To me, the Vivo, for most shots, had more detail. Zoom and 8K video went to Samsung. Night photography went back and forth, but I generally saw a bit more detail with the Vivo. Samsung seemed to produce more natural colors, whereas Vivo seemed more saturated. But this one votes down to personal taste in many shots.
samsung's zoom is bad, in indoor and low light looks bad and if you take a pic between the optical range like 8-9x it will look like crap compared to vivo where will look good at any range and most lighting conditions
I prefer Samsung because it looks more natural and as someone who travels a lot, video quality and zoom means a lot to me. But considering the price of Vivo, damn... what a performance! Samsung's audio is not good though.
I think there are some things Samsung does better overall - mainly video. I think the cut outs on portraits are typically cleaner on the S23 Ultra, but I think for overall versatility in taking pictures, I think Vivo still owns in that department. This is coming from an S23 Ultra user.
Samsung sense optimizer off... That's why picture looks like fade...... One other hand vivo use their optimization....so defiantly unfair camera test video...
@@GrantLikesTech I sure did. Because reviewers always overlook that. The scene optimizer really makes a difference in the overall look for the image.. You get more pleasing, and punchy colors with it.. Without it, you get more natural colors but less enhanced saturation.
Thanks for this brilliant review. I just got my Vivo as I am a pro photographer and value the advantages of a sensor which is a whopping 67% larger than on the s23U. Low light is obvious, but also the natural bokeh and ability to use ANY zoom range between native lenses and get a stellar result. This is where Samsung fails. 10x they are pretty much equal. Zeiss coating and V2 chips retains highlights like no other phone, and overall it just feels like you bought something very special - unlike the Samsung which looks like previous generations.
As a pro photographer don't you value crop capabilities? Better white balance and color consistency? Video stabilization and less micro jittering? Macro shots? Yes vivo has great bokeh and generally produces brighter photos with better dynamic range but not at the point where I can justify losing the advantages of the greater all around camera setup of S23 Ultra. I can shoot with 16bit raw and edit later with S23U anyway with nice detail retrieval,S23U seems to has the ability to have nice dynamic range despite the smaller sensor
@@d4ydr33m3r I am focused entirely on photography, not video. In this area stabilization is negligible. wb is good on both and can be adjusted if needed. macro, couldn't care less if the Samsung can get closer. Natural bokeh and cleaner images is the core of a good camera setup and this is where Vivo wins
@@winther5 sry bud but stabilization is not negligible in video, there's significantly more jittering and movement off axis in Vivo with worse color contrast. WB is also not the same on both, in Vivo it can be a hit or miss, Samsung rarely fails big in this department. Of course a bigger sensor will give you better DoF but to the expense of slightly out of focus images in many instances. I do understand that you probably like the rendering of bigger aperture lenses thus why you like Vivo a lot, but understand that this is a mobile device and so many things are heavily dependent on AI, despite the larger sensor. X90 Pro+ is a great camera setup, but I need the best possible smartphone as well and I don't even have an EU version available only the Chinese so I don't want to have to deal even with the slightest of chinese submenus.
@@d4ydr33m3r I personally don't care much about video, my comments are about the photography aspect (as I'm a photographer). I treat my Vivo like my cameras; I create a great base picture and do the tweaking myself if needed. So WB is no issue whatsoever - in fact, it's pretty spot on. Most people are not used to the DoF "issues" that can present itself with a larger sensor. I am used to this so ensure my subjects are in focus. I have not noticed any misfocusing that wasn't caught in the moment. . I will take cleaner images from a larger sensor any day over processed output from a small sensor. As for Chinese language, there is zero left on my phone after the debloat
Vivo X90 Pro Plus 👍🏻 absolutely winner in low light situation 1'' physical bigger sensor is better quality and more light captured. Lol how blind is some people here)))
I prefer the vivo. There were some shots that I like on the Samsung better. I think Samsung should do an update. It seems like they have a skin smoothing effect on different resolutions. Great comparison as always.
I see less details on the cap and other photos in the day with vivo. Night Only does as well or better than the auto night mode. So for me Samsung got more details
it doesn't have skin smoothing effect, it's old and small sensors simple can't capture as many details as vivo's, samsung uses secondary sensors from s21 ultra, how much milking do you think they can do with updates?
They dropped the Feb update, so we'll see but I'm sure it will continue to improve through the year as that's been their track record. Tough to go wrong with either to me, but these comments should be interesting.😉
Great comparison as always! Amazing detailed work! Vivo is better in pictures. Samsung in video. In low light and in portrait Vivo just dominates the competition.
Samsung did better on the video though. But I really love the shots from Vivo X90Pro+. These videos make me hard to choose my new phone (whether I should pick iPhone, samsung or vivo). 😅😅😅
Wow tons of images. Thank you! crazy how vivo can put out a better picture with 10x digital than samsung with 10x optical. Skin looks imho better on the vivo. Sometimes it looks like smoothening goes on on samsung.
best comparison seen so far. Congratulations Sir. From what saw, both phones perform similar - sometimes vivo did better in night, while the zoom of samsung is unbeatable. Both phones can do the job. The Macro of Samsung - (despite everybody says S23 U - has no Macro) was better on the Samsung. Great, Great job. Thanks
Thanks for that amazing review as always. No surprise Samsung did beat Vivo in video, as Samsung took the overall lead in that category. Vivo definitely should add a few things like stabilization for 8k and stuff like that. But Vivo is not to far ahead especially when we talk at the details and overall quality of the video. Photos at daytime are quite close although Vivo for me took the win, as there where more details most if the time and in general the photos look more natural, not only because of the higher natural background blur, but also because the photos on the S23 Ultra are oversharpened and white balance is off quite often, as well as the photos are oversaturated. At very high Zoom levels Samsung is better, but as Samsung clearly loses to Vivo in the range between 3x to 10x (which would have been nice if you would have included photos with 5x and 7 or 8x zoom), Samsung really should at least beat Vivo at 10x because of the optical zoom and it really doesn't which is a big shame. At night Vivo even beats in Samsung as the sensors Samsung uses for the telephoto and periscope are way smaller than the ones Vivo uses. At night Vivo photos without night mode look like the photos from the S23U with night mode, maybe even a bit better. And with night mode Vivo is even more ahead. At night video Samsungs superior stabilization does help a lot, S23 Ultra nearly doesn't have micro jitters at all, the X90 Pro+ does have a few. Other than that they are quite close. The big 1 inch sensor definitely does have a bit of an advantage as it captures more light. Photos snd videos from the front facing camera of the S23U are a bit better than the ones of the X90 Pro+. So overall Samsung winner in video, Vivo clear winner in photography
Thats a proper analysis. Unlike Samsung fanboys apeing replies like : Samsung clear winner etc. Samsung edges videos while Vivo rapes Samsung photowise.
Because the front camera of the Vivo V27 Pro already supports 4K60fps video recording, I'm sure the Vivo X series released this year will do the same! So, I hope the Vivo X series launched this year will carry the specifications below Vivo X100(?) Pro/Pro Plus BODY Build Glass front (Gorilla Glass Victus), glass back or ceramic back or eco leather back, aluminum frame SIM Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) IP68 dust/water resistant (up to 1.5m for 30 mins) DISPLAY Type LTPO4 AMOLED, 1B colors, 120Hz, Dolby Vision, HDR10+, 1800 nits (peak) Size 6.78 inches, (~90.0% screen-to-body ratio) Resolution 1440 x 3200 pixels, 20:9 ratio Protection Corning Gorilla Glass Victus PLATFORM OS Android 14, Funtouch 14(Global), Origin OS 4 (China) Chipset Qualcomm SM8575 Snapdragon 8+ Gen 2 MEMORY Card slot No Internal 256GB 12GB RAM, 512GB 12GB RAM, 1TB 12GB RAM UFS 4.0 MAIN CAMERA Quad 50 MP, f/1.6, 24mm (wide), 1.0"-type, 1.6µm, Dual Pixel PDAF, Laser AF, gimbal OIS 64 MP, f/2.8, 120mm (periscope telephoto), 1/2.0", 0.7µm, Dual-Pixel PDAF, OIS, 5x optical zoom 50 MP, f/1.6, 72mm (telephoto macro), 1/2.4", 0.7µm, Dual-Pixel PDAF, 3x optical zoom, OIS 48 MP, f/1.8-4.0, 13mm (ultrawide), 1/2.0", 0.8µm, Dual-Pixel PDAF, OIS Features Zeiss optics, Zeiss T* lens coating, Pixel Shift, dual-LED dual-tone flash, HDR, panorama Video 8K@30fps, 4K@30/60/120fps, 1080p@30/60/120/240/480/960fps, Dolby Vision HDR (up to 4K60fps), gyro-EIS, 14-bit RAW video SELFIE CAMERA Single 12 MP, f/1.8, 18mm (ultrawide), Dual Pixel PDAF Features HDR Video 4K@30/60fps, 1080p@30/60/120fps, gyro-EIS SOUND Loudspeaker Yes, with stereo speakers 3.5mm jack No 32-bit/192kHz audio COMMS WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/7, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct Bluetooth 5.3, A2DP, LE, aptX HD Positioning GPS (L1+L5), GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO, QZSS NFC Yes Infrared port Yes Radio No USB USB Type-C 3.2, OTG FEATURES Sensors Fingerprint (under display, 3D Sonic Max), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, color spectrum Messaging SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email, IM Browser HTML5 BATTERY Type Li-Po 5000 mAh, non-removable Charging 100W wired fast charging 50W wireless fast charging Vivo X110(?) Pro/Pro Plus BODY Build Glass front (Gorilla Glass Victus), glass back or ceramic back or eco leather back, aluminum frame SIM Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) IP68 dust/water resistant (up to 1.5m for 30 mins) DISPLAY Type LTPO5 AMOLED, 1B colors, 120Hz, Dolby Vision, HDR10+, 2000 nits (peak) Size 6.78 inches, (~92.0% screen-to-body ratio) Resolution 1440 x 3200 pixels, 20:9 ratio Protection Corning Gorilla Glass Victus PLATFORM OS Android 14, Funtouch 14 (Global), Origin OS 4 (China) Chipset Qualcomm SM8650 Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 MEMORY Card slot No Internal 256GB 12GB RAM, 512GB 12GB RAM, 1TB 12GB RAM UFS 4.0 MAIN CAMERA Quad 50 MP, f/1.6, 24mm (wide), 1.0"-type, Dual Pixel PDAF, Laser AF, gimbal OIS 64 MP, f/2.8, 120mm (periscope telephoto),1/2.0", Dual-Pixel PDAF, OIS, 5x optical zoom 64 MP, f/1.6, 72mm (telephoto macro), 1/2.0" Dual-Pixel PDAF, OIS, 3x optical zoom 50 MP, f/1.8-4.0, 13mm (ultrawide), 1/1.55", Dual-Pixel PDAF, OIS Features Zeiss optics, Zeiss T* lens coating, Pixel Shift, dual-LED dual-tone flash, HDR, panorama Video 8K@30fps, 4K@30/60/120fps, 1080p@30/60/120/240/480/960fps, Dolby Vision HDR (up to 4K60fps), gyro-EIS, 14-bit RAW video SELFIE CAMERA Single 12 MP, f/1.8, 18mm (ultrawide), Dual-Pixel PDAF, OIS Features HDR Video 4K@30/60fps, 1080p@30/60/120fps, gyro-EIS SOUND Loudspeaker Yes, with stereo speakers 3.5mm jack No 32-bit/192kHz audio COMMS WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/7, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct Bluetooth 6.0, A2DP, LE, aptX HD Positioning GPS (L1+L5), GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO, QZSS NFC Yes Infrared port Yes Radio No USB USB Type-C 3.2, OTG FEATURES Sensors Fingerprint (under display, 3D Sonic Max), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, color spectrum Messaging SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email, IM Browser HTML5 BATTERY Type Li-Po 5000 mAh, non-removable Charging 100W wired fast charging 50W wireless fast charging
I continue to say that it makes no sense for Samsung to use 10mp on the zoom lenses. The point of optical lenses is to not lose resolution. But, best case scenario, you're starting with less resolution. That's how the Vivo hangs with Samsung up to 10x. It's the higher resolution.
it makes perfect sense. Idiots still buy, still impressed by "fake" 200 mp etc, samsung gets more coverage than vivo so at the end samsung gets away with more money with inferior tech, i'd to the same
Samsung uses the 10x to fool its fanboys. to me, it is more important to get main things great, ie the most useful focal range, rather than covering more range but doing everything not so great. Sansung is often claimed the best all around camera system. it is just a polite way to say it is not best in many things.
Samsung provide natural colour, sharpness, smooth picture tone, on the other hand vivo most of time we see that colour boosting and extra Colour boosting is not reality touch,some how software optimizing issue
I prefer what Galaxy S23 delivered. I saw inconsistency and weird colors for Vivo which is a clear indicator of not great post processing. Apparently Samsung is much more experienced player in this field as well as many others. Also S23 Ultra is just a better phone over all
When it comes to sustained performance the X90 definitely has better cooling and has shown in Wildlife extreme tests to retain most of its performance over time compared to the S23 Ultra which goes down quite abit over time. Vivo over the 20min test retained 90% of its performance while S23 Ultra goes down to like 60-70% of performance over the same time period.
Quite a good test. Missed the crop zoomed photos. I was hoping you'd show crop shot of a turtle and more crop of night photos. 100 % crop is a little too limited to judge whether the vivo captured the leaves better or not.
@@RennieAsh shot of turtle then zoom the image to see the quality and resolution of the object. in another test with a photo of a fountain you can see the poor quality and weaker detail of the samsung camera, it seems that they have not improved anything, probably after 2 years something will change.
It's a subtle difference, but in terms of overall balance, I think VIVO wins. However, there are still some areas of concern in VIVO, such as the person being too yellow and partly out of focus. The Samsung looks slightly ahead in zoom quality and video stability, but it's completely behind, especially at night.
Great job as usual 👍🏽 Personally, I find the Ultra better, especially on video, it's not even a contest. The only times I preferred the Vivo was in some night shots, clearly, in really dark environnement, the Ultra isn't very good and the Vivo is surely currently the best on the market in this area.
Vivo so good. Look at that Depth of field blur in all photo, natural blur from sensor, not that fake one in portrait mode. Night photo is definitely rules all phones.
Wow, that is a first. You got to do one comparison of S23U scene optimizer on versus s23u scene optimizer off. Probably the best camera comparison, awesome work👏👏👏 Thanks.
You can see the Samsung is better, but the Vivo does a really great job. The Vivo is cheaper so I went with the Vivo and wait for the Samsung to sell at a lower price. The night photos are better on the Vivo.
The sharpness and natural color balance in samsung is awesome while vivo most sceneries quite more saturated and less details . Watching from my S23 ultra ❤
Samsung camera are more detailed but still liking Vivo camera it's insta ready(even though it looks artificial) and I wish Vivo will collab to IG, Tiktok and other socmed apps like Samsung doing right now.
you are trippin, i have both phone and vivo has clearly more details and keep in mind at night samsung needs 1-2 extra seconds exposure time which increases the chances of blurry pics and moving objects
By using 1" sensor in Vivo, the real bokeh at flower close-up opotos looks magical, although overall, Vivo seems to have slight auto focus problem. Vivo has slight more colour character which can be a matter of taste, while Samsung has more stable performance and reliable. If not for bokeh Samsung would take the win. Here in the photos. 200MP camera mode doesn't seems to add much more dramatic impact.
If we talk overall in terms of price and day and night photography, I personally like the Vivo quite well.Because with Vivo you can do both day and night photography at a price that a middle-class guy can comfortably afford.But Samsung does good daytime photography but in low light you can't get what Vivo offers.
Can someone just do a dedicated (doesn't necessarily has to be long) video on the capabilities of 1inch sensor on Vivo. Would really appreciate. Thanks in advance
I remember you did a comparison of three phones,LG V40-LG V50-LG V60 and the LG V40 showed the best results, but after updates and optimization, the LG V60 became phenomenal for its time, can you tell me if this is possible with S23 Ultra Samsung updates?
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I have been literally screaming at Samsung , as to why are they making the native pixel size smaller and smaller!!?? Look at the low light video on the X90 Pro Plus!! It's better than a Sony RX100 camera! No amount of pixel binning will fix video! Also what's the use of pixel binning at all? If pixels are already large enough, you don't even need things like binning and night mode!!
Oh this battle goes toe to toe. Vivos zoom shots at lower levels looks awesome. The video is better on the Samsung. I guess it's what you use more 🤷🏻♂️ Thanks Grant 👍
Ziess Blur filters on vivo kill the competition by far because they replicate the look of very expensive camera lenses made by ziess and man i have never seen better portrait captured on a smartphone since using Ziess Blur mode on vivo.
Samsung better front cam. Zoom samsung by alittle. Surprised how good the digital zoom is on the vivo. For the s24u, they need to upgrade their optical zoom lenses. Sad that digital is almost as good as optical. Night goes to vivo by a good margin except video looks jittery. Overall samsung. More refined. But if i mostly did night shots, id pick the vivo. But that nite video jitter is bothersome. Samsung needs to upgrade to 1 inch sensor for the s24u or theyre gonna get left behind next year models.
Vivo is on a league of its own when it comes to picture quality imo. Samsung does offer more features though, so there's that. Something I love about the Vivo is the bokeh balls on portrait mode, and it can do it even in video portrait mode, which is pretty mind-blowing imo. Unfortunately it oversaturates heavily on video portrait mode and it can destroy the video imo. They should offer a Zeiss portrait mode option because the Zeiss mode for pictures has beautiful natural colours. Great video as always!!
Very one sided victory for the s23U. I do feel it could have been represented better especially low light auto pics the vivo had an auto night mode. The vivo is excellent in low light, that's the one area it wins. Can't wait to see what the ultradoes with more updates, it hasn't peaked. Thanks for the comparison, this was a good video! In future would be nice to see more extreme hdr pic and zoom pics across different environments.
How is this a one sided victory? Samsung is better at video there is no doubt, but Samsung has now the best camera for video on the market, Vivo not too far behind. But in photography Vivo clearly wins. Especially at night Samsung has no answer to Vivo. The only category where Samsung wins when it comes to photos, is extreme zoom. Like everything above 20x. But it's kinda amberassing that the 10x optical doesn't beat the 3.5x zoom lens at 10x times zoom. And we better don't talk at everything between 3 to 10x, because gets beaten by nearly every flagship in this area
@Florian Hochedlinger it's one sided because in the majority of categories samsung are ahead including photography. The only area I'd give to the Vivo is night photography but everywhere else it's a pretty lopsided affair. I don't agree that most phones are better between X3 to X10, that's a gross exaggeration Don't get me wrong the vivo is excellent and neck & neck in most categories but I'm surprised how well the ultra is doing against it.
Thank you very much for the review🖐🏻 if you had the opportunity to choose only one smartphone (except Apple) for shooting videos (only videos) of a blog, nature, travel, which one would you choose? Thank you very much for the answer 🙏
@@GrantLikesTech so i also tried the level up option with stabilization also the movie option kinda made a minor difference to the stabilization not much compared 2 the 4k 60 fps / may b Samsung 8k video
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Night photography is definitely better on Vivo
To me, the Vivo, for most shots, had more detail. Zoom and 8K video went to Samsung. Night photography went back and forth, but I generally saw a bit more detail with the Vivo. Samsung seemed to produce more natural colors, whereas Vivo seemed more saturated. But this one votes down to personal taste in many shots.
samsung's zoom is bad, in indoor and low light looks bad and if you take a pic between the optical range like 8-9x it will look like crap compared to vivo where will look good at any range and most lighting conditions
Appreciate you sharing your thoughts!
I think samsung is more warm light washed. Vivo ziess is way more natural.
What a great step by step comparison! Simple and nice, keen it up bro!
Glad you liked it!
@@GrantLikesTech turn off hd mode in potrait rear camera & selfie photo mode/selfie potrait for vivo, you will get more details on faces, trust me.
@@GrantLikesTech Does the Vivo X90 Pro Plus have a much brighter flash?
You put a lot of work in your videos! Appreciate it.
200mp is useless compare to 1 inch sensor on 50mp only,,The megapixel is not the basis of how good the camera is
VIVO IS THE BEST

I appreciate you taking time to watch!
I prefer Samsung because it looks more natural and as someone who travels a lot, video quality and zoom means a lot to me. But considering the price of Vivo, damn... what a performance! Samsung's audio is not good though.
You are currently my best smartphone camera comparisons reviewer. Keep up the good work.
I think there are some things Samsung does better overall - mainly video. I think the cut outs on portraits are typically cleaner on the S23 Ultra, but I think for overall versatility in taking pictures, I think Vivo still owns in that department. This is coming from an S23 Ultra user.
Scheissung has a broken zoom in video recording
hm don't think so..main camera video is better on the vivo (if you don't take stabilisation into account)
Samsung sense optimizer off... That's why picture looks like fade......
One other hand vivo use their optimization....so defiantly unfair camera test video...
Vivo X90 pro plus 🤩😃
Well done, I like the fact that you turned off scene optimiser as well!
Glad you found that helpful.
@@GrantLikesTech I sure did. Because reviewers always overlook that. The scene optimizer really makes a difference in the overall look for the image.. You get more pleasing, and punchy colors with it.. Without it, you get more natural colors but less enhanced saturation.
Thanks for this brilliant review. I just got my Vivo as I am a pro photographer and value the advantages of a sensor which is a whopping 67% larger than on the s23U. Low light is obvious, but also the natural bokeh and ability to use ANY zoom range between native lenses and get a stellar result. This is where Samsung fails. 10x they are pretty much equal.
Zeiss coating and V2 chips retains highlights like no other phone, and overall it just feels like you bought something very special - unlike the Samsung which looks like previous generations.
As a pro photographer don't you value crop capabilities? Better white balance and color consistency? Video stabilization and less micro jittering? Macro shots? Yes vivo has great bokeh and generally produces brighter photos with better dynamic range but not at the point where I can justify losing the advantages of the greater all around camera setup of S23 Ultra. I can shoot with 16bit raw and edit later with S23U anyway with nice detail retrieval,S23U seems to has the ability to have nice dynamic range despite the smaller sensor
Glad you're enjoying your X90 Pro+. Good to hear feedback from a pro.
@@d4ydr33m3r I am focused entirely on photography, not video. In this area stabilization is negligible. wb is good on both and can be adjusted if needed. macro, couldn't care less if the Samsung can get closer. Natural bokeh and cleaner images is the core of a good camera setup and this is where Vivo wins
@@winther5 sry bud but stabilization is not negligible in video, there's significantly more jittering and movement off axis in Vivo with worse color contrast. WB is also not the same on both, in Vivo it can be a hit or miss, Samsung rarely fails big in this department. Of course a bigger sensor will give you better DoF but to the expense of slightly out of focus images in many instances. I do understand that you probably like the rendering of bigger aperture lenses thus why you like Vivo a lot, but understand that this is a mobile device and so many things are heavily dependent on AI, despite the larger sensor. X90 Pro+ is a great camera setup, but I need the best possible smartphone as well and I don't even have an EU version available only the Chinese so I don't want to have to deal even with the slightest of chinese submenus.
@@d4ydr33m3r I personally don't care much about video, my comments are about the photography aspect (as I'm a photographer). I treat my Vivo like my cameras; I create a great base picture and do the tweaking myself if needed. So WB is no issue whatsoever - in fact, it's pretty spot on. Most people are not used to the DoF "issues" that can present itself with a larger sensor. I am used to this so ensure my subjects are in focus. I have not noticed any misfocusing that wasn't caught in the moment. . I will take cleaner images from a larger sensor any day over processed output from a small sensor. As for Chinese language, there is zero left on my phone after the debloat
Vivo X90 Pro Plus 👍🏻 absolutely winner in low light situation 1'' physical bigger sensor is better quality and more light captured.
Lol how blind is some people here)))
Awesome video, my friend! Was really looking forward to this camera battle. Really liking what the Vivo is putting out here
Thanks, appreciate you dropping by!
great comparison, one of the best quality content I've seen on TH-cam
I prefer the vivo. There were some shots that I like on the Samsung better. I think Samsung should do an update. It seems like they have a skin smoothing effect on different resolutions. Great comparison as always.
I see less details on the cap and other photos in the day with vivo. Night Only does as well or better than the auto night mode. So for me Samsung got more details
it doesn't have skin smoothing effect, it's old and small sensors simple can't capture as many details as vivo's, samsung uses secondary sensors from s21 ultra, how much milking do you think they can do with updates?
They dropped the Feb update, so we'll see but I'm sure it will continue to improve through the year as that's been their track record. Tough to go wrong with either to me, but these comments should be interesting.😉
@@GrantLikesTech Agreed about the update. Yes, I am sure the comments will get spicy.
Great comparison as always! Amazing detailed work!
Vivo is better in pictures. Samsung in video. In low light and in portrait Vivo just dominates the competition.
Samsung did better on the video though. But I really love the shots from Vivo X90Pro+. These videos make me hard to choose my new phone (whether I should pick iPhone, samsung or vivo). 😅😅😅
Vivo
Dayum!! The Vivo stills camera is amazing...people overall I like the flexibility of the Sammy (consistent colors, zoom, video, stabilization).
I feel like I’m actually there in person with the S23U
Wow tons of images. Thank you!
crazy how vivo can put out a better picture with 10x digital than samsung with 10x optical.
Skin looks imho better on the vivo. Sometimes it looks like smoothening goes on on samsung.
undoubtedly another masterpiece from you
thanks
I can’t wait till Samsung finally adopts a 1” camera sensor. Here in the US, we just don’t have access to any of these 1” sensor camera phones.
I can't wait either
best comparison seen so far. Congratulations Sir. From what saw, both phones perform similar - sometimes vivo did better in night, while the zoom of samsung is unbeatable. Both phones can do the job. The Macro of Samsung - (despite everybody says S23 U - has no Macro) was better on the Samsung. Great, Great job. Thanks
Thanks for that amazing review as always. No surprise Samsung did beat Vivo in video, as Samsung took the overall lead in that category. Vivo definitely should add a few things like stabilization for 8k and stuff like that. But Vivo is not to far ahead especially when we talk at the details and overall quality of the video. Photos at daytime are quite close although Vivo for me took the win, as there where more details most if the time and in general the photos look more natural, not only because of the higher natural background blur, but also because the photos on the S23 Ultra are oversharpened and white balance is off quite often, as well as the photos are oversaturated. At very high Zoom levels Samsung is better, but as Samsung clearly loses to Vivo in the range between 3x to 10x (which would have been nice if you would have included photos with 5x and 7 or 8x zoom), Samsung really should at least beat Vivo at 10x because of the optical zoom and it really doesn't which is a big shame. At night Vivo even beats in Samsung as the sensors Samsung uses for the telephoto and periscope are way smaller than the ones Vivo uses. At night Vivo photos without night mode look like the photos from the S23U with night mode, maybe even a bit better. And with night mode Vivo is even more ahead. At night video Samsungs superior stabilization does help a lot, S23 Ultra nearly doesn't have micro jitters at all, the X90 Pro+ does have a few. Other than that they are quite close. The big 1 inch sensor definitely does have a bit of an advantage as it captures more light. Photos snd videos from the front facing camera of the S23U are a bit better than the ones of the X90 Pro+. So overall Samsung winner in video, Vivo clear winner in photography
More than wonderful analysis
Thats a proper analysis. Unlike Samsung fanboys apeing replies like : Samsung clear winner etc.
Samsung edges videos while Vivo rapes Samsung photowise.
Thanks for taking the time to share your thoughts and nice breakdown.
@@محمدمصطفى-ح7ط8ذ thanks a lot
definitely man your hard work is praise - worthy.......keep it up
Because the front camera of the Vivo V27 Pro already supports 4K60fps video recording, I'm sure the Vivo X series released this year will do the same! So, I hope the Vivo X series launched this year will carry the specifications below
Vivo X100(?) Pro/Pro Plus
BODY
Build Glass front (Gorilla Glass Victus), glass back or ceramic back or eco leather back, aluminum frame
SIM Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
IP68 dust/water resistant (up to 1.5m for 30 mins)
DISPLAY
Type LTPO4 AMOLED, 1B colors, 120Hz, Dolby Vision, HDR10+, 1800 nits (peak)
Size 6.78 inches, (~90.0% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution 1440 x 3200 pixels, 20:9 ratio
Protection Corning Gorilla Glass Victus
PLATFORM
OS Android 14, Funtouch 14(Global), Origin OS 4 (China)
Chipset Qualcomm SM8575 Snapdragon 8+ Gen 2
MEMORY
Card slot No
Internal 256GB 12GB RAM, 512GB 12GB RAM, 1TB 12GB RAM
UFS 4.0
MAIN CAMERA
Quad 50 MP, f/1.6, 24mm (wide), 1.0"-type, 1.6µm, Dual Pixel PDAF, Laser AF, gimbal OIS
64 MP, f/2.8, 120mm (periscope telephoto), 1/2.0", 0.7µm, Dual-Pixel PDAF, OIS, 5x optical zoom
50 MP, f/1.6, 72mm (telephoto macro), 1/2.4", 0.7µm, Dual-Pixel PDAF, 3x optical zoom, OIS
48 MP, f/1.8-4.0, 13mm (ultrawide), 1/2.0", 0.8µm, Dual-Pixel PDAF, OIS
Features Zeiss optics, Zeiss T* lens coating, Pixel Shift, dual-LED dual-tone flash, HDR, panorama
Video 8K@30fps, 4K@30/60/120fps, 1080p@30/60/120/240/480/960fps, Dolby Vision HDR (up to 4K60fps), gyro-EIS, 14-bit RAW video
SELFIE CAMERA
Single 12 MP, f/1.8, 18mm (ultrawide), Dual Pixel PDAF
Features HDR
Video 4K@30/60fps, 1080p@30/60/120fps, gyro-EIS
SOUND
Loudspeaker Yes, with stereo speakers
3.5mm jack No
32-bit/192kHz audio
COMMS
WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/7, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct
Bluetooth 5.3, A2DP, LE, aptX HD
Positioning GPS (L1+L5), GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO, QZSS
NFC Yes
Infrared port Yes
Radio No
USB USB Type-C 3.2, OTG
FEATURES
Sensors Fingerprint (under display, 3D Sonic Max), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, color spectrum
Messaging SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email, IM
Browser HTML5
BATTERY
Type Li-Po 5000 mAh, non-removable
Charging 100W wired fast charging
50W wireless fast charging
Vivo X110(?) Pro/Pro Plus
BODY
Build Glass front (Gorilla Glass Victus), glass back or ceramic back or eco leather back, aluminum frame
SIM Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
IP68 dust/water resistant (up to 1.5m for 30 mins)
DISPLAY
Type LTPO5 AMOLED, 1B colors, 120Hz, Dolby Vision, HDR10+, 2000 nits (peak)
Size 6.78 inches, (~92.0% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution 1440 x 3200 pixels, 20:9 ratio
Protection Corning Gorilla Glass Victus
PLATFORM
OS Android 14, Funtouch 14 (Global), Origin OS 4 (China)
Chipset Qualcomm SM8650 Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
MEMORY
Card slot No
Internal 256GB 12GB RAM, 512GB 12GB RAM, 1TB 12GB RAM
UFS 4.0
MAIN CAMERA
Quad 50 MP, f/1.6, 24mm (wide), 1.0"-type, Dual Pixel PDAF, Laser AF, gimbal OIS
64 MP, f/2.8, 120mm (periscope telephoto),1/2.0", Dual-Pixel PDAF, OIS, 5x optical zoom
64 MP, f/1.6, 72mm (telephoto macro), 1/2.0" Dual-Pixel PDAF, OIS, 3x optical zoom
50 MP, f/1.8-4.0, 13mm (ultrawide), 1/1.55", Dual-Pixel PDAF, OIS
Features Zeiss optics, Zeiss T* lens coating, Pixel Shift, dual-LED dual-tone flash, HDR, panorama
Video 8K@30fps, 4K@30/60/120fps, 1080p@30/60/120/240/480/960fps, Dolby Vision HDR (up to 4K60fps), gyro-EIS, 14-bit RAW video
SELFIE CAMERA
Single 12 MP, f/1.8, 18mm (ultrawide), Dual-Pixel PDAF, OIS
Features HDR
Video 4K@30/60fps, 1080p@30/60/120fps, gyro-EIS
SOUND
Loudspeaker Yes, with stereo speakers
3.5mm jack No
32-bit/192kHz audio
COMMS
WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/7, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct
Bluetooth 6.0, A2DP, LE, aptX HD
Positioning GPS (L1+L5), GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO, QZSS
NFC Yes
Infrared port Yes
Radio No
USB USB Type-C 3.2, OTG
FEATURES
Sensors Fingerprint (under display, 3D Sonic Max), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, color spectrum
Messaging SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email, IM
Browser HTML5
BATTERY
Type Li-Po 5000 mAh, non-removable
Charging 100W wired fast charging
50W wireless fast charging
What a detailed explanation ❤❤❤
Funny how people complain about Samsung over saturation and in this comparison it looks like natural compared to the vivo.
Samsung galaxy s23 ultra 💪💪
your selection of audio was impressive !.
I continue to say that it makes no sense for Samsung to use 10mp on the zoom lenses. The point of optical lenses is to not lose resolution. But, best case scenario, you're starting with less resolution. That's how the Vivo hangs with Samsung up to 10x. It's the higher resolution.
it makes perfect sense. Idiots still buy, still impressed by "fake" 200 mp etc, samsung gets more coverage than vivo so at the end samsung gets away with more money with inferior tech, i'd to the same
Samsung uses the 10x to fool its fanboys. to me, it is more important to get main things great, ie the most useful focal range, rather than covering more range but doing everything not so great. Sansung is often claimed the best all around camera system. it is just a polite way to say it is not best in many things.
@@qilu2004 ok
Thanks a lot. Excellent video! Congratulations. Best regards from Brazil.
Thanks, glad you liked it.
My choice is Vivo. Simply I like it.
Samsung provide natural colour, sharpness, smooth picture tone, on the other hand vivo most of time we see that colour boosting and extra Colour boosting is not reality touch,some how software optimizing issue
I prefer what Galaxy S23 delivered. I saw inconsistency and weird colors for Vivo which is a clear indicator of not great post processing. Apparently Samsung is much more experienced player in this field as well as many others. Also S23 Ultra is just a better phone over all
When it comes to sustained performance the X90 definitely has better cooling and has shown in Wildlife extreme tests to retain most of its performance over time compared to the S23 Ultra which goes down quite abit over time. Vivo over the 20min test retained 90% of its performance while S23 Ultra goes down to like 60-70% of performance over the same time period.
@@UzumakiNaruto_nope
The best review I've ever seen thanks buddy for this awesome video 🎉
vivo😍😍
WOW!!! The 10X digital zoom on the Vivo is really something!
Best comparison ever seen keep it up 💗✨😊
Quite a good test. Missed the crop zoomed photos. I was hoping you'd show crop shot of a turtle and more crop of night photos. 100 % crop is a little too limited to judge whether the vivo captured the leaves better or not.
Crop zoom where? There were turtle zoom photos though at 10x and beyond
@@RennieAsh shot of turtle then zoom the image to see the quality and resolution of the object. in another test with a photo of a fountain you can see the poor quality and weaker detail of the samsung camera, it seems that they have not improved anything, probably after 2 years something will change.
It's a subtle difference, but in terms of overall balance, I think VIVO wins. However, there are still some areas of concern in VIVO, such as the person being too yellow and partly out of focus. The Samsung looks slightly ahead in zoom quality and video stability, but it's completely behind, especially at night.
Great job as usual 👍🏽
Personally, I find the Ultra better, especially on video, it's not even a contest.
The only times I preferred the Vivo was in some night shots, clearly, in really dark environnement, the Ultra isn't very good and the Vivo is surely currently the best on the market in this area.
Damn, Grant. Very consistent work and top notch comparison!
vivoの夜景撮影はスマホカメラの域を超えてる。
Vivo は暗い場所でも印象的です。
I dont want to have a samsung anymore so i step over to oppo and vivo. But now i using x90pro+ what a phone is this. Very glad i bought this one.
I really like vivo portrait depth, feels like taken with DSLR
Preferred Sammny in most of the shots but Vivo was closer than any other phone
No, Vivo in photography clearly better. Especially at night and zoom up 10x
stop trying to justify your purchase, i have both phones and vivo is superior in more than camera compared to samsung.
@@adyady3099 you are 100% right
@@adyady3099aren't you trying to justify your purchase too. Best of luck with your xixinping ccp crap.
Amazing.. thanks for comparison...
great video man ..going with samsung
Enjoy it
Vivo so good. Look at that Depth of field blur in all photo, natural blur from sensor, not that fake one in portrait mode. Night photo is definitely rules all phones.
Vivo👌
According to the video part, the samsung is of course noticeably better. Photo everything plus and minus is the same. But my preference is samsung 👍
X90 pro+
Wow, that is a first.
You got to do one comparison of S23U scene optimizer on versus s23u scene optimizer off.
Probably the best camera comparison, awesome work👏👏👏
Thanks.
Thanks, glad you liked it.
Lovely Sir! Just love your comparisons ❤️💯
Thank you 🙏🏼
Very nice review, I owned a samsung galaxy s 23 ultra ,but I was very impressed with vivo as well. Keep up the good work man
You can see the Samsung is better, but the Vivo does a really great job. The Vivo is cheaper so I went with the Vivo and wait for the Samsung to sell at a lower price.
The night photos are better on the Vivo.
This comparison is absolutely amazing! I never seen something like this , so much details and options ! Subscribed 🫡
Thanks, much appreciated! 🙏🏼
The sharpness and natural color balance in samsung is awesome while vivo most sceneries quite more saturated and less details . Watching from my S23 ultra ❤
Samsung camera are more detailed but still liking Vivo camera it's insta ready(even though it looks artificial) and I wish Vivo will collab to IG, Tiktok and other socmed apps like Samsung doing right now.
you are trippin, i have both phone and vivo has clearly more details and keep in mind at night samsung needs 1-2 extra seconds exposure time which increases the chances of blurry pics and moving objects
@@adyady3099 ok?
Vivo ❤️
By using 1" sensor in Vivo, the real bokeh at flower close-up opotos looks magical, although overall, Vivo seems to have slight auto focus problem. Vivo has slight more colour character which can be a matter of taste, while Samsung has more stable performance and reliable. If not for bokeh Samsung would take the win.
Here in the photos. 200MP camera mode doesn't seems to add much more dramatic impact.
Amazing Content... tx a lot
Nice!
Waiting for the battle S23 Ultra X X100 PRO
An Excellent comparative review. Only thing missing is the Leica Lens coating of the Vivo.
Thank you very much. Will subcribe.
Isn't it Zeiss?
Yes, ZEISS, MY ERROR.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
If we talk overall in terms of price and day and night photography, I personally like the Vivo quite well.Because with Vivo you can do both day and night photography at a price that a middle-class guy can comfortably afford.But Samsung does good daytime photography but in low light you can't get what Vivo offers.
Can someone just do a dedicated (doesn't necessarily has to be long) video on the capabilities of 1inch sensor on Vivo. Would really appreciate. Thanks in advance
Audio is clearer and louder on the Vivo, also the noise cancelation is really effective.
Excelent video
Thanks
16:21 the color vibrance that Samsung added in its Night mode capture is a bit too excessive
Great job!
Overall good comparison 👏
Vivo is good, Samsung S23 Ultra is the best!
vivo the name itself lost the competition before it even begin lol
What are you taking about?
@@flo_h_96ccp crap
@@xxyyxx2861 you have absolutely zero clue about phones and photography
Just absolute destruction by s23 ultra especially the front cam.
Hello Grant please do Camera Battle between Huawei P60 Art Edition VS Oppo Find X6 Pro.
thanks
🙏🤗
Good job 👍
I remember you did a comparison of three phones,LG V40-LG V50-LG V60 and the LG V40 showed the best results, but after updates and optimization, the LG V60 became phenomenal for its time, can you tell me if this is possible with S23 Ultra Samsung updates?
Thank you very much for the excellent and distinguished explanation. We wish you more success and success. Is the device available for recording calls? Please advise.
recording someone without them knowing you are recording is illegal
What's happening with colors of grass in the video on vivo?
through as always. just one thing. is HDR works on 8k or not?
No HDR on either at 8k
jus got a system update after updating the 8k video stability has slightly improved with the stabilization option
Thank you for the great video.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Hi Grant, where are you? Are you okay? Your videos not coming since more than 3 months!
Doing fine, thanks for the concern. Hopefully will b able to make more videos soon.
I have been literally screaming at Samsung , as to why are they making the native pixel size smaller and smaller!!??
Look at the low light video on the X90 Pro Plus!! It's better than a Sony RX100 camera!
No amount of pixel binning will fix video!
Also what's the use of pixel binning at all? If pixels are already large enough, you don't even need things like binning and night mode!!
Vivo 😎
Great again!
Thanks!
zeiss is incredible
My own personal preferences: vivo samples 60% looks pleasing in the eye and handle most scenario better than samsung. Great comparison as always🔥🔥🔥
Oh this battle goes toe to toe. Vivos zoom shots at lower levels looks awesome. The video is better on the Samsung. I guess it's what you use more 🤷🏻♂️
Thanks Grant 👍
Thanks Brian!
Well Done😀
Ziess Blur filters on vivo kill the competition by far because they replicate the look of very expensive camera lenses made by ziess and man i have never seen better portrait captured on a smartphone since using Ziess Blur mode on vivo.
Samsung better front cam.
Zoom samsung by alittle. Surprised how good the digital zoom is on the vivo. For the s24u, they need to upgrade their optical zoom lenses. Sad that digital is almost as good as optical.
Night goes to vivo by a good margin except video looks jittery.
Overall samsung. More refined. But if i mostly did night shots, id pick the vivo. But that nite video jitter is bothersome.
Samsung needs to upgrade to 1 inch sensor for the s24u or theyre gonna get left behind next year models.
I hope Samsung does go to a larger sensor too, but for now it seems they don't have enough incentive to do so.
Vivo is on a league of its own when it comes to picture quality imo. Samsung does offer more features though, so there's that.
Something I love about the Vivo is the bokeh balls on portrait mode, and it can do it even in video portrait mode, which is pretty mind-blowing imo.
Unfortunately it oversaturates heavily on video portrait mode and it can destroy the video imo. They should offer a Zeiss portrait mode option because the Zeiss mode for pictures has beautiful natural colours.
Great video as always!!
Thanks again, Ygor. Vivo seems to focus more on pro video features and quality with their pro mode and LOG format.
@@GrantLikesTech oh, that's nice actually
sometimes there are very small differences in the contrast or a little in the skin color of the face. but that's why phones differ. so who likes what
Very one sided victory for the s23U. I do feel it could have been represented better especially low light auto pics the vivo had an auto night mode.
The vivo is excellent in low light, that's the one area it wins.
Can't wait to see what the ultradoes with more updates, it hasn't peaked.
Thanks for the comparison, this was a good video! In future would be nice to see more extreme hdr pic and zoom pics across different environments.
Get some glasses.
How is this a one sided victory? Samsung is better at video there is no doubt, but Samsung has now the best camera for video on the market, Vivo not too far behind. But in photography Vivo clearly wins. Especially at night Samsung has no answer to Vivo. The only category where Samsung wins when it comes to photos, is extreme zoom. Like everything above 20x. But it's kinda amberassing that the 10x optical doesn't beat the 3.5x zoom lens at 10x times zoom. And we better don't talk at everything between 3 to 10x, because gets beaten by nearly every flagship in this area
@Florian Hochedlinger it's one sided because in the majority of categories samsung are ahead including photography. The only area I'd give to the Vivo is night photography but everywhere else it's a pretty lopsided affair.
I don't agree that most phones are better between X3 to X10, that's a gross exaggeration
Don't get me wrong the vivo is excellent and neck & neck in most categories but I'm surprised how well the ultra is doing against it.
@@LosBlancoo you samsung fans ... Stop lying to yourselves . Samsung s23 Ultra never beats Vivo in photography . Maybe its time to be realistic .
@@Vendettanino as you can see in the photo above I do have glasses, maybe you're the one in need of them??
Hi Grant Likes Tech, may i know if vivo x90 pro+ able to took 50MP from their Manual Pro Camera Mode?
No, but you get 14-bit SuperRAW and LOG video.
@@GrantLikesTech i have lg v60 , should i switch to iphone se 2020 / pixel 5?
Reply must be in detail thanks
@@GrantLikesTech aww man... So it restrict it to 12mp even is pro mode..?
Thanks bro👍
Thank you very much for the review🖐🏻 if you had the opportunity to choose only one smartphone (except Apple) for shooting videos (only videos) of a blog, nature, travel, which one would you choose? Thank you very much for the answer 🙏
Vivo gets it . Totally expected . Samsung fanboys are mad .
Nope! Night mode is the only thing good for vivo other than that no contest 😅
What do we call Vivo ccp NPCs?
hey sorry for the previous comment the 8k video does have stabilization option i jus checked on my phone i mean my vivo x90 pro + imported from china
Not on mine. Selecting 8k option turns off stabilization.
@@GrantLikesTechmy x90 pro plus has stabilisation mode for 8K recording... Maybe you need firmware update?
@@GrantLikesTech nahi re in settings there is next 2 it jus tried it but yet not that stable the way the 4k 60 fps is
@@GrantLikesTech so i also tried the level up option with stabilization also the movie option kinda made a minor difference to the stabilization not much compared 2 the 4k 60 fps / may b Samsung 8k video
nice review.👌
Thank you 🙂