It will be interesting to test Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra's 10x zoom versus 9,9x zoom. GSMArena noted that the 9,9x zoom is substantially sharper and more detailed than the 10x zoom for whatever reason.
He asked which one he used in video, because vibrant is more photos like Iphone (like more coulored) wich authentic is more realistic photos ..@@deepu5948
Great first look video for the 14 Ultra and hopefully most of their issues will be resolved over time especially that blurry 5x video on the coast. Using headphones though, in terms of audio quality in the daylight coast video, I find both Samsung and Apple's audio to be a bit lower quality probably due to noise reduction. The Xiaomi had pretty crisp audio quality but suffered from wind noise so not sure if it's the only one without the noise reduction turned on at that moment. In terms of color reproduction, that's to be expected that the Xiaomi wouldn't have the most realistic colors especially if you use the default Leica Vibrant one which is why I exclusively use the Leica Authentic on it on most cases (Still rocking a Xiaomi 13 Pro). Spot on observations still with Xiaomi overexposing on auto every time it detects a face on the scene and wish they'd dial it down in a future update else it will only ever be exclusively usable by those who exploit the manual settings and manually lowering EV's by a smudge. After visiting a ton of reviews as well, I guess Xiaomi tends to gravitate towards those people who love shooting RAW and editing in lightroom, just like what the Sony Xperias target as well as I've seen pro photographers saying that both phones have amazing responses to post processing usability compared to say, a Samsung or a Pixel photo. To wrap my personal thoughts up, most consumers would prefer either a Samsung, a Pixel or an iPhone just by sheer ease of use and fairly decent and all-around balanced video and photo quality while the Xiaomi would probably target mostly just enthusiasts like the Sony Xperia who want to get more out of their photos.
I completely agree with you, Xiaomi seems to have changed the focus a little, device for enthusiasts than for common users. For me this is something wonderful!
Especially during that zooming. The stabilization is soooo stable and not jittery. Also super awesome audio! Even in the most windy setting. Samsung nailed this.
Worst comparison video ever , guy was fully on the side of iPhone not even talking about where the Xiaomi and Samsung were better . If anyone reading this comment before watching the video, I'll say don't watch or decide which phone is better by your own, don't listen to what he's saying.
I really like the Iphone low light shots. Seem so real. And I think by keeping some noice thay also keep more detail than the other two. I prefer a detailed even if noisy photo than an oil painting.
Samsung is terrible at those “oil paintings” Most of their pics, if zooming at all, take on a very drawn or painted quality that is very natural, where iPhone keeps it real.
Nope all shot with default out of the box setting no tweaks, no manual modes. No tripods etc But if it was on it would have done better but still can sound very muffled and off.
The only phone I could not make drop frames is the Xperia 1 V and Pro i. Maybe the predecessors as well. Yeah the iPhone also dropped quite some frames back in my iPhone 13 Pro test. Great comparison. I think the Xiaomi's optimized AI zoom works from 30x on only. So 25x will look as bad as everyone elses.
True. The Ai zoom seems to be just adding/guessing details that are not really there according to Chinese reviewers. I think from what I've seen so far it seems to work better for buildings and text as it's easier to guess the details but doesn't seem to do as well with trees and greenery
true. I've seen other videos of the 30x AI zoom of the xiaomi as well and it's very much scene dependent as other samples are pretty superior compared to the competition and only the Vivo X100 Pro came neck and neck@@eoin4597
I'm excited to see what Xiaomi does with the first camera update. Samsung has already received the first one but still has problems with purple/green - ish photos.
at 6:40 Xiaomi has the best zoom of 25 times, where are your eyes? Samsung has a very bad zoom. I have s24ultra, the cameras here are very mediocre. Xiaomi has very unnatural colors and saturated colors, but the phone just came out and has not yet received any updates. Samsung came out 2 months ago, iPhone six months ago and received a bunch of updates. Absolutely all phones come out damp in the first month. It's better to watch the video with the sound turned off. A very biased review. It's like you're deliberately understating Xiaomi. Personally, I have four leaders in cameras - Oppo, Vivo, Huawei and Xiaomi. Samsung and iPhone are very far behind in terms of photo capabilities.
Amen. I have also noticed an anti-Xiaomi narrative in recent months over here. His definition of a good photo changes based on which brand he wants to praise. An underexposed photo could be considered ‘natural’ or ‘bad low light performance’ based on the narrative he wants to push. Appreciate the comparisons nonetheless. Would love some consistency. Until then I mute, pause every comparison and decide for myself as well. This coming from an iPhone 15 PM user.
Not sure where you get that the iPhone is far behind because it isn’t and most everyone knows that. DXOMARK put it at number 2 or 3 with best pic quality with s24U very far behind at around 7. Sounds like you probably have the crappy Chinese phone and are attempting defense of your purchase.
s24 ultra is better it seems that the update did well but xiaomi 14 ultra.. the night has good photos but some are not good but both the s24 and 14 ultra need to receive more updates to improve... good work for the video
@@VxYxR. Not really, your xaiomi phones are pretty crap compared to Samsung, I'd take a Galaxy S9 over a xaiomi 14 ultra, your phones are just too outdated and can't compete.
@@Fungusmynutsj ur samsung is what is utterly crap compared to Xiaomi...ur samsung cameras and everything except ui sucks and Xiaomi is way better...ur a fankid of samsung who needs a lot of research
I will suggest you to enable HDR10+ option for video in Day light Conditions because you will get an idea how colour rendering on HDR 10+ looks. And you can use in Night time when you have some good lighting conditions like near restaurants or parks. HDR10+ depends upon your device too how the algorithm works.
Xiaomi has the hardware to wipe the floor with Samsung or Apple , it shouldn't even be close, either Xiaomi doesn't care about the China version of the phone and global version will be better or they screwed up and this phone will be good to buy in maybe a year or two once they fix all the issues , I will probably go for the Honor , I was able to get a deal for magic 6 pro for 899€
Nice comparison as usual Chris! Do you plan to review regular xiaomi 14? Only regular xiaomi 14 will be launched in my country later this month, and i'm still torn between iqoo 12 and regular xiaomi 14. And software wise, which one do you think have less bloatware between hyperos and funtouch os 14? Which one do you personally prefer?
Actually i dont really care about camera at all, especially front facing cam. One of the most important aspect for me is actually ui, presence of bloatware, ads, and junk notifications, as my old phone (oneplus 5) dont have any of them.
Really like your reviews. Feels like these are only ones that are not biased that much (cause I think its impossible to make 100 % non biased review, but you are pretty close).
Man tell me please about that known drop frames in video ! I had 14 ProMax for the last year it's amazing , i want to upgrade but i'm lost 🫤, i want to bring s24 ultra instead of 15 pro max but i'm afraid of that "jadder" and drop frames in videos i don't want to regret !!
@@xdefesdatv3728 yeah i have the s24 ultra too everything is good except for the 100x. But in its defense its still the best zoom unless you pitt it against the s23 ultra which is worse in everything else other than zoom
Great work as always I love all your videos. Quick question, camera wise do you think the Honor magic 6 pro beats the Vivo X100 Pro or the Xiaomi 14 Ultra? I currently have the Honor magic 6 Pro but I'm thinking about returning it and buying the xiaomi 14 Ultra or the VivO 100 Pro global. Any thoughts on this would be greatly appreciated Thanks and keep up the good work
@@m3alemmajnoon137Honor is a good phone but not great. Camera always seems to overexpose and photos of people come out oversaturated with unrealistic skin tones. Photos of scenery look good. Zoom capabilities are poor. Very poor considering all the hype with the 180mp camera sensor. In general the photos are sharp and look like they have been taken on a high quality camera but I feel the pixel 8 pro takes better photos apart from the selfie, Honor selfies are better. Battery life's very good but the software's lets the phone down. You can't hold an app icon to uninstall it or go to app info. Other couple of things with the software that just put me off like lack of customisation e.g not being able to change icons unless you install a launcher like Nova launcher and even that had problems when I installed Nova launcher, the recent button stops working. Also the curved screen is so 2020 just feels like we need to move on from them now. Also, charging is not as fast as you would expect. Speakers are great. Probably the best speakers I've heard on a phone. Lastly, there can be delayed notifications
If you've got the Honor why are you returning it? Its currently number 1 on DxoMark and as much of a Xiaomi fan as i am i dont think they'll beat Honor on DxoMark. Its great for a lot of shots but overall i think Honor would probably be better based on reviews ive seen and watched and my personal experiences with Xiaomi from Mi 8 all the way to my current 13 Ultra. Dont have the 14 yet.
@@m3alemmajnoon137 Sorry I did reply to this comment explaining why but it might have been accidentally deleted while I was editing it. Please check my reply below to the next question. Thanks
@@sconcepx The Magic 6 Pro is a good phone but not great. I have taken well over 200+ photos with the Magic 6 Pro and the google pixel 8 pro side by side. The camera is good at taking photos of scenery but 9/10 it overexposes and over saturates the photo. Photos of people are not colour accurate and lack detail when zooming into hair or items of clothing. The Honor photo's make the person look good but not realistic, almost like it has a permanent beauty mode that cannot be deactivated. I've shown the 200+ photos side by side with the pixel photos to several people, family, friends, colleagues and all have said the same thing, the pixel photos are better in most cases. Also moving objects like children and pets, the shutter speed is not as fast as the pixel and the photo will come out blurry. And finally the zoom camera is very poor on anything over a 10x zoom even after all the hype over the 180mp sensor. The selfie camera is very good and beats the pixel 8 pro's selfie camera in all scenarios. Then the software, it's not great, it lacks some basics such as holding an app icon to uninstall it or go to the app info page. Also it's not very customizable, you're stuck with the same colours and icons. And when I installed Nova launcher and set it to my default launcher, the recents button along the navigation bar stops working so nova launcher is a no go on the Honor Magic 6 pro. The speakers are great, probably the best speakers I've heard on any smartphone. The battery life is also very good, but not so amazing that it changes the way I use my phone. The charging speeds are average, nowhere near as good as the 80w charging would suggest. Even the pixel's 30w charging speed in real life daily use is quite comparable if charging both phones up to about 80%. It's only when you try to charge the phones to 100% that you really feel the difference in charging speeds. Also the app opening times are the same on both devices and in day to day use you will hardly notice any difference in the SD 3 and Tensor chipset. The Pixels AI just makes it a much much better phone to use in daily use. As regards to DxoMark ratings, I wouldn't trust them or at the very least make your decision on their rankings alone. Having had the Magic 5 Pro & the Magic 6 Pro, something about their 1st place rankings doesn't add up or seem right. I've returned the Honor and have purchased a Vivo X100 Pro International & a Xiaomi 14 Ultra. In the end I will be keeping one of them and selling the other on.
nice video, for me xiaomi wins in everything, the image quality is real and close to reality, for the other 2, too much artificial intelligence to modify the image to make it LOOK better.
Lots of algorithm is needed and software to produce good image for a phone . Xiaomi has better newer camera hardware but poor at software execution and their software needs lot of improvement to be on par with those phones. Software is as important as hardware in a phone imaging coz of sensor size of camera to be packed in a small compact body
As Xiaomi starts gray sky, I stay with Samsung and iphone, in face tones I stay with Xiaomi, 1:25 Xiaomi the beach and the green of the mountain I see it more faithful to reality, stabilization iPhone and Samsung better than Xiaomi, at night I see more faithful the colors of iPhone, photo portrait 4:08 iPhone, cat 4:55 iPhone, 9:10 palm tree iPhone has more noise but colors faithful to reality, 9:40 Xiaomi warm, S24 violet, iPhone dots of light.. but more real. In short, some modes win Xiaomi, others Samsung and other iPhone 👍🏻 remember that Samsung and Xiaomi are newer and they don't beat the iPhone in everything, I expected much more from him, Xiaomi with the one-inch sensor
Seen other reviews of xiaomi 14 ultra on spanish channels ans tbh it looks like you dont know how to take a proper portrait photo when using xiaomi but dont have problems with other phones for me looks like scam ... Or maybe your phone have problems with camera as other RU-vidrs showed completely different things than you in here.....
@@Techtablets I'm a photographer and see other RU-vidrs who can take a photo and it looks nothing like you showed in here. And sorry but I'm not a fun boy of any phones... Then I'm just saying something is odd when someone else compared same phones and results been completely different 🤔🤔
Can xiaomi 14 switch cameras while filming? (e.g. without stopping the video... some phones prevent this if you start filming at 60 fps (asus zenfone 9), others don't e.g. huawei p30). Thank you very much for your work! Awesome channel. I like the honest truth you share with us with your reviews. I really like the 3 phone live comparisons!
For average users all of them are good and top notch 🔥. I love to color grade so xiaomi 14 ultra isn't a big problem at all 👍🏼 good level of sharpness shadow less lens flares. I will definitely tone down Samsung's saturation. It's just a matter of personal preference. The problem with samsung is that you'll end up taking blurry photos on fast moving subjects and also it can take a couple seconds to process pictures. So think of that.
How else could I do it? Manual pro mode and use raw? And if I edited one photo better than the other? 93% of people use auto mode In a poll a cast in twitter 2 years ago.
@@Techtablets It is good that you did that poll but there are some caveats. If you limited it to people with flagships, my expectation would be that more than 6-7% use pro mode. I'd expect the number to be even higher again when talking about photography-focused phones. I'm not disagreeing with your results, from what you've presented the only fair conclusion is that the 14U is behind. There are definitely a lot of tinkerers who'll purchase this phone too. Also, even the average point-and-shoot user will take multiple photos and choose their favourites at the end of the day. Maybe their order will stay the same but the gap would at least close with a more complete or thorough test.
What the hell is that with iphone mic? Did they use 1995 mics or something? It's horrible. Yeah Samsung seems like an overall winner here.but it's here and there and preference I guess. Great vid 👑
Why does your Xiaomi look significantly bad compared to the ones I have seen in other reviews? Imho it would have been better to wait for the global unit to arrive.
Alright my friend, thank you for this wonderful video. However, I have a question and I need a frank answer to it. Do you truly recommend the Xiaomi 14 Ultra for using it to shoot video for professional content creation? Will it provide truly professional video recording with very high quality? Please answer me with complete clarity. And thank you in advance .
Hi @Tec ! - I should start with the obvious, another great comparison video from the man himself! That said... I really think you should include a "best possible photo" for both night and day in a challenging situation. You can compare the point and shoot result, the 30 seconds tinkering result, and the 3-4 minutes tinkering result, all 3 on a mini tripod. These phones are just as much for photography enthusiasts who will be happy to manually lower the exposure on Xiaomi, or choose a different white balance setting on S24U / iphone in night mode. Great video as always, your content is popular for a reason. A bit like the Xiaomi has with you though, I'm left wanting a little more.
I'm glad that the xiaomi and iPhone are extremely polar opposites coz finally it shows how great Samsung is coz reviewers always tend to choose iPhone when they both are compared but now we see that the iPhone is too warm and too contrasty which reviewers fail to acknowledge like they always hesitate to give the Samsung a win but honestly Samsung has improved a lot in terms of their color science not too vibrant and over exposed like xiaomi and not too warm and contrasty like the iPhone.
Eh, I personally really hate Samsung photos. The oversharpening filter and mind-boggling, atrocious processing in low-light photos are still a no-no for me.
My s24u took terrible pictures and videos... The colours were wildly inaccurate...Certainly worse than the examples I saw in this video... Also the camera lagged and froze constantly... Maybe I had a defective model but I've heard similar complaints from others... I ended up with the op12 which honestly takes better pictures and videos and never freezes.
I'm glad to see your real reviews of smartphones. I would really like to see in the next videos a comparison between Samsung S24 (especially with Exynos) and Xiaomi 14 and some smartphones that are not top of the range. I look forward to your new releases.
Hands down, Iphone easily takes this. Still the most complete camera setup for everything you need and would, normally, use on a daily basis (stabilization is flawless, no judders, really smooth). Xiaomi 14u is an improvement over last year 13u, but still has some quirks. Samsung is just meh, at this point- not solving almost any issue that have plagued all the previous ultra models is ridiculous. Having said that, all of them are good phones, and really, comes down to personal preference (android or ios), everyone of them comes with a few downsides. No perfect phone, yet.
Yea the iPhone is very good, best video and very good photos if you tone down that warm portrait mode skin tones. While I'm not Apple fanboy you have to admit they are very consistent.
There's definitely a noticeable difference in the S24 Ultra compared to the software it was released with, a real improvement. The Xiaomi looks like it needs a lot of work in that direction as well, it needs a few patches to sort out its issues, hopefully the global version will be better than this. And as I'm a confirmed android user the iPhone is ruled out for that reason
Honestly, people are fighting over who has the best image... And to be honest, both are good and if you put their photos without saying which models, no one will guess who is who! But giving my honest opinions: iPhone 15 Pro Max: It has a really cool composition, but I don't like your video recordings, leaving the person completely pink! S24 Ultra: In my opinion, they have to correct the zoom, they depend so much on the software that simply when zoomed in, it looks like a waxed, edited image. It doesn't look pretty. And the purple night sky needs a fix soon! Xiaomi 14 Ultra: There needs to be a correction in exposure and zoom cameras, it's getting very blurry. I don't say anything about the front, because Xiaomi has never been good at this point. All three have their problems, I would have liked to have seen more photos in more diverse situations! However, to be honest, it doesn't matter which person buys with photography in mind, they will all serve you very well. Just one point to add, Xiaomi is the only one of these three that works more intelligently in PRO mode, being really very complete and making great use of the sensor and lens.
Best camera comparison between Samsung and the iPhone especially after the Samsung update, my current phone is a 11 pro max, I might get the s24 ultra, no doubt if Samsung gives another software update for the camera it would be perfect, it looks brilliant now ofcourse!
How come the Xiaomi failed so miserably with the zoomed in videos compared to the Samsung low res lens o.O Everything keeps looking blurry with these 50mp zoom lens on Xiaomi, been that way since the 13 Pro, yet they get more and more expensive without any improvements
Xiaomi doesn't impress me that much, considering the new SONY LYT-900 1" sensor. It would be good to test it again after some firmware updates, to see if they can improve the camera quality.
Don't understand how come that Apple can not still fix those green lens flares while recording at night....On top, in 9min reason why on iPhone so many noise is present is, that in low light, iPhone is not using optical lens to zoom but making crop from main which is bad and we can not influence it...
Your videos are about point & shoot and that's ok. People who use point and shoot still take multiple photos to capture the moment in the best way possible. For things like the zoom shot, it's difficult to believe that was the best photo from a batch. It would add more credibility to your videos in general to show a couple of shots for each camera. The reward-to-work ratio here seems like a win-win too. A couple of extra seconds to snap a few shots on each location / setting, maybe an extra 10 minutes editing to include them in the video with the result being a video that feels more complete and trustworthy. Other youtubes have indeed achieved better results than you show with the 14U in general. Maybe they're fanboys tryharding, maybe they were paid by Xiaomi, impossible to know. All you can do is continue to improve your own content and give your videos as authentic a feeling as possible.
@@Techtablets authentic on daylight, vibrant at night seems to be the use best use case basis for the Xiaomi but that's unfair and disingenuous to do that in a comparison video like this so I agree with your take by using the default vibrant one as that's the Xiaomi recommended settings. I think we can all agree that Xiaomi just did things differently with their color science and their take on scenes with a fair amount of shadows. Doesn't excuse their HDR performance though with the blown out skies the moment a face is detected.
Iphone : feels USA phone Galaxy : feels usa + chinese phone(best camera like chinese phone, best software and spec like usa apple phone) => looks the best Xiomi : feels chinese phone.. trash software, good camera
You had the best camera hardware that you can currently get on a smartphone (Xiaomi 14 ultra) and managed to get it to come third against a Samsung and iPhone - well done 🤣
Can we please leave the iPhone out of future reviews? It was dethroned years ago and is no longer a competitor with its stagnant hardware and lame camera software
