what you’re saying, but it’s their business. Even if there’s no official partnership, there are probably other perks, like getting the products first, brand invites to showcase the product-whether it’s positive or negative, it’s free publicity for them. At the end of the day, it’s all in the hands of the consumer-they’re the ones buying the product. Like when Samsung drops the S23 Ultra, it’s the best phone on the market. But the minute the iPhone comes out, suddenly the Samsung is ‘just a good phone’ and its colors are too cold, etc., etc
For a second I was afraid that you're going to completely skip the higher resolution mode on S23U and I was nearly right. Nearly, because you've only mentioned about the 200MP mode when in reality there's also a 50MP mode which is superior (in my opinion as a user) to both standard 12MP and the high-res 200MP. It's my default mode for daytime pictures because of the added detail when compared to 12MP mode. It still takes a few seconds for the phone to process the picture but IMO 50MP mode is the perfect balance between quality of pictures, size of sized image and time this phone needs to process the image before it's accessible. I believe that comparing standard 24MP mode on iPhone to 50MP mode on Samsung could slightly change the result and overall comparison.
That is the truth, but whisper it on here as there are lot of Apple people out here riding the wave of excitement of a new IPhone release. Bless them..😅😅
@@neilmcguinness4422 YEah apple might have paid them some...every little thing apple come up with is a huge news for em evenif its 5 year old thing or sth....he intentionally forgot the 50MP mode which could have brought major changes and still no mention from him he s born iphone. no wonder
@@baslielayalew5203 Give it time for the IPhone 15 sales to climb as they will, and then wait for the more neutral reviews to hit. Along with the inevitable reports of glitches and bugs and problems. It is always the same with every IPhone.
For this comparison to be fair, the S23U"s software should have been updated, the last couple of software updates have considerably improved photo quality. You can tell the phone's on an older software because in Portrait & photo mode it doesn't have a shortcut to 2X zoom, which is present on current software and takes a crop from the 200Mpx sensor.
Hey Arun, worth pointing out that you're running an outdated version of one ui on the S23U. The new updates on Camera Assistant which includes the higher quality 2x magnification and further camera improvements.
I partially agree with this video. I must say that the iPhone never underperforms as heavily in some categories than the Galaxy, but Galaxy's overall colour palette and my needs as a consumer (being that I take many portrait mode photos and photos in good lightning; mostly during daytime) I will still probably be pick the Galaxy. Maybe not the S23 Ultra, but Samsung's next phone!
Arun! You never mentioned the Samsung's 50MP mode. I use it all the time and I much prefer it to the 200MP. Also it would be cool if you collaborated with a photographer to get his/hers opinion using the pro modes on both phones.
if there wasn't a big difference between the 200mp mode and the iphones 48mp mode in terms of quality in optimal lighting, i doubt the 50mp would be better
@@searic3203 IMO the 50MP is better than the 200MP, especially when shooting handheld. That's why I brought it up, but maybe like you, Arun thought that the 200MP naturally is better. But it simply isn't
It won't be significantly better. The tech jump in 5 years will be significantly smaller than the tech jump from 5 years ago. You can only improve so much and these days it's rather incremental. The next big advancement in phone tech will likely be a significantly longer lasting battery. We are already seeing such battery tech in testing, but once it becomes commercialized, this new battery tech will be a major game changer.
I think both phone cameras are equally good in their own way and it comes down to personal preference. For example, I much prefer the daytime pictures of the samsung
@ 5:20 -> You can enable HEIF picture format on the samsung and thereby have have a reduction in file size of 75% as per my experience while retaining the same quality for the 200MP mode. -> You have a 50MP option in the samsung and hence it would have been more appropriate to take a photo with the 50MP mode of the samsung vs the 48MP of the iPhone for better comparison as the 200MP mode shines more on good light than in low light -> For the 24MP mode yea, I wish samsung could push an update giving us S23 Ultra users to take 24MP in default since they have a 200MP camera anyway, and the 50MP mode is fast enough alright that I doubt 24-25MP mode option on the S23 Ultra would be a problem. They already enabled enhanced 2X crop on the main sensor giving us 2X optical like zoom on the S23 Ultra which is indeed great. What more of that 24-25MP mode really. -> As for the graininess in low light video in S23 Ultra, this is something I noticed too as samsung always wants to show more of a dark image, hence what I do is just manually lower the exposure and the graininess is gone and that I have more a real life look in the video than in Auto. Now this is something I want compared really as each phone has their strengths and weaknesses, but something little bothering as that with slight changes is something I could trade for having a great all around camera really.
I totally agree, Samsung focuses way too much on specs and not software, I think HEIF is now a standard on all phones, recently they pushed 15s HEIF format to the 14s so both phones now takes 5mb 48mp so thats good. But I hope samsung pushes software.
I bought one of those in1992 in Okinawa. Still have it & play it all the time. That neck is speedy. Great to pick up & shred on that after playing something else for a while.
@@DannyLikesTrainsno sensible man will upgrade an S23 so soon for 15! I mean no big upgrade unless you have lot of black money just to spend on random shizzz
It has been like 10 months since the launch of s23 ultra, even if the iphone 15 was ten times better it's ridiculous to switch from one phone to another in such a short span. What are you trying to prove? What is your aim in life if you take random mobile phones so seriously?
One point on the audio during calls/facetime: iPhone can filter out background noise if you select it(or alternatively have the background enhanced). Swipe down from the top right during a call, select mic mode, select voice isolation or wide spectrum.
3:45 you didn't mention about the fact that in Samsung you can switch between all lenses, while recording, in iPhone you have to turn it off and on, and this is rather important
Also i heard you cant switch to different lenses on 4k60fps on samsung. Not talking about zoom but about switching to the actual different lenses. Apparently only works on 4k30fps
As usual a pretty detailed video, however I really don't understand how Arun awarded Portrait & Day Light to iPhone. The Portrait shots of S23U, that were shown in the video, were clearly better. iPhone might take it in 24MP but we don't usual zoom in our portrait images, so it really doesn't matter. Coming to the Daylight photos, i felt as if Arun was just searching for reasons to give to iPhone. He is constantly talking about 24MP images but didn't even mention 50MP mode in S23U , I mean giving the point just because it takes 24MP default is ridiculous. And also about 2X, you can have it in Samsung too! To be Honest, I am not surprised this going in iPhone's away after watching the previous video, Arun was too excited on the improvements I knew it was going to be bit biased when he announced camera comparison.
You must be joking... Reason is that iphone captures those 24mp shots much faster than samsung manages to do 12mp, what is more 24mp shots on the iphone still take up less storage than 12mp on samsung (same with the portraits). If anything it feels like he's giving Samsung some points just to make android fanboys happy, cinematic mode on iphone is worlds apart (anyone who knows how professional camera works will realise that iphone creates a proper depth map of the whole scene and gives different amount of blur to different parts, samsung basically registers the human and cuts everything else like some toy), another is the front camera where iphone clearly had more mature shots, even with audio it was a clear win for the iphone yet he didn't give an outright win...
😂😂 no bro it's important because it benefits us users as there is competition between iphone and samsung so yeah every spec is important and iphone is known for camera but i cant ignore S23 is a beast in camera too it's zoom and performance is good and it is more durable than any iphone i believe
Although the comparison was pretty detailed, I feel like the last point should have gone to Samsung, also you didn't test 5x or 10x zoom in daylight, a lot of Samsung users use this feature in day and it's pretty helpful, I feel Samsung would have got that point. All in all its nearly a draw with a slight edge to Apple just because of almost no shutter lag, and better implementation of portrait mode after taking the shot(it's been there in Samsung for atleast 1 year now)
I like Samsung day photo too. i don't know how he give apple the day time photos. even in Night Mode I think Samsung is more pleasant to the eye and very good. Portait mode I thing Samsung is the winner again. but anyway maybe he is an apple fan after all.
@@tahabadar1359 If he's an apple fanboy then what are you? How about we calm down with the cringe loyalty we stick to phone companies. Just get whatever is best and ignore the rest, we're the customers after all.
It's been in Samsung for a year and it's not better? That's a bit of a shame. I feel like Samsung has been slacking a bit when it comes to their cameras relative to Apple and other Android devices, like the Pixel. Hopefully they'll start to focus more on low-light and the software side of things. The 100MG mode is cute, but not at the cost of everything else.
@@husseinmarhaj3380 Why call him an Apple fan when you're clearly a Samsung fan. Come on, nightmode is objectively worse on Samsung, the phone just can't handle low-light, there's no need to defend it. Why do you people even have loyality to a phone company in the first place? It's so cringe. We are the customers, the companies should be working for us, not us for them.
16:51 So the company that makes the ecoshock also provides the competitor's sample? That doesn't make any sense, they can just give an extra bouncy material and print "competitor" on it.
Arun truly is one of the few tech youtubers who can keep me captivated from start till finish without a dull moment at all! Keep up the good work mate cheers!!!
Really appreciating the effort you take for each videos. I am waiting to see the battery drain test of iphone 15 series and also looking forward to watch what difference does it makes after ios 17 update.
The 8K 30 is pretty much a must for me. My s23 ultra works great. So I might actually skip the s24 upgrade this year unless the 8K gets a major bump. Clarification: I like to record in 8K then downscale the video to 4K when rendering for better crispier 4K. Or for punching into the frame in post. Believe it or not, you can actually notice the difference.
You do have some solid RU-vid content on your new channel, but I still fail to understand why you’d need 8k 30. I could see a need for cropping vertically and still having 2k. Or wildlife/sports videography where you’ll need to crop in to get more of the subject in frame. Again, you have some good RU-vid content and I subscribed to your new channel.
Arun, you mentioned that cameras should be able to detect what mode it should be using and switch over, but this has already been a feature of samsungs for so long, for example, I haven't ever switched to food mode manually, it just does it on its own on the down-right corner from where you can also disable the mode it's selected if you find it to be unnecessary.
At 8:00, Samsung is better. I think dynamic range and handling the correct contrast n brightness is spot on in Samsung...I think should relook into it.
Finally the Boss is Back with his much awaited comparison video, really appreciated of the quality kept upto mark everytime, with a notable increase in the comparison techniques
For me , the slight improvement in camera is not enough for to make me actually switch to iphone 15. I'll wait for s24 and i16. Especially because of the 200 mp camera. I only use the 200mp camea and portrait mode for phone photography. And storage doesn't concern me. I have the 1 tb variant 😊😊
Using only 200mp mode is worse in some cases, so please consider this, unless you already do, but if you want improvement on 200mp then you'll need much much stronger chips and larger sensors. Normal cameras will always be superior due to their sensor size so consider them too.
@@itsyaboishiba maybe but the iphone 15 isn't exciting enough for me to buy it. I mean i also have a 14 pro max here. It's not just the camera. I'm not really a photography guy. Just casual photos.
Having ran the 23ultra since upgrading from the S22ultra ( Samsung was giving stupidly good deals) there is a big upgrade from the S22ultra however to Apples cameras it seems to be a little more consistent. The 200mp quad Bayer design is definitely amazing and does work well on the s23Ultra + snapdragon 8 gen2 ( 108mp on snapdragon 8 gen1 was hot garbage) however because it is high resolution not as bright and needs to average scenario to quad Bayer into 16mp subtleties get machines over along with noise reduction since higher mp will show it more. While I personally probably won't go to iPhone since they don't have a dedicated file manger the camera system is very simple and having a wider aperture and greater dynamic range allows for general smoothness and better control of subtitles. I will say in 2-3 model generation either manufacturer will probably get BSI sensor and will drop resolution towards the 60mp standard. Samsungs approach is pleasantly brilliant but there is too much overhead in a nonstandard 200mp based quad Bayer design(good packaging though)
Interesting comparison, it would be even more interesting and fair if the Samsung S23 Ultra was in the latest firmware, and it's not because yours is missing the 2x toggle button in portrait mode. A feature that was available even before the latest updates. Great job, it could be.
There's no way he didn't do this on purpose. That update has been out for weeks now. He would have had notifications showing a update was ready. The last camera update was massive.
@@mrunankBatheinstall camera assistant it's in there and make sure you're running the latest update. It only crops the image tho so you can just do it yourself in gallery, it's a pretty pointless setting.
Most pics are taken during daytime and relatively good lightning, in that regard I personally prefer the pics Samsung makes and its zoom capabilities. Like its said in the video, I also find the pics more pleasing to look at it
@@AustinRosswell yes and no. You can't replicate the enhancements the Ai does. I did prefer all iPhone shots more than samsungs. However, samsungs process is dog crap if you actually care about little details. I'd still chose samungs. I use 3rd party apps and the zoom is amazing. Somethings you can't do on iPhone. I record RAW video on my Samsung and God even 1080p quality looks so much better than smasungs app in 4k or even iPhones 4k. Stabilization is lost but im not running or moving much. I use Gcam an apk imitation of Google pixels camera and their hdr and processing is so much better, you don't lose any detail at all.
Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra has 12MP, 50MP and 200MP modes, but for some reason you won't see the 50MP photos here. Arun, the comparison has been done between S23 Ultra's lowest resolution (12MP) versus iPhone 15 Pro Max's higher resolution (24MP) instead of its 12MP, too. It's a little unclear why it was done like that, since both phones have 3 different options for the resolution of the main camera. The 50MP mode on Samsung S23 Ultra is noticeably better than the 12MP one.
7:45 dude. thats not a draw, nobody cares about those little shirt fringes except for those twitter horeds, that potrait shot right there you look DED in Apple's camera like thats disappointing man
That’s a stylistic thing. Samsung processes their photos more than the iPhone and so you get that shot. You could edit the iPhone photo and likely get the same or similar result to the Samsung, but iPhone priorities real life more than it just “looking good”. You can very much see that in the photo of the Microsoft store.
I can't even imagine the amount of work it takes to produce videos like these. Soo many clips! I appreciate the hard work both you and your team put in. All the best to you and the channel Sir.
