Pixel 8 Pro Vs Galaxy S23 Ultra Vs iPhone 15 Pro Max Camera Comparison 

The three takeaways for me were: That the three flagships' cameras are competitive now; that many of the differences are in software; and that some of the preferences are subjective. It seems to me that at some point there will be be 'camera soft profiles' to mimic the look of competitors' phones. For my basic flagship camera needs I would be ok with any of these cameras. Beyond the practical side, Google has the most software toys to play with.

So glad that you not only took the time to do the video comparisons, but did them simultaneously instead of one after the other, like most do. Having them right at the start of the video was also nice. So many reviewers just mention videos at the end as almost an afterthought

Thanks for another excellent comparison, Chris. It's getting to the point where all of these flagships are so close, they're basically trading blows in specific scenarios.

Only 1.1K ?! Such a professional and well put, detailed, real-life and no silliness and excessive publicity content :) I mean this and pretty much all of your videos :) Bravo and thank-you ! :)

Wow, this was a very good comparison video! I think it was a close call between all three. The pixel is certainly no slouch, but it really comes down to low light capability vs. daylight capability. Overall, I think I like the pixel for No. 1 and iPhone No. 2. Also, I can’t help but factor in the other smart features of the pixel that seems to overpower the iPhone. This is coming from an Apple products consumer since 1983, so I’m certainly not playing favorites. ✌️

Thank you Chris! That front facing camera of the Pixel is really bad, but theoretically the overdone contrast could be easily fixed via software updates. The Pixel is good.

I think you should've compared Samsung's 3x zoom lens as well in video and night shots to make it more fair. Samsung has the advantage of two zoom lenses, with the other two phones only having one. Of course the 10x is going to be worse in the night shots, because it has lower aperture. But i think the 3x would keep up well with the other phones.

Agreed with the over sharpening on the P8 Pro. But when I take the 50MP RAW and export them in Lightroom, they look the best. Great quality RAWs.

Great detailed comparison as usual Chris. 🙂 Pixel also got the USB lossless audio and video as an audio enthusiast I am quite curious how that turns out. Although I would like a headphone jack on the phone.

Upgraded from the Mi 10T Pro to the pixel 8 pro. Best decision. Thank you for your Mi 10T pro review. The phone served me well for 3 years. Great content as always.

Great comparison. Thank you for doing this side by side comparison as even flipping from picture to picture makes harder to compare.

Excellent thorough testing and well presented as always 💪👍

Great review! I Have a Pixel 8 Pro and i like the performance. Is a new phone with large progression in development.

I think a video comparing the full sensor images of each flagship would be interesting. 50MP for Pixel, 48MP for iPhone, and whatever it is for the S23 Ultra.

I was waiting for your review and comparison on this. Really nice review. Well done

Great camera comprision as always Chris Sir

What a step up from Google pixels this year. Lookin good in most of the scene🔥

This is great comparison. I think it's comparing apples to oranges with the S23 Ultra 10X periscope lens to to 5X zoom lens on iP15 Pro and P8 Pro. The 3X lens on the S23 Ultra might be a better comparison.

Thanks for the detailed comparison! I simply do not understand how do you find the time to publish so much good content!

Nice video, very good environment for the test! If both got capture the maximum MP allowed it is still overprocessed and oversharped? I think that for non social media photos it could be different at 50MP

Thank you Chris Sir for another comprehensive comparison! 👌 It's was great to see how the pixel performs, in this line up! Nicely done as always✌

Great work as always Chris

What a amazing cameras comparison, good job nodoubt 👍

An.epic comparison. Great to watch! There are just so many awesome cameras and options for people - it's a great time for smartphones.

Differense now is so small i would never choose my phone because of cameras, choose the phone you like and camera will be great imo. Great review!

Very useful as usual, Chris -and completely unbiased, since you forked out with your own money! I'd personally like to see a comparison between the Pixel 8 pro and the Pixel 7 pro cameras. Is the 8 pro any better?

Love that you are pointing out over sharpening which annoyed me a lot in my pixel 7 pro. All other reviewers seem to skip this topic.

Thank you so much! I'm ready to get my Pixel 8 pro now 😍

Great reviews like always what would be your daily choice device for THE BEST selfie photo and video at this time of the year thank you

Great to see them all 3 together in all sorts of different conditions and environments. Thanks for the comparisons! I heard a lot of negativity about the Samsung Galaxy being too oversaturated compared to the Iphone Pro Max, but in this video it's not bad at all.

great video, how would they all compare at 10x zoom, as in your video you have shown Galaxy at 20x. Would be interesting to see a direct 10x comparison.

As usual one of the most trusted reviews. Good job 👏

Extremely objective and thorough review, thanks!

Great like always... I would like to see a Mate40 pro fighting with these phones.. I still have the impression that is the best on the market today :D

I have The Pixel 8 pro and iPhone pro Max. I think the camera on the iPhone pro Max is better than the 14 pro Max, but I do like the photographs of the pixel 8. I do think that the whites are brighter this year on the pixel 8 pro and you need to tone it down a little bit . Both phones are really good, can't go wrong with either one.

10:59 Are you sure you disabled auto lens switching in camera assistant app for Samsung S23 Ultra? Samsung does not use the telephoto lens by default settings in low light conditions and does digital zoom from main sensor instead, however, you can disable auto lens switching for much better quality and use night mode

Thanks for your videos. Can you tell us if your pixel 8 pro has the last update? Thx

I agree with the over sharpening with the s23 ultra, its about the only thing I dont like about this camera. Especially when taking pictures of plants, the leaves on trees almost look like a blur when you crop in. It can also be a bit saturated sometimes as well but I think they have toned it down compared to other years.

Fantastic video! Was waiting for your comparison.I'm glad you spoke about the over-sharpening/processing as I've noticed it a lot on my older Pixel 7 pro specifically and it's ruined some images. Marco: Clear win for the 8pro. Portrait shots: iPhone during that portrait shot since the LiDAR really went to work on keeping her loose hairs in focus unlike the S23U and Pixel, but I agree with the overall superior colours on the S23U. Lowlight stills by the docks: Lean iPhone again however the image would need just a touch of denoising, but the text throughout the shot is more naturally defined(Yamaha on the left and and the text on the TV in far right being present although not clear). Best case would be merging the 15PM and 8Pro in that shot lol.

Another year where all flagships looks really similar in pictures, and another year where iPhone is still two light years ahead in video…

Chris, Thanks Much !.......

Great video.

Very useful comparison, overall. It seems the author tends to prefer more color saturation (not blown out, but perhaps HDR-like) in their pictures, which is something you can't easily avoid in Samsung phones. I prefer the more neutral looking Pixel 8 Pro photos and videos, with the iPhone 15 Pro Max looking good in some shots where it has a reasonable balance between more tone and neutral. I want to like the Samsung, but similar to my own Samsung model, contrast is usually lagging.

Got myself the vanilla s23 after looking at your comparison with the Iphone 14. Still going strong and i suppose it should serve good for 2-3 yrs.

nice testing. I prefer the video on Pixel as it has less noise reduction, reminds me of the output digital still/video cams. Weirdly, the Pixel does not detect a face to automatically change the image settings for a more pleasing portrait/front camera video. Overall, I choose Pixel for its technical ability though better if they open up more advanced settings. Consider it is Google who introduced HDR photography on the Nexus 5 which is my baseline for good enough smartphone imaging.

Your analysis is spot on

Thanks for the review. I think you missed out on the low-light night shots (pictures) of human subjects, both in and outdoor. ✌

You are the best guy in camera comparison. follower from last 4 years

Great review. Pixel seems to have the highest dynamic range. Also seems sharper. iPhone seem to generally have "yellowish" warm setting. I would have liked to see the zoom comparison not at max range but all with the same x. Also, remember that the iPhone and Pixel are new devices which will see more updates to the camera and functions. The post editing available in the Pixel is unrivaled.

Personally, I prefer the S23 Ultra, especially since I know that there is the possibility to fix the oversharpening problem 🤷🏽‍♂️ And honestly, I really, really don't see how the 15 Pro Max is better than the S23 Ultra in video 🤷🏽‍♂️ Ps: on the 10X zoom at night, I don't think it's the 10X zoom sensor that was used on the S23 Ultra, it's more of a crop on the main sensor.

Not completely happy with the results, but I pretty much agree with your judgement all the time. That does not happen often, great job!

I also tested the Pixel 8 vs iPhone 15 Pro Max (video coming soon - lots of editing still to do). Can confirm your findings for the most part. In my ranking the main cam is slightly better on the iPhone. Where the Pixel wins in terms of Zoom especially the in between zooms (meaning from 2x to 5x) the Pixel hands down destroys the iPhone with its super resolution zoom. At 5x I liked the not so processed photos of the iPhone better where the Pixel shines above 5x with its good processing. Though sometimes it can be a bit artificial especially in low light.

We appreciate your dedication and hard work. Keep working hard.

Thank you!!!!

Vids seem like its the best, photos though are a close one between iphone and S23U though (minus the zoomed photos)

@ Tech Tablets Which of the three would you recommend as the best phone ?

How many GB occupy the system on storage?

Nice comparison

Great comparison, interestingly some slightly different results from others i've seen. Pixel seemd to nail low light images in this set really really well. I still think the pixels colour rendering in still photos is the best, the iphone is just way to yellowy/warm, never looks realistic. The iphone actually has much improved masking in portrait mode that is actually the best ive seen probably because of lidar. But that pixel front facing camera is seriously garbage. Makes people look posessed and ill with black eyes, i realy hope they change it with updates, looks seriously wierd.

In terms of cameras I don't see a significant difference between them. But anyway I would go for pixel for its technologies

Great video as always. They should release an update for poor video performance on pixel.

8 Pro seems to win. Samsung clearly has better low light, but they carry that algorithm across board so your face looked irradiated. The 8 Pro appears "DARKER" but looks like you could boost that more in post without blowing things out, where the iPHONE seems to be a happy middle ground, but less detailed than Samsung and Pixel. Fun fact, that I had to look up since I noticed "BLUE" lights in some parking lots around me, apparently that deters crime... NO site could go into how or why but that's the logic of it. Like if it were more ULTRAVIOLET, then I would say... maybe the drugs or counterfeit money would glow under those lights, or maybe Blue is good enough for that task as well. DON'T KNOW.

Photos of moving subjects is where the biggest difference is found. Need to cover that.

From what I can see, the supposed over-sharpening from the Pixel portrait shot is actually more detail from the sensor. Comparing the stitching on the t-shirt, the Samsung shows almost no detail, the iPhone has some but it isn't sharp, and the Pixel simply appears to have more resolution rather than being a sharpened lower-detail image. Her eyelashes are clearly defined by the Pixel, as are the catchlights.

if you want to crop in and check every photo use 50 or 200 MP on s23 ultra . u should talk about the choice that people can make. s23ultra is versatility at its best.

The pixel has great potential for video, just needs a few updates to address switching lenses, stabilisation and ease up on the contrast. And i don't know why the Galaxy is not winning with the 8k 30 video

Great comparison video! I think phones reached to the point that they are all good enough and don't show much difference in their photo qualities no matter what brand you choose. If these photos were shuffled I would never tell which photo is from what phone.

Did the new large sensor used since the Pixel 6 lose the portrait prowess of Google? I swear I remember one of the highlights of Pixel camera, is it can take great portrait shot on a single cam.

I am thinking of getting a new camera phone here, so which has the best camera here for overall photo and video quality out of the 3 ?

I got the P8 Pro and the 15 Pro Max. I am not really satisfied with any of them...and i am still missing the Vivo X90 Pro Plus which i sold because of notification issues. But the camera... i loved it. Cant wait for the 100 pro plus next month.

Good job.

I am looking for a comparison between the Pixel 8, iPhone 15 pro and S23. So specifically a shootout between the top 6.1/6.2" phones.

Man Samsung is an oversharpened nightmare. Pixel is better. iPhone looks the closest to a mirrorless camera. Much easier to use the iPhone as a B camera for a videographer. Never use front facing cameras on any cell phone. Also, if you really want the best out of the camera, try ProCam. I cannot believe how much better the video and photos are without using the native camera app on my iPhone 15 ProMax. I do not like these camera comparisons though using the native phone apps because you have zero control over the ISO and shutter, so really hard to compare the sensors when the software is assuming the exposure. Need to use a manual 3rd party camera app to set each phone equally.

Don't know why but day time with pixel front camera video your eyes looks like panda 🐼 eyes, or could be blood lost eye 😂

The oversharpening in the S23 can be softened or turned off using Camera Assistant.

Good comparison, can you also please add xperia 1 and 5 series

Three top phones you cant go wrong with any of them, im sony fan but i dont have time to playing with Foto Pro app on Xperia 1 V so i buy p8p after one year using p6p which was also amazing phone and now they fix all problems like portrait mode,fingerprint and much more so now im really satisfied especially with cameras!

I just have one question for you Sir... Which phone would you choose yourself for day light photos?

Overall S23 win😊

Tbh pixel is too much bright overall s23 ultra best 👌

Pixel 8 seems to have the best image quality, and best sound quality on video. But its photos are overprocessed in too many cases. Would be interesting to see the RAW photos postprocessed in Lr for all, but that would be too much work lol

S23 is the clear winner here, 95% of the time you'll take a picture of yourself or somebody and people look better in S23's shots.

Please review the Alldocube iWork GT 12. It's a Windows tablet with Ryzen 7000 chip. Thanks

before, im praising huawei phones for their sharp zoom photos but now i realized that sharpening these zoom photos actually makes the 1x photos over sharpened also. I'm glad that with the new update huawei toned down over sharpening the 1x photos. i don't care if zoom photos turn out to be soft as long as the details are there. i still love my huawei mate 50 pro and i think this phone's camera is still way ahead of these three, especially with the physical aperture. there's so much i can do with the physical aperture. it's like im using a DSLR. and none of these three phones can do that

Thought you canceled your Pixel order 🤔. Great review overall.

I watched video without sound to decide on my own which footage was greater in my eyes and i dare to say that S23 is catching up. I didnt hear anything, just by watching. In some cases was even ahead and for that to happen vs Iphone and Pixel, the two greatest picture/video phones for years its something.

The leap in video quality for the pixel is quite a lot it’s amazing.

I have 12 pro max now but I just decided to swap to Px8 pro 😅 Spontaneous decision but I didn’t like the new iPhone… I mean… „Fastest cpu/best camera in the iphone ever” doesn’t do it for me anymore… and I didn’t pick Samsung due to tons of bloatware. From what Ive seen its literally like iPhone but on Android 😅

plz add to the comparison stars shot and moon shot

Pixel front cam is pretty bad. I would buy an iPhone but I can't stomach paying £1,200 for a phone.

Not only does the front camera of Pixel 8 make you look you haven't brushed teeth for 3 years, it also makes like you haven't slept for weeks 😂

Low Light photo of the Samsung - did you use Camera Assistant to prevent automatic lens switching? I wonder if the Samsung really used the lens you expected...

Yo por mi parte y es mi opinión personal y sin ofencer a nadie en cómputo global para mí el S23ultra es más consistente, tiene menos puntos flacos Un saludo y buen video

Any xperia comparisons or is it just not worth it?

Sammy S23 Ultra FTW. So glad I bought it. Video and didn't think it would be, but audio as well massacred the competitors

4:10 look at the road on pixel. It's not ready to be released yet but they did. Pixel got a ton of strange judder, artifacts, detail loss on spontaneous places both in pictures and video. Also some strange clairity effect. Also the pixel 8 is to sharpened, just like the others but when it get it right, it's amazing 👏 Samsung even more oversharpened and iphone to much contrast and old sensor now. Could you please shoot in raw in both pictures and video and compare? No one does it and iphone looks so darn good with it, want to see how the other do.

Pixel stabilization is amazing, color reproduction pixel and HDR wins! Samsung too processed: oversharped and vivid. Iphone too warm but has the best video capabilities.

Very good comparison as usual, but I don't understand why you double samsung's resolution and say it's the worst ( 5:08 ) ? Why not compare at every zoom range ?

Still the S23 is best even though it's older than both. Thanks for this comparison

Thanks for vedio in night shot pixl deel very good with reducing flare