@Juan Cruz true but s23 just launched & 7 pro was out 5 months ago or so? s23 will have 4-5 years of updates so I think it will still not be able to beat the s23
The 7 Pro will still be one of the top camera phones on the market for sure. Many people still think that Google's computational photography is definitely superior to Samsung's and Apple's.
What a brilliant side by side review. No bias. No messing just some nice sharp, concise testing that you would actually use from day to day. Great video. Thanks Subscribed
Maybe it's just my preference, but I think the Pixel blows the s23 out the water. But the 23 ultra would be the better comparison to make. Even though yes, the s23 and 7 pro are the most similarly priced
@Fidato I'm not saying it's sharper. Obviously the s23 looks sharper for video. What I'm saying, it was looking bad before but now looks a whole lot better and can now compare to s23.
yea i was just looking at some videos and i was so confused about how the quality looked worse than my S8+ from 6 years ago, I'm glad that has been fixed.
@@Anonymous-si5ig sii! me compre el s23 el primer dia de preventa y cuando quize buscar videos de reviews no salia absolutamente nada, todos con el ultra!
The Pixel pictures look almost in every mode cleaner and natural. Strange enough the portrait mode of the S23 I would prefer. This mode does what it is supposed to do: "make it Instagram ready" with a beautiful bokeh affect.
Surprised to see that the Pixel holds its own here. The great thing is that the standard Pixel 7 is just as good (only has 2x optical zoom instead of 5x), and this one is like 500 EUR/USD right now.
That 2x zoom they only cropped from 50mp main camera, that not a real 2x optical zoom, Pixel 7 only have 2 lens which is wide camera & ultra wide camera, no telephoto camera
It's a 2x crop with OPTICAL quality. That's not the same as 2x digital zoom. On top of all, a 2x crop from the main camera is always going to be better than a 2x lens in low-light. :) Essentially, the Pixel 7 basically has three optical-quality focal lengths, which is pretty much like having three different cameras. :)
Well technically there is no telephoto lens on pixel 7 so there is no optical zoom. Pro has a dedicated 48 mp telephoto lens. Despite that the digital zoom of pixels is way better than any other brand but pixel pro is on another level. The clarity of zoomed pictures on 7 pro is unmatched even by Galaxy s23 and iPhone 14 pro. It takes really crisp zoomed in images.
the shadows were mushy in the day time on the s23. They both did great. different color science which is normally the case from camera to camera. Pixel seem to handle detail better and not as over sharpen as the s23. the yellow hue is heavy.
this is a very good review, personally i think in most categories, pixel 7 pro outshines s23 but not by much. i prefer the colour pixel 7 pro gave from the videos & pictures.
Great comparison, as always! I have the S23, but I prefer the video from the Pixel in this comparison. Even though the stabilization is slightly worse on the Pixel, on the S23 the mountains look kinda over-sharpened. The portrait mode on Google's phone is laughable though. For the rest they're pretty much the same.
Overall I prefer the look of the pixel and like the more natural looking photos. I've just been put off because of the video quality which although not bad just isn't quite there yet. Maybe the Pixel 8 series will finally catch up when it comes to video?
Tengo el s23 normal 8/256 y no puedo estar más contento! Yo no juego, veo multimedia, redes y fotografía, me hace la batería 7 horas de pantalla, una pasada para un teléfono tan bonito y compacto
Alex, I dunno how you jumped the embargo... But i can't explain my gratitude. Thanks man... You're one of a kind when it comes to cutting through all marketing bullshit
You have used the S23 for a while now,have you noticed any heating like S22 used to do. S22 used to get hot while using its camera. Anything like that in this model.
Tbh, unless you are entering a phone photography competition and end up with the exact composition as another competitor, either phone is good enough for day to day shots. No one can tell the difference if you didn't put up a side to side comparison of the exact same photo
Lol.. i never understand how anyone can like the portrait mode of the pixel.. it's so over sharpened..skin on portrait mode looks trash on the pixel...
And now that samsung is starting look like that if you notice these companies' cameras were over sharpened before, but yall had so much say they staryed dialing them back. And now they slowly re - Adding it back to their cameras to re move rough edge detection and removal of smear or faded out aka image blurring or fading in the camera it has be shaper bigger sensor more light leads beautiful details
Appreciate the comparison! The only comment is that you are moving the cameras so much it is challenging to see the resolution with the constant panning.
The video kind of went back and forth in real time, but overall, I think I preferred the P7 Pro's video output here. Something else I noticed is that Samsung will boost those reds quite a bit. Sometimes it is more pleasing. Sometimes it's eye searingly blown out.
for years with my s8+ I've always had to desaturate the reds in my photos and videos because Samsung just makes reds too red, I like google's more natural approach.
Wait a few days for review before you preorder your S23 and see if there's any improvement in battery life, but if you don't really care about battery life then you shouldn't have any problem at all
pixel 7 pro's video kinda looks similar to iPhone videos on this comparison. I can't decide if I should go for s23 or not since the night mode and selfies are kinda hit or miss
Pixel for me is the smart buy. The reason is that it's placed in between previous and next generation of Samsung's with an attractive price, so it can fight well against s22 and s23 (bit ahead, bit behind) but the prices are what they should be while Samsung just overprice their phones. I had s21 ultra and now I'm using pixel 7 pro. The main complain about pixel is the overdark photos while in videos is the opposite; something that shows inconsistency between modes and I need to boost shadows in almost every photo I take. The positive point is that the quality with moving objects is excellent, so yeah, as Ive said, smart choice!
@@SirMorak design is subjective, cpu is faster yes but not the OS is not as fluid, the s23 which he comparing in video only support 25w and plus/ultra support 45w.(which still is ultra slow if you compare to other companies) As someone that who don't own a pixel or samsung this was probably the most biased take ever.
Pixel is a terrible option. Terrible videography Underwhelming night shots Weaker cpu and chip set Super ugly design in the history of smartphones.. Cheaper build
In 6:34 you say that Samsung has better dynamic range, but actually it has visible clipping around the horizon, i think that it also crushes more the shadows of the bench,
@@RedskullPro I know the region perfectly. I am originally from Málaga and I come regularly to Torre del Mar, not far from Salobreña. A perfect place to live, no doubt. I currently live in the north of France, not the same story regarding the weather 😅 Thank you again for your videos, always instructive and in constant progress. I'm waiting for the battery life tests to find out if I'm replacing my Pixel 7 Pro with one of the new Samsungs.
I don't think he use filter for camera comparison like this, but for scene optimization I'm not sure, look like he turn off scene optimization, that because I have S22 so if I turn on scene optimization the picture will look more saturated
@@pudinichigo91 I ask the question, because he himself once said that he uses the warm profile on his iPhone 14, and that he leaves the scene optimizer activated on the Samsung.
Overall it seems that when it comes to daytime, the S23 as an entry level flagship is surprisingly close to the Pixel 7 Pro, although the latter's pictures are still slightly superior. When it comes to night photography however, there's no contest. The 7 Pro eats the S23 alive. We'll have to see with the S23 Ultra to see how closely matched they are.
You must be blind. S23 took better day time pictures and even the night time pictures were sharper. If you don't like the yellow just download the lightroom. And pixel sucks at videos Samsung is more versatile. And nobody buy a phone just for a camera. Pixel has weaker chip set and poor performance.
Really? Well, some photos of S23 are better. But for the video, absolutely S23 is the king. You can see how smooth and stabilize the video on S23 compare to Pixel 7 Pro. And this just S23, what about the S23 Ultra? Surely gonna eats out the Pixel 7 Pro.
@@fidato_ No. It's neck-to-neck. But some of the shots on the Pixel 7 Pro looked better, with more details and more true-to-life color. While the S23 color pallet is way too saturated.
@@auguseu5269 nope, when came to night mode its doesn't matter if you use S23 or S23U, they still use same image processing on both devices even their sensor are different, so all phone will produce yellowish or tint picture for night mode, you can watch camera comparison S23U from Danny Winget channel
@@ShellymanStudios saturated colors are ready better than oversharpened, dark, high contrast pictures. Plus pixel makes you look ugly by over doing your imperfections. Design is awful, internals are weak
6:16 pixel pro has more of the photo in focus. From this photo you can see more of the flowers in focus. s23 here seems to have a single flower in focus and everything else is blurry. I hardly ever see tech reviewers take flower photos, good job.
I have one Samsung S20+, bought 2.5yrs back. The amount of display problems I've on this phone, that now I'm buying a new phone, eventhough the phone still works. There is Screen burning issue. Then suddenly after OS 12 upgrade my screen started showing one pink line. Which gradually increased to 5 more lines of different colors. Show I've a rainbow on my display , eventhough my phone didn't drop. You can google it. Samsung gets lots of display issues with OS upgrades. I guess I'll try pixel now. This will be my last feat with Android. If I'm disappointed with Pixel. Then I'm stratight going for iphone next.
Great comparison! I've been waiting for one of these two phones! 👌 By the way - I would absolutely love to visit that sea side castle one day - where is that located? That city looks amazing! 😲
I suspect the Samsung is a little better, which is to say the Pixel was a little bit too contrasty and slightly oversharpened, which at first I preferred. The Samsung looked smooth and more movie-esque, to me. The colour science of the Samsung looked a bit off but then in a couple of scenes the Pixel seemed to have a blue tint. I'm guessing that a few minutes spent in post, you could make the footage of both look close to identical. I wonder if any updates have improved either, since this video is a year old. Really appreciate the time and effort, and thank you for sharing the beautiful location.
For video recording from front camera I prefer color from Pixel but for back main camera I prefer color from S23, its look more natural to my eyes, btw for pictures most of them I still prefer Pixel camera because its look more natural and the contrasty look on Pixel camera, but its doesn't mean the picture taken from S23 are, they still good, I just prefer color from Pixel only, overall both phone have really good camera, thanks for the video comparison 👍
You are wrong, Dynamic range was good on both. Just that s23 putting more vibrant colours while pixel 7 pro more natural looking photos. Also quite often s23 put more sharpen photos which is not always good. Pixel 7 pro was consistent with colours and dynamic range. Only downside if I had to pick was video performance slightly lacking compared to s23.
During the presentation I thought it was a failure for s23 but now I'm genuinely Impressed S23 has better video and daytime pictures, waiting for s23 ultra comparison
Too each his own , I actually thought 7 out of 10 across the board except for night video the pixel absolutely took the win , and I don’t even like pixels. Both where quiet good for smartphones, but I won’t be selling my DSLR though.
@@Wyald the only blind person here is you. S23 was better in every scenario. Plus it's a much better chipset, better cooling, better battery, better gaming, better videos, better design, better zoom, better versatility in cameras, 8k video, pro video, pro camera, expert raw, You need to really open up your mind boomer. Try different camera sensors on your phone
@@Wyald better for what here? For photos? Yeah some of them. But S23 videos way better than the Pixel 7 Pro here. So, you are the blind one then. You can see how stabilize and smooth the S23 video compare to the Pixe 7 Pro. Don't be mad dude, just accept the fact.
Really wanted to get an S23 but Pixel 7 seems like a better camera in all areas except some specific scenes like at 6:37 where the S23 gives better rendition of a hot weather. As a side note, for the longest time I used to think people were trolling whenever they'd refer to the end of video time in their comments, yet I now almost typed 10:34 as a time reference instead of 6:37. Now I know how they make that mistake
Wait a minute, I get all the other ones but in potrait pixel won? Brother, pixel digitaly zooms into the subject and takes the picture for potrait shots. Samsung uses the telephoto to do that. Yes, Samsung does smoothen up the skin, but its manageable. Pixel just overs sharpens it. It is the same story in every reviewer's pov. And turn of the blur amount in the samsung to 2 or 3. Not 6. You'll get far better results.
@@RedskullPro I know, there is smoothing effect. It’s is S22 too, which I use, for about 10 months, as a daily driver! So I do know the Samsung way. And I'm totally agreeing with you, that there is skin smoothening. Its in my phone, and looks like it's the same in S23 too. But what I suggested that at least it looks more natural as opposed to the pixel, because pixel just digitally zooms in and take the photo. And do post processing and sharpening with the subject. That's why it's looks a little unnatural that S23. And the blur on S23 is very much high. It's weird to look at. That's why I suggested to keep the blur at 2 or 3, and not 6. Better photo may come out. Also, one thing I forgot to say, the dynamic range. It's more consistent in pixel I think, in potraits. Even in my S22, in potraits, the Dynamic range is good, but sometimes it isn’t consistent. Here I think the same story is reflected. You are a good reviewer brother, and the points you've said was valid. But I was just surprised that you chose pixel. For me that one was more un natural. Even to Samsung too is not that much better
My main issue with the pixel 6 pro is the blue cold tone on most of the shots, it looks so unnatural to me, and its performance on hardcore games, seeing s23 doing that great is going to make me switch soon.
both phone had pros and cons and sometimes the pixel over saturated even the samsung also the same . its all based on situation during the photo was taken .
Since I'm under ACP, I need to go to AT&T because only Metro covers it if I want to stay under the T-Mobile umbrella. But I hear Metro can have your sim locked to your IMEI and I hate that. That's why I will never buy another iPhone after the 13s thanks to this esim only nonsense here in the States because I can travel a lot, my native country is mostly prepaid, and I do change from different phones a lot. I carry 2 through 5 phones daily. My guess is Samsung won't copy Apple with esim only until next year at earliest. This is why the S23 series intrigues me. I'm not dying to get any of them. It's another damn phone. A giant, boring slab one at that. The excitement getting a new "toy" wore off many years ago. Honeymoon phase. Love it. Get bored with it. Buy another. Wash. Rinse. Repeat. The main reason why the S23 Ultra is intriguing: Snapdragon 8 Gen 2. From battery tests coming from the Red Magic 8 Pro, it seems Qualcomm might have their best chip since the 835/845 days. The 888 and 8 Gen 1 were very problematic. You also need to understand SoCs won't always be efficient every year like it wasn't in 2015, 2021, and early-2022. Qualcomm doesn't always get it right every year once they speed things up. Who knows if Snap 8 Gen 3 sucks? It happens regardless if they use TSMC foundries. The most efficient Snapdragon flagship SoCs I've seen were 800, 801, and 835. Snap 8+ Gen 1 and Gen 2 are returning to those years in 2013, 2014, and 2017. Android will only get worse with 14 as Google will make it harder to sideload apps. S23U comes with 13 out of the box. Android 13 already made it impossible to downgrade to the previous firmware. Google is becoming more like Apple every day which isn't exactly a good thing. The openness of Android is starting to fade and becoming more restrictive like iOS. S23 Ultra should still be the battery king for Samsung since I expect the Fold 5 and Flip 5 will come with smaller batteries like they did previous years. Fold 5 still has to power a bigger internal display and Flip 5 has close to the same screen size as the Ultras but Flip 4 only came with 3700 mAh and not 5000 that the S22U and S23U have. So if you want the S-Pen slot (we still don't know if Fold 5 gets it), periscope lens, and the most efficient Samsung flagship, it's really the S23 Ultra. The S23+ might be more efficient but S23U just seems more premium and feature-packed. Not many techtubers are mentioning this and instead are saying Samsung is offering terrible trade-in deals this year which is true. But a carrier like AT&T is offering $1000 bill credits if you trade-in any Samsung Galaxy S phone in any condition. It includes other brands like any old Pixel if you want $1000 off. Yes, you're stuck with them for 3 years unless you do $6 Next Up every month to be eligible for a new phone after every 18 months. But you're getting $1000 off by trading in your broken Galaxy S3, Pixel 2, or whatever. Check the eligibility of old phones you can trade in on their site. $200 S23 Ultra (I want 12 GB RAM) $75 minimum contract per month for 3 yrs I'll get a $30 discount under ACP and $15 with autopay. My monthly bill should be around $35-$40 per month. The 512 GB being offered has 12 GB RAM by default. I'm really considering it. Yeah, it's a boring and heavy slab. I still think S21U looked the best from the back and prefer the rounder edges. But I'm sick and tired charging my Flip 3, Razr 5G, iPhone X, and Pixel 3 every single day. Only my SE 3 gives me good battery life and standby. The Flip 5 will be great with a bigger cover display and the same custom Snap 8 Gen 2 but its size and form factor will always limit its battery capacity to less than 5000 mAh the S23U has. From other battery tests, I think iPhone 14 Pro Max still beats S23 Ultra by a considerable margin while having a smaller battery nearly 700 mAh less. A16 is still the more efficient chip and iOS is more efficient than Android especially with RAM. I'm very frugal how I use my phones. I'll probably turn off 120 Hz and 5G to extend it to 20+ hour SOT if I can get 13+ hours easily on my iPhone SE 3 from Wi-Fi browsing. S23 Ultra is the one, folks. Don't bother with Pixel 7 Pro or 8 Pro. Samsung's Exynos chip is just not as efficient as TSMC Snapdragons. And less compatibility with emulators. Resale value on all Pixels is piss poor. I wonder if my guy, Michael Fisher, will ever get bored with foldables and go back using a boring slab? I use both since purchasing a few used iPhones and it's really not difficult going back to a slab. Maybe this is the year to go back to it if you want the longest battery life from a Samsung phone with DEX support and don't want to deal with a crease while using an S-Pen?
Hello, Sometime you could say to use which picture are more close to the reality where you it was recorded. You were there, not us. Foe example I am looking for a telephone which's photo is the closest to the real world and making a lot of filter. Anyway amazing job, thank you very much
Pixel for the camera win overall, but I prefer Samsung One UI over stock android any day. If this was the 22 ultra or 23 ultra I would choose those cameras for sure.
@@Read_Heat_ Customization, side panel, more privacy and security with knox, dual apps, hidden secured folder apps, built in screen recorder, and Dex, and bunch more I can’t think of off the top of my head.
can s23/+/u call block unknown numbers automatically? i have a setting on oppo that blocks unknown numbers.. very helpful against marketers/scammers who spam call you daily..
in My opinion the better choice is getting the Samsung s23 and set the google camera in it , so that with the google camera you take better photo and with the samsung camera the best video quality
yes i have pixel 7 pro in my 2024 , bought it for 45k this month , in camera department its best , while for potrait mode its little way down than the others . But the display and other things are amazing 😃😃
I prefer the photos of the pixel 7 pro, it has more detail, the Samsung, due to saturating the colors more, loses a bit of definition in some photos In addition, it handles HDR better during daytime photos.
I pre-booked the s23ultra, but i hate the fact that the front camera has very very bad dynamic range. Basically, it looks cropped, and we can't even fit 1 person properly, WTF????????
I am grateful that you do the 7 pro vs s23 vanilla . Nobody would compare a vanilla size to a pro model. I have the vanilla s23 but alas the battery too little for me cos i always do live on tiktok and have to constantly use power bank
The pixel photos are a tad under exposed. TBH they both take great photos. Perhaps compare the 7pro to Samsung's flagship ultra model , as they're both the best each company has to offer and in the same class bracket . S23 is in same class as the standard pixel 7
Most sharper on the galaxy , that might be overstating it mate , and some pics both had noise at times but more appeared to be noisey on the galaxy imo.
Both phones have advantages over the other regarding the camera. But overal S23 Ultra is definetly better. The colours and overal highlights are much better. Pixel 7 looks a bit washed out. Also pictures on S23 have more detail. But Pixel 7 won with front facing camera, and 10x zoom look much more detailed on Pixel 7.
@@RedskullPro sure sir go sleep tight and And when you wake up, drink a good coffee and also protein so that energy comes in the body, because if there is no power in the body, then how will it work? 😁
Don't forget the S23 series didn't get their first uptade and they already did a great job... Ans un this case, it's just a regular S23 who keep up with the pro model of Google and un some cases with the IPhone 14pro... So just be confident and wait to see...
The S23 you tested is which color? It looks like the camera housing and the frame of the device are mismatched. The frame seems black but the camera rings seem silver. Is that how the color scheme looks or is it an optical illusion of some kind?
Do you think the Pixel 7 Pro still makes sense in 2023?
Of course! Pixel just going to get better with updates! Nice job in your videos sir?
Phones without 3x zoom lens make no sense for the last decade
For sure!
@Juan Cruz true but s23 just launched & 7 pro was out 5 months ago or so? s23 will have 4-5 years of updates so I think it will still not be able to beat the s23
The 7 Pro will still be one of the top camera phones on the market for sure. Many people still think that Google's computational photography is definitely superior to Samsung's and Apple's.
What a brilliant side by side review. No bias. No messing just some nice sharp, concise testing that you would actually use from day to day. Great video. Thanks Subscribed
For the yellowish pictures, just turn off the "scen optimizer" in the S23 and check if that helps you out to have more realistic pictures!
Anyone had any luck with this?
What could be best smartphone under 900 USD?
@@Naraayanay pixel 7 pro
@@Orca774 Not MI 13 pro or
Vivo X90 pro?
Or just S23 base or OnePlus 11
Genius I was getting worried with the overly yellow hue on the S23 almost wanted to cancel my S23 order and get a Pixel 7 pro but u are a savior
Nice. This is a better location for testing the cameras in daytime compared to the previous uploads. Good job.
That's Granada, Spain.
No
@@wenedsday ok boomer
thank you so much sir for doing s23 while most reviewer only doing for + and ultra series
Maybe it's just my preference, but I think the Pixel blows the s23 out the water. But the 23 ultra would be the better comparison to make. Even though yes, the s23 and 7 pro are the most similarly priced
Props for him being the first TH-camr to make this video, you gained my subscription!
Looks like Google fixed a lot with the Pixel video. It looks quite comparable to the s23. It's no longer doing extreme face smoothing.
You must be kidding
@Fidato I'm not saying it's sharper. Obviously the s23 looks sharper for video. What I'm saying, it was looking bad before but now looks a whole lot better and can now compare to s23.
The video on the Pixel 7 Pro looks vastly better than it was first launched.
yea i was just looking at some videos and i was so confused about how the quality looked worse than my S8+ from 6 years ago, I'm glad that has been fixed.
Gracias por estas reviews, me volví loco buscando del s23 normal hasta que encontré tu canal, bonito lugar para probar los móviles y vivir :)
S 23 mucho mejor que el pixel
Literal, quiero comprar el s23 y no hay videos casi. Todos hacen del Ultra como si fuese que todos apuntamos a la gama premium ugh
@@mxrio-kun8107 tal cual, yo tengo un Pixel 6 Pro y muy contento no he quedado, veo el S23 como el móvil perfecto para mí prácticamente
@@Anonymous-si5ig sii! me compre el s23 el primer dia de preventa y cuando quize buscar videos de reviews no salia absolutamente nada, todos con el ultra!
@@Anonymous-si5igestoy pensando en cambiarme del Pixel 6 pro a alguno de estos dos del vídeo, me recomiendas el S23¿?
The Pixel pictures look almost in every mode cleaner and natural. Strange enough the portrait mode of the S23 I would prefer. This mode does what it is supposed to do: "make it Instagram ready" with a beautiful bokeh affect.
I look so much younger when i take a selfie on the s23 🤓
@@RedskullPro Younger doesn't mean better. 😉
@@hermanstokbrood x2 XD
@@hermanstokbroodAlex never said "S23 is better because he looked much younger" did he? 🤡
Surprised to see that the Pixel holds its own here. The great thing is that the standard Pixel 7 is just as good (only has 2x optical zoom instead of 5x), and this one is like 500 EUR/USD right now.
That 2x zoom they only cropped from 50mp main camera, that not a real 2x optical zoom, Pixel 7 only have 2 lens which is wide camera & ultra wide camera, no telephoto camera
It's not true optical zoom, just digital or cropped or whatever you like to call it. Pixel 7 doesn't have a dedicated zoom lens
It's a 2x crop with OPTICAL quality. That's not the same as 2x digital zoom. On top of all, a 2x crop from the main camera is always going to be better than a 2x lens in low-light. :) Essentially, the Pixel 7 basically has three optical-quality focal lengths, which is pretty much like having three different cameras. :)
@@pudinichigo91 What could be best smartphone under 900 USD?
Well technically there is no telephoto lens on pixel 7 so there is no optical zoom. Pro has a dedicated 48 mp telephoto lens. Despite that the digital zoom of pixels is way better than any other brand but pixel pro is on another level. The clarity of zoomed pictures on 7 pro is unmatched even by Galaxy s23 and iPhone 14 pro. It takes really crisp zoomed in images.
the shadows were mushy in the day time on the s23. They both did great. different color science which is normally the case from camera to camera. Pixel seem to handle detail better and not as over sharpen as the s23. the yellow hue is heavy.
Yeah , if I had too pick , the pixel would get my money.
Iphone also adds that yellow color over the pictures
Glad you noticed my comment by showing both devices in the video, now you gained a new subscriber. Thank you for this comparison 🙏🏼
this is a very good review, personally i think in most categories, pixel 7 pro outshines s23 but not by much. i prefer the colour pixel 7 pro gave from the videos & pictures.
Great comparison, as always!
I have the S23, but I prefer the video from the Pixel in this comparison. Even though the stabilization is slightly worse on the Pixel, on the S23 the mountains look kinda over-sharpened. The portrait mode on Google's phone is laughable though. For the rest they're pretty much the same.
Overall I prefer the look of the pixel and like the more natural looking photos. I've just been put off because of the video quality which although not bad just isn't quite there yet. Maybe the Pixel 8 series will finally catch up when it comes to video?
i hope so too
Pixel videos in low light isn't good at all but recording incinematic mode in places with great lighting is pretty good and very underrated
Wow, this is just the regular S23, can't wait to see the comparison between P7P and S23Ultra. Great video, Alex!
S23+
Regular one is still $100 more, Alex did nothing wrong.
@@bseleon2946 yes and I picked up pixel 7 pro for £500 pounds win win lol
Cameras are the same on whole s23 line just ultra have an extra zoom one
@@rollyg1543 Ultra has new ISOCELL HP2 200MP sensor
Very good testing process, thank you!
Good comparison 😀. Just curious to know how much s23 battery has improved as compared to s22.
+2hours sot
@@AponTechy what's your source?
@Sean David you can find it on YT
I speak from personal experience the s23 is on another level
Absolutely love my pixel 7 pro 🔥
Volume button hasn't fallen off yet?
What's your review after 1 year of use
thank you for the video!
actually needed this. Now, just need to find a video for S23 vs Iphone 14 camera test. Need to buy either one
Tengo el s23 normal 8/256 y no puedo estar más contento! Yo no juego, veo multimedia, redes y fotografía, me hace la batería 7 horas de pantalla, una pasada para un teléfono tan bonito y compacto
Thanks for sharing with everyone! The S23 is a great smartphone!
Alex, I dunno how you jumped the embargo... But i can't explain my gratitude. Thanks man... You're one of a kind when it comes to cutting through all marketing bullshit
Thanks for the comparison, I was looking for this :)
You have used the S23 for a while now,have you noticed any heating like S22 used to do. S22 used to get hot while using its camera. Anything like that in this model.
Tbh, unless you are entering a phone photography competition and end up with the exact composition as another competitor, either phone is good enough for day to day shots. No one can tell the difference if you didn't put up a side to side comparison of the exact same photo
You been posting quite a bit today💪🏻
Today was non stop… i am a little tired I have to say
@@RedskullPro i bet is worth it👍🏻
Love the microphone sound quality from Pixel than S23 ;D
Thanks for your review.
Wow! Congrats on the success of this one! 👏🏻
Unexpected!
Lol.. i never understand how anyone can like the portrait mode of the pixel.. it's so over sharpened..skin on portrait mode looks trash on the pixel...
And that's exactly how the iphone cameras look now
And now that samsung is starting look like that if you notice these companies' cameras were over sharpened before, but yall had so much say they staryed dialing them back. And now they slowly re - Adding it back to their cameras to re move rough edge detection and removal of smear or faded out aka image blurring or fading in the camera it has be shaper bigger sensor more light leads beautiful details
Antor Ahmed my brother you have no idea what over sharpened means :))))
The blur is absurd 😭
@@_observado whatever that mode yall call where it look smudged out
Appreciate the comparison! The only comment is that you are moving the cameras so much it is challenging to see the resolution with the constant panning.
Thanks for the suggestion
Good job 👏👏👏 keep doing more camera comparations 👍
Awesome video, very nice comparison video! Thanks for your efforts!
Thank you very much!
The video kind of went back and forth in real time, but overall, I think I preferred the P7 Pro's video output here. Something else I noticed is that Samsung will boost those reds quite a bit. Sometimes it is more pleasing. Sometimes it's eye searingly blown out.
Thanks for checking out the video!
for years with my s8+ I've always had to desaturate the reds in my photos and videos because Samsung just makes reds too red, I like google's more natural approach.
Great video as always , thank you Mr Redskul . I am thinking of upgrading to s23 from my pixel 6 . Greetings from India 🇮🇳 🙏🏾
Wait a few days for review before you preorder your S23 and see if there's any improvement in battery life, but if you don't really care about battery life then you shouldn't have any problem at all
@@pudinichigo91 thanks bro , i will wait then 🤝🏽
@@pudinichigo91 Many are saying battery life of regular s23 easily surpasses s22+
@@christorobin3646 really ? That pretty good battery life with only 200mah increased battery capacity from previous model + more efficiency SD8G2
@@pudinichigo91 people are saying so and this year tsmc made the chip so you can expect that
pixel 7 pro's video kinda looks similar to iPhone videos on this comparison. I can't decide if I should go for s23 or not since the night mode and selfies are kinda hit or miss
Pixel for me is the smart buy. The reason is that it's placed in between previous and next generation of Samsung's with an attractive price, so it can fight well against s22 and s23 (bit ahead, bit behind) but the prices are what they should be while Samsung just overprice their phones.
I had s21 ultra and now I'm using pixel 7 pro.
The main complain about pixel is the overdark photos while in videos is the opposite; something that shows inconsistency between modes and I need to boost shadows in almost every photo I take.
The positive point is that the quality with moving objects is excellent, so yeah, as Ive said, smart choice!
Not the same size. Ugly design. Poor CPU. Ultra slow charging. Google controlling your life instead of Samsung. Naaah
Samsung S23 is a beast compared to Pixel 7 pro
@@SirMorak design is subjective, cpu is faster yes but not the OS is not as fluid, the s23 which he comparing in video only support 25w and plus/ultra support 45w.(which still is ultra slow if you compare to other companies) As someone that who don't own a pixel or samsung this was probably the most biased take ever.
Pixel is a terrible option.
Terrible videography
Underwhelming night shots
Weaker cpu and chip set
Super ugly design in the history of smartphones..
Cheaper build
@@SirMorak ridiculous comment
Awesome content. Will you do s23 vs p6 pro?
I love your accent btw
As always great video and beautiful locations! Where did you record that? Malaga or Granada?
In 6:34 you say that Samsung has better dynamic range, but actually it has visible clipping around the horizon, i think that it also crushes more the shadows of the bench,
Thanks for this! I saw another video mentioning just using the telephoto lens for portraits on the Pixel 7 pro gives fantastic portraits!
Thanks for sharing
Great video!!!
Is it possible to download the original photos and videos somewhere?
Salobreña 👍
I remember your first videos from Canada.
Great content as always thanks
Yes!! Canada looked so depressing! Sunshine every day is amazing!
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I know the region perfectly. I am originally from Málaga and I come regularly to Torre del Mar, not far from Salobreña. A perfect place to live, no doubt. I currently live in the north of France, not the same story regarding the weather 😅
Thank you again for your videos, always instructive and in constant progress. I'm waiting for the battery life tests to find out if I'm replacing my Pixel 7 Pro with one of the new Samsungs.
Good test. It was a pleasure to watch.
Hi 👋🏽 Alex
I would just like to know if it is the natural or warm profile that you use on the S23, and also if scene optimizer is on or off?
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I don't think he use filter for camera comparison like this, but for scene optimization I'm not sure, look like he turn off scene optimization, that because I have S22 so if I turn on scene optimization the picture will look more saturated
@@pudinichigo91 I ask the question, because he himself once said that he uses the warm profile on his iPhone 14, and that he leaves the scene optimizer activated on the Samsung.
Overall it seems that when it comes to daytime, the S23 as an entry level flagship is surprisingly close to the Pixel 7 Pro, although the latter's pictures are still slightly superior.
When it comes to night photography however, there's no contest. The 7 Pro eats the S23 alive.
We'll have to see with the S23 Ultra to see how closely matched they are.
You must be blind. S23 took better day time pictures and even the night time pictures were sharper. If you don't like the yellow just download the lightroom.
And pixel sucks at videos
Samsung is more versatile.
And nobody buy a phone just for a camera.
Pixel has weaker chip set and poor performance.
Really? Well, some photos of S23 are better. But for the video, absolutely S23 is the king. You can see how smooth and stabilize the video on S23 compare to Pixel 7 Pro. And this just S23, what about the S23 Ultra? Surely gonna eats out the Pixel 7 Pro.
@@fidato_ No. It's neck-to-neck. But some of the shots on the Pixel 7 Pro looked better, with more details and more true-to-life color. While the S23 color pallet is way too saturated.
@@auguseu5269 nope, when came to night mode its doesn't matter if you use S23 or S23U, they still use same image processing on both devices even their sensor are different, so all phone will produce yellowish or tint picture for night mode, you can watch camera comparison S23U from Danny Winget channel
@@ShellymanStudios saturated colors are ready better than oversharpened, dark, high contrast pictures.
Plus pixel makes you look ugly by over doing your imperfections. Design is awful, internals are weak
6:16 pixel pro has more of the photo in focus. From this photo you can see more of the flowers in focus. s23 here seems to have a single flower in focus and everything else is blurry. I hardly ever see tech reviewers take flower photos, good job.
I have one Samsung S20+, bought 2.5yrs back. The amount of display problems I've on this phone, that now I'm buying a new phone, eventhough the phone still works.
There is Screen burning issue. Then suddenly after OS 12 upgrade my screen started showing one pink line. Which gradually increased to 5 more lines of different colors. Show I've a rainbow on my display , eventhough my phone didn't drop. You can google it. Samsung gets lots of display issues with OS upgrades. I guess I'll try pixel now. This will be my last feat with Android. If I'm disappointed with Pixel. Then I'm stratight going for iphone next.
Great video. Can you please make a comparison video for android flagship and iphone when taking a sunset or sunrise video?
Good suggestion!
Great comparison! I've been waiting for one of these two phones! 👌 By the way - I would absolutely love to visit that sea side castle one day - where is that located? That city looks amazing! 😲
I guarantee that the pixel will have smoother software. I'm waiting for my s23 ultra but I'll be keeping my 7 pro. Superb phone
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I suspect the Samsung is a little better, which is to say the Pixel was a little bit too contrasty and slightly oversharpened, which at first I preferred. The Samsung looked smooth and more movie-esque, to me. The colour science of the Samsung looked a bit off but then in a couple of scenes the Pixel seemed to have a blue tint.
I'm guessing that a few minutes spent in post, you could make the footage of both look close to identical.
I wonder if any updates have improved either, since this video is a year old.
Really appreciate the time and effort, and thank you for sharing the beautiful location.
For video recording from front camera I prefer color from Pixel but for back main camera I prefer color from S23, its look more natural to my eyes, btw for pictures most of them I still prefer Pixel camera because its look more natural and the contrasty look on Pixel camera, but its doesn't mean the picture taken from S23 are, they still good, I just prefer color from Pixel only, overall both phone have really good camera, thanks for the video comparison 👍
i concur! colors aside, i noticed the zoomed shots were better on the Pixel 7 Pro while the ultra wide shots were better on the S23
Where is the place are you shoot this video?
Salobreña, Granada, Spain
@@RedskullPro thanks a lot sir
How does the haptic compare to something like the pixel 7 pro ?
Pixel does very well still. All Samsung does in my eyes it brighter image lol. I like pixel like a dlsr effect )
Thanks for sharing
You are wrong, Dynamic range was good on both. Just that s23 putting more vibrant colours while pixel 7 pro more natural looking photos. Also quite often s23 put more sharpen photos which is not always good. Pixel 7 pro was consistent with colours and dynamic range. Only downside if I had to pick was video performance slightly lacking compared to s23.
Cool
During the presentation I thought it was a failure for s23 but now I'm genuinely Impressed
S23 has better video and daytime pictures, waiting for s23 ultra comparison
Too each his own , I actually thought 7 out of 10 across the board except for night video the pixel absolutely took the win , and I don’t even like pixels.
Both where quiet good for smartphones, but I won’t be selling my DSLR though.
@@mikldude9376 you are clearly blind.
S23 did better in all departments. 7pro is an overrated phone
Lol.. this is showing how blinded people are by brand. I've been using galaxy since S1, and its obviously pixel is bettere here.
@@Wyald the only blind person here is you.
S23 was better in every scenario. Plus it's a much better chipset, better cooling, better battery, better gaming, better videos, better design, better zoom, better versatility in cameras, 8k video, pro video, pro camera, expert raw,
You need to really open up your mind boomer. Try different camera sensors on your phone
@@Wyald better for what here? For photos? Yeah some of them. But S23 videos way better than the Pixel 7 Pro here. So, you are the blind one then. You can see how stabilize and smooth the S23 video compare to the Pixe 7 Pro. Don't be mad dude, just accept the fact.
Battery life on the s23?
Thank you for doing this.
I like shots from both phones. I'd take pixel 7 pro as I like more of it's shots and its a 2022 phone competing with it a s23.
Great video!!....Can you make a video of Google pixel 6a vs Poco X5 pro pls?
new to the channel... beautiful location..where is this bbtw?
Really wanted to get an S23 but Pixel 7 seems like a better camera in all areas except some specific scenes like at 6:37 where the S23 gives better rendition of a hot weather. As a side note, for the longest time I used to think people were trolling whenever they'd refer to the end of video time in their comments, yet I now almost typed 10:34 as a time reference instead of 6:37. Now I know how they make that mistake
Thanks for you telling us that you're not only dumb but also blind
Wait a minute, I get all the other ones but in potrait pixel won? Brother, pixel digitaly zooms into the subject and takes the picture for potrait shots. Samsung uses the telephoto to do that. Yes, Samsung does smoothen up the skin, but its manageable. Pixel just overs sharpens it. It is the same story in every reviewer's pov. And turn of the blur amount in the samsung to 2 or 3. Not 6. You'll get far better results.
I just can’t take that skin smoothing effect :) but you have the pictures side by side to make up your own opinion
@@RedskullPro I know, there is smoothing effect. It’s is S22 too, which I use, for about 10 months, as a daily driver! So I do know the Samsung way. And I'm totally agreeing with you, that there is skin smoothening. Its in my phone, and looks like it's the same in S23 too. But what I suggested that at least it looks more natural as opposed to the pixel, because pixel just digitally zooms in and take the photo. And do post processing and sharpening with the subject. That's why it's looks a little unnatural that S23. And the blur on S23 is very much high. It's weird to look at. That's why I suggested to keep the blur at 2 or 3, and not 6. Better photo may come out. Also, one thing I forgot to say, the dynamic range. It's more consistent in pixel I think, in potraits. Even in my S22, in potraits, the Dynamic range is good, but sometimes it isn’t consistent. Here I think the same story is reflected. You are a good reviewer brother, and the points you've said was valid. But I was just surprised that you chose pixel. For me that one was more un natural. Even to Samsung too is not that much better
My main issue with the pixel 6 pro is the blue cold tone on most of the shots, it looks so unnatural to me, and its performance on hardcore games, seeing s23 doing that great is going to make me switch soon.
Which camera was true to life?
Hmmm, at night the Pixel, day I think the S23 more
both phone had pros and cons and sometimes the pixel over saturated even the samsung also the same . its all based on situation during the photo was taken .
Since I'm under ACP, I need to go to AT&T because only Metro covers it if I want to stay under the T-Mobile umbrella. But I hear Metro can have your sim locked to your IMEI and I hate that.
That's why I will never buy another iPhone after the 13s thanks to this esim only nonsense here in the States because I can travel a lot, my native country is mostly prepaid, and I do change from different phones a lot. I carry 2 through 5 phones daily.
My guess is Samsung won't copy Apple with esim only until next year at earliest. This is why the S23 series intrigues me. I'm not dying to get any of them. It's another damn phone. A giant, boring slab one at that. The excitement getting a new "toy" wore off many years ago. Honeymoon phase. Love it. Get bored with it. Buy another. Wash. Rinse. Repeat.
The main reason why the S23 Ultra is intriguing: Snapdragon 8 Gen 2. From battery tests coming from the Red Magic 8 Pro, it seems Qualcomm might have their best chip since the 835/845 days. The 888 and 8 Gen 1 were very problematic.
You also need to understand SoCs won't always be efficient every year like it wasn't in 2015, 2021, and early-2022. Qualcomm doesn't always get it right every year once they speed things up. Who knows if Snap 8 Gen 3 sucks? It happens regardless if they use TSMC foundries.
The most efficient Snapdragon flagship SoCs I've seen were 800, 801, and 835. Snap 8+ Gen 1 and Gen 2 are returning to those years in 2013, 2014, and 2017.
Android will only get worse with 14 as Google will make it harder to sideload apps. S23U comes with 13 out of the box. Android 13 already made it impossible to downgrade to the previous firmware. Google is becoming more like Apple every day which isn't exactly a good thing. The openness of Android is starting to fade and becoming more restrictive like iOS.
S23 Ultra should still be the battery king for Samsung since I expect the Fold 5 and Flip 5 will come with smaller batteries like they did previous years. Fold 5 still has to power a bigger internal display and Flip 5 has close to the same screen size as the Ultras but Flip 4 only came with 3700 mAh and not 5000 that the S22U and S23U have.
So if you want the S-Pen slot (we still don't know if Fold 5 gets it), periscope lens, and the most efficient Samsung flagship, it's really the S23 Ultra. The S23+ might be more efficient but S23U just seems more premium and feature-packed.
Not many techtubers are mentioning this and instead are saying Samsung is offering terrible trade-in deals this year which is true. But a carrier like AT&T is offering $1000 bill credits if you trade-in any Samsung Galaxy S phone in any condition. It includes other brands like any old Pixel if you want $1000 off.
Yes, you're stuck with them for 3 years unless you do $6 Next Up every month to be eligible for a new phone after every 18 months. But you're getting $1000 off by trading in your broken Galaxy S3, Pixel 2, or whatever. Check the eligibility of old phones you can trade in on their site.
$200 S23 Ultra (I want 12 GB RAM)
$75 minimum contract per month for 3 yrs
I'll get a $30 discount under ACP and $15 with autopay. My monthly bill should be around $35-$40 per month. The 512 GB being offered has 12 GB RAM by default.
I'm really considering it. Yeah, it's a boring and heavy slab. I still think S21U looked the best from the back and prefer the rounder edges. But I'm sick and tired charging my Flip 3, Razr 5G, iPhone X, and Pixel 3 every single day. Only my SE 3 gives me good battery life and standby.
The Flip 5 will be great with a bigger cover display and the same custom Snap 8 Gen 2 but its size and form factor will always limit its battery capacity to less than 5000 mAh the S23U has.
From other battery tests, I think iPhone 14 Pro Max still beats S23 Ultra by a considerable margin while having a smaller battery nearly 700 mAh less. A16 is still the more efficient chip and iOS is more efficient than Android especially with RAM.
I'm very frugal how I use my phones. I'll probably turn off 120 Hz and 5G to extend it to 20+ hour SOT if I can get 13+ hours easily on my iPhone SE 3 from Wi-Fi browsing.
S23 Ultra is the one, folks. Don't bother with Pixel 7 Pro or 8 Pro. Samsung's Exynos chip is just not as efficient as TSMC Snapdragons. And less compatibility with emulators. Resale value on all Pixels is piss poor.
I wonder if my guy, Michael Fisher, will ever get bored with foldables and go back using a boring slab? I use both since purchasing a few used iPhones and it's really not difficult going back to a slab.
Maybe this is the year to go back to it if you want the longest battery life from a Samsung phone with DEX support and don't want to deal with a crease while using an S-Pen?
Hello,
Sometime you could say to use which picture are more close to the reality where you it was recorded. You were there, not us. Foe example I am looking for a telephone which's photo is the closest to the real world and making a lot of filter.
Anyway amazing job, thank you very much
Noted! Thanks for checking out the video!
Pixel for the camera win overall, but I prefer Samsung One UI over stock android any day. If this was the 22 ultra or 23 ultra I would choose those cameras for sure.
what do you prefer about one ui ?
@@Read_Heat_ A lot of people find Stock Android boring now.
@@Read_Heat_ Customization, side panel, more privacy and security with knox, dual apps, hidden secured folder apps, built in screen recorder, and Dex, and bunch more I can’t think of off the top of my head.
can s23/+/u call block unknown numbers automatically? i have a setting on oppo that blocks unknown numbers.. very helpful against marketers/scammers who spam call you daily..
They both seem to switch ..in video and pictures..in terms of high contrast and natural colours..
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I have a Pixel 7 Pro and ordered the S23 Ultra. Now I have the world top 2 best camera smartphones in my pocket!
But just for 8 months. Then pixel 8 pro will be launched.
@@aseemsharan he got money tho no problem for him.. For me buying a flagship phone is will remind a dream
So what man? Do u use both when u are taking a picture?
Thank you, this was very helpful. You did a great Job. Both devices have pros and cons. Perfect location for testing them.
in My opinion the better choice is getting the Samsung s23 and set the google camera in it , so that with the google camera you take better photo and with the samsung camera the best video quality
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I noticed that the color are bad on pixel, what you guys think should i buy it on 2024?
yes i have pixel 7 pro in my 2024 , bought it for 45k this month , in camera department its best , while for potrait mode its little way down than the others . But the display and other things are amazing
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Why do you have the pixel pro going against s23 instead of the s23ultra?
Because they are the same price, the s23 and pixel 7 pro
I prefer the photos of the pixel 7 pro, it has more detail, the Samsung, due to saturating the colors more, loses a bit of definition in some photos In addition, it handles HDR better during daytime photos.
U should mention which is showing Natural exact colour eye vs camera 📸
I pre-booked the s23ultra, but i hate the fact that the front camera has very very bad dynamic range. Basically, it looks cropped, and we can't even fit 1 person properly, WTF????????
I am grateful that you do the 7 pro vs s23 vanilla . Nobody would compare a vanilla size to a pro model. I have the vanilla s23 but alas the battery too little for me cos i always do live on tiktok and have to constantly use power bank
What about portrait video?
The pixel photos are a tad under exposed. TBH they both take great photos. Perhaps compare the 7pro to Samsung's flagship ultra model , as they're both the best each company has to offer and in the same class bracket . S23 is in same class as the standard pixel 7
Only bought the regular S23 🤷♂️
Those are some excellent sunglasses mate 🕶️
haha! Thanks Dave! On the 14th im in London for a couple of days!
the face beauty feature was on on s23 portrait even that smoothness feature was off so photos looked edited and not natural
I have everything turned off 🤷♂️
Makes me glad I went with the Pixel 7 Pro. The camera on this thing blows away the S23.
Great Review Thanks
Thanks for watching!
I prefer the colour accuracy on the pixel 7 pro but the most of the photos does look sharper on the galaxy s23
Most sharper on the galaxy , that might be overstating it mate , and some pics both had noise at times but more appeared to be noisey on the galaxy imo.
The colour more accurate on pixel? Nah the colour more bluish tint 1:38
wish this was a blind test
Does anyone know if the s23 overheats while shooting longer videos, like 30 min or longer?
100%… mostly if you are out in the sun
Both phones have advantages over the other regarding the camera. But overal S23 Ultra is definetly better. The colours and overal highlights are much better. Pixel 7 looks a bit washed out. Also pictures on S23 have more detail.
But Pixel 7 won with front facing camera, and 10x zoom look much more detailed on Pixel 7.
Im pretty sure he is using the base s23, not the ultra.
What country is this or island??
What place is that?
Prefer the pixel cameras….but prefer the S23 size.
Finally the waiting is over 🤗🤗
Took me a while to finish! 3 comparisons in 2 days is a lot! I need a lot of sleep now!
@@RedskullPro sure sir go sleep tight and And when you wake up, drink a good coffee and also protein so that energy comes in the body, because if there is no power in the body, then how will it work? 😁
Don't forget the S23 series didn't get their first uptade and they already did a great job... Ans un this case, it's just a regular S23 who keep up with the pro model of Google and un some cases with the IPhone 14pro... So just be confident and wait to see...
The S23 you tested is which color? It looks like the camera housing and the frame of the device are mismatched. The frame seems black but the camera rings seem silver. Is that how the color scheme looks or is it an optical illusion of some kind?
Green colour. The rings around the cameras are chrome but they look green depending how the green reflects in it
Well damn, at 7:55, Samsung really removed all her freckles?! No bueno.
Yeah, totally a different person in the Samsung’s pictures