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Both phones are beast and as a primary iPhone user it’s time for me to admit that Samsung has caught up to even playing grounds with the highest iPhone. That processor the Samsung has goes toe to toe with the Apple one. Even the Samsung ecosystem has improved drastically over the years. The cameras on both phones are top notch!!!
@ actually even that has gotten better. My brother has the S 24 ultra and it definitely seems pretty well optimized to me from someone that has used nothing but iOS the last 11 years!!! I’m an iPhone guy and I’m not here to say the galaxy is better but it’s definitely improved drastically and caught up to Apple in a lot of ways. You have to admit that it feels like Apple has slowed its innovation lately, almost allowing the competition to catch up.
I’ve watched that test without sound to not get any suggestions. I must say WOW to Samsung… I’m impressed this year what big effort they put to the software of cameras. They know it will be critic for many to get again same hardware but I think they know it will have improved results. So many better photos I’ve chosen blind was from Galaxy… Also that portrait/bokeh at beginning was so much better that I was thinking is from IPhone for sure but I was wrong.
Take a look at the GPU performance difference between Sam vs. iPhone. That is the most important performance that translates to what you see, especially in demanding apps.
Including a DSLR in the comparison would be interesting, as smartphone cameras increasingly prioritize visually striking images over accurate scene representation.
Nah, that's not what this video is about. It was about showing us which of these two smartphones take better JPEG pictures out of the box. If you shoot JPEG with a DSLR or mirrorless, instead of RAW then you shouldn't have bothered buying a DSLR or mirrorless in the first place lol
When comparing DSLR with smartphone images on big screens, like 32", smartphones don't even come close. But as soon as you look at them on smartphones and tablets they can compete.
Yes that’s why they should have a photographer with them because the “normal” persons like too much vibrant photos, don’t check if the blur is like a real dslr, they don’t notice in a lot of photos green tint etc etc
When your reaction shows as if android is shit and it took a good picture by a chance that you all got surprised but when you choose Apple then it is a normal reaction. And you call it unbiased? It is hard to hide the tail of a fan boy. I use apple products everyday. I use 3 MacBooks, 2 is mine and 1 is from my office, iPhone 14 Pro Max , Apple Watch 8, iPad Pro 13 m4 2TB. I could use AirPods but I have issues using anything in the ears. So I am not very less apple user than you. Still I am not a blind fan boy. If Samsung or android makes something good then appreciate it. Apple makes good products as well as bad product too like the Apple intelligent and iPhone 16 camera button is garbage.
It’s literally not possible to be biased when you don’t know which picture is which. They cant change their choice after the reveal. Read up on a dictionary
@@MrCat-fd4pb Unfortunately, it is very easy for an average phone enthusiast, let alone a tech TH-camr, to tell which photo came from what phone 8/10 times. iPhone warmer, less potrait blur, better low light shots Pixel strips warmness, shitty selfies, super bright low light shots Samsung is cooler than Apple, hyper blur on potraits, purple tinge and poor focus in low light So if you say they didn't know which one's which, I cannot trust it
They've really improved night mode, I remember when they had just so much grain even with using a flash. It's good to see they're catching up to apple.
and that is surprising the iPhone did the low light photo so badly , because my 14 pro max gives my pixel a run for its money and in some cases wipes the floor with it. I can watch my 14 sensing the light in steps until it gets the exposure right , then it takes the photo. Wtf is going on ?
Can't you reduce the blur in portrait mode on the Samsung? I think it's 5/7 by default, but making it 3/7 or 4/7 would make the background blur similar to the iPhone
I think it just depends on if you like the IOS software or one UI. I think iPhones are as good as Samsung, but I prefer Android over iOS so that's why I use Samsung or Android over IOS.
You can do that in the settings. This is a good example of "Default" pics. Just like the iphone you can add Photo styles to add more contrast to "match" samsung phones
Even if a bit more looks better on Samsung, pictures like the last still tell me to prefer the iPhone more.. like that moment is completly lost if it's only the Samsung phone was there.. and even the 90% perfect phone is better like the sometimes 100% but sometimes just a blurry mess.. (you can't reapat every shoots, there a some rare case where the moment just disappear if you can't shoot it at the first try..)
@TamasKiss-yk4st yeah tbh - you are right ! It's like choosing between only orgsm giving moments (photos) vs real photos !! The win win situation - apple deserves that ! ( And on android side - whichever phone takes real images )
Should've been the default resolution right? Oh yeah Samsung has poor compression even with HEIF turned on, using higher resolution and motion photo at the same time will result in 3x file size of the iphone 24mp with live photo
Guys, you criticize Samsung portrait photos for having too intense blur, but it is manually adjusted there. You turned it on to maximum and blame it for your mistake!
To accomplish this, you would either have to be at the location in person or have a very high-quality photo taken by a reference level camera. Because the overwhelming majority of people no longer purchase standalone cameras, the best comparison is simply comparing the phones that people would actually use nowadays. It is no longer a competition of what camera most accurately represents real life or most accurately re-create the original scene nowadays it is actually a comparison of which one looks most pleasing to the eye.
@veloxif ...which is really frustrating for photographers with skill that are trying to capture "reality" instead of some non-representative "nice" photo.
@@mpaszti those photographers are free to capture all the reality they want with their cameras. At the end of the day though, human nature results in people preferring something that pleases their eyes the most
@@mpasztiThat's not what is being tested, "which photo you like better" is what is being tested, not "which photo is more accurate", most photographers heavily edit their photos lol, I know photographers who will spend 5-10 minutes to edit a photo, the most editing a laymen like me will ever do is use the pro mode and adjust colour, hdr or focal points
@@LaidBackDeveloper Correct... These phones have apertures equivalent to f/8-f/16 on full frame. There's no way they got this level of foreground bokeh while focused on the background without using the portrait algorithm.
Not really, iPhone only had 4 months. In fact, according to your logic, Samsung had 4 months to prepare better hardware, camera sensors to launch. According to your logic, iPhone 7 was released 9 years ago and it had 9 years to optimise the software and better than S25 Ultra.
that was i saying, but some of the photos did fool me, so Samsung actually did really good seeing how its not officially released yet, and i can imagine that it will get better with updates.
@1:20 it didn't mess up! The iPhone messed up, showing a focused cement floor where the glass is, because its Lidar focusing assistance messed it up, instead of blurring it (as it should)
It messed up, it's not supposed to blur the glass, iphone identified the glass was part of the subject kept it in focus, the galaxy didn't understand and blurred it out
@Hhhh22222-w the galaxy understood and saw the distance! 😉 If you focus somewhere specific with a real camera, the background is blurred. The same background through the glass will be blurred too 😉 Iphone is wrong cuz the glass messed up the actual distance from the background, the phone thought that the background is as close as the glass
*Disclaimer* I am and have been a Samsung Galaxy user for over a decade. My blind tally (without trying to guess which was which lol) was Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra- 19 iPhone 16 Pro Max - 11
I want to see a real camera test. Average consumers arent taking pictures of stairs and signs. They have kids and pets. Which can be challenging if a phones shutter speed is terrible. Lets see a real test
@@BroAriq well that's what we should be seeing a real test of.. REAL situations.. I give Apple credit for their live photo ability. My wife has some of the best pictures of our dogs and kids playing because of it. Being able to select the exact frame and it be in full resolution and have HDR is incredible. It's not like the s25 can't do it.
The idea of unbiased comparisons is so welcome. However, these guys are so experienced that they can sometimes tell (as I also can) which photo is from which phone. A real unbiased outcome would be for the participants to be the general public. But yeah, awesome video.
Yeah, but Samsung has a red tint and almost every photo. And any photo with even a little bit of blue lighting, the blue will completely overpower everything.
My summary of both phones is this iPhone: Has a very strong "Phone" look Samsung: Almost completely got rid of the "Phone" look and looks far more like a proper camera (The samsung photos look less artificial to me)
That's funny, my wife did the same thing. I bought an S24U, but she had to have the i16PM. Now, she sold it to her sister and just got the S25U. For years, we've been iPhone or no-phone people, but Samsung knocked it out of the park with the S24 and 25 Ultras. The i16PM is an excellent phone, but the S24 and 25 Ultras are wicked. With the elite chip, the s25U can download videos; in two-thirds the time or less than my s24U.
@@eastonbrewer1798Ai photo editors (arent available on iphone in the EU) And im definitely curious for that screen with the new upscaler and cameras :D
Both did a great job. Definitely nailed some of the Samsung shots as well as the iPhone. More o of a Samsung enjoyer (S21U daily and IP14+ for work), but again both cameras were very impressive!
1:23 Small monitor vs large monitor shows these guys *constantly* mistake sharpering for detail. A biggesr screen shows the right image is massively oversharpened. It's not detail, it's processing.
I love how not one is better than the other. Some pictures look better on the iPhone 16 pro max, and some look better on the S25 ultra. I will say the iPhone has the slight edge on night mode and with videos.
No, I disagree. Samsung handles the night portrait shot better and also handles the neon light better, overall it wins in night photography as seen !!!
What really annoys me is the fact, that Samsung after all these years still clinging to it’s second class customer procedure: Korea and China 👉🏻 16 GB RAM in the Ultra for sometimes even less money. USA and Europe (the second class citizens) 👉🏻 only 12 GB RAM and higher price point!
Every year samsung does nothing to change its camera signature I already know which photo blindly because every year the same signature Samsung need to improve speed shutter quality and to improve the color science and make 24 mp by default at least like iphone with faster shutter speed
They keep ignoring shutter lag / motion blur issue and doing pretty much nothing when it comes to camera software. Majority of the people I know that gave up on Samsung (myself included), did it because of terrible camera experience.
Samsung changed its signature a bit since S24 series. If you compare it vs S23, S24 is more muted and natural, less saturated. They did a good job on skin tones
@@skywalker15071981 Check this S23 vs S24 camera comparison which clearly shows the skin tones improvement on portrait mode section. th-cam.com/video/XP5MKDwJ4P8/w-d-xo.htmlsi=HHDmx31D0kAg4dWQ
@@earncrypto5601 they did nothing about shutter lag / motion blur, issue number 1 when it comes to cameras on their devices. Less saturated colors won't help with unusable blurry pics of anything with even slight movement.
For me, reactions tell better which one you try so hard to choose.Truth of the matter is, you tried so hard to pick iPhone pictures because you know it's always warm. BIASED!
Cropping the photo in random parts does not make any sense. Sometimes I voted for one side, but it was because you applied zoom to a point that doesnt make any sense, and then when you showed the entire picture, my decision changed completely...
Exactly. In one photo, I voted for iPhone because I liked the contrast a bit more, but when he zoomed out, the Samsung photo was better exposed, and the iPhone photo was completely blown out.
@@mauroenemy6369 exactly. In theory I can use a 10thousand dollar camera and make a crappy camera win just because I decided to be picky and zoom into very specific pieces of the image. Very biased
@@leoni7649 Yes, thats right... But I changed my votes. I would not vote on that photo if I saw the entire thing. I know thay it should have been completely blind test, but tried do pressiat people to vote on iphone, the zoom was made to favor the iPhone. Thats cheating
Despite the undeniable superior performance of the Snapdragon chipset this year, there are still some who refuse to acknowledge its shortcomings. It is imperative that objective evidence be presented to dispel any biased opinions. Even prominent social media influencers and tech experts who were previously biased against Samsung cannot justifiably present an unmerited viewpoint against the company.
@@mistertech332 Could you expand on these issues; I've had zero problems with any pictures or videos I've taken, but if you could give me an idea of what you mean, I'll be more able to nit-pick that area.
@josephfarrugia2350 starting next year, Samsung's releasing their new camera sensor even apple is planning to change from Sony to Samsung, so it should be decent.
What's really interesting is that as these comparisons have gone on over the years with iPhones, Galaxies and Pixels I'm noticing that not only are the scores fairly close now but the margin for each photo is generally preference and much, much closer. It used to be nailed on that iPhone would win video, Pixel would win general photography and Galaxy would win zoom but they're all so good now.
I’m an iPhone person. I think the Samsung had the better night shots and iPhone had better day shots. With that said, I don’t think anyone would be complaining about either of the photos. It’s well known that the iPhone needs to upgrade that ultra wide. As for the saturation and contrast, iPhone styles really gives you options as to how you want the photo to look.
I have an s22, once you edit it, you can get some amazing results, just change the colour saturation, if it leans more cool. I'd love to see this again but with editing of photos ❤
Nah, that greenish-yellowish hue makes the color science pretty good on IPhones. The magneta hue on Samsung during certain lightning conditions is terrible.
@@kfx3907 I hope so. While other phone camera have better specs, the color science on IPhone is very good (definitely my favorite) despite that little greenish-yellowish hue. Only Huawei(also yellow hue due to their RYYB sensors) and Pixels (blue hue) match it.
Galaxy: Either a spectacular shot or a fake looking shot with weird tint. iPhone: A warm looking shot which might not always be the best performer but remains usable.
I’ve watched that test without sound to not get any suggestions. I must say WOW to Samsung… I’m impressed this year what big effort they put to the software of cameras. They know it will be critic for many to get again same hardware but I think they know it will have improved results. So many better photos I’ve chosen blind was from Galaxy… Also that portrait/bokeh at beginning was so much better that I was thinking is from IPhone for sure but I was wrong.
I’ve got the iPhone 16 Pro and ordered the Galaxy S25 Ultra. Honestly, I’m not a big fan of the extreme bokeh on the Galaxy-I like pictures to look realistic sort of how the human eye see. I already own the 16 Pro and just ordered the S25. The big improvement for the S25 Ultra seems to be the low-light performance, which is impressive. I also really like the new form factor and design of the S25, so I decided to order it. But seriously, I wish Samsung would bring back the microSD card slot-it would help them sell way more phones.
Totally agree with the SD card point you made! Be different! I wish they would being back the infrared Blaster so that you could use your phone as a remote control on any television, cable box, stereo, etc...
7:43 And this is the one where we can see that iPhone Fanboys have bias because there's no way in the world. The picture on the right looks better than the picture on the left. He literally looks green and pale on the right. The picture on the left actually has a realistic skin tone, yet you guys chose the iPhone! Not only that, but the iPhone doesn't even properly represent the color of that shirt which is supposed to be black!
S25 Ultra isn't even the best camera on the Android side of things. Compare the 16 Pro Max to a Vivo x200 Pro or a Huawei Mate 70 Pro+, it'll be a blow out.
@@Kabizenvlogz phone wars arent that important, I use iphone and switch between my s24 and ipone 16 pro frequently, and they are both good, apple more quality, and samsung more specs for cheap
Yeah but no one cares about those phones even if they’re objectively way better than the s25 ultra or the iPhone no one cares for those Chinese brands here in the U.S. at least.
I feel like those cropped shots tend to be sharper on the iPhone because of the default resolution of the camera, which is 12 MP on Samsung and 24 MP on iPhone. Although you can change that in the settings to both 50 MP or 200 MP and 50 MP.
@@mauroenemy6369 being that that phone will be released almost a year later I would hope so. The S25U is only a few months released after the 16PM. Id you say the 17PM is the competitors then so is the S27U. Make it make sense
@@RevItRalph No, because the most important thing in a phone is its chipset. The chip inside the iPhone 16 Pro Max, launched in September 2024, and the chip inside the S24 Ultra, launched in October 2023… But the chip in the S25 Ultra, launched in October 2024, just a month after the iPhone, so it is much fairer to compare. Besides, the iPhone 16 Pro Max and the S25 Ultra are only four months apart, but the S24 Ultra is eight months older with a chip almost a year older than the one inside the iPhone 16 Pro Max. Just because it launched in the same year, it doesn't mean that it competes with iPhones of the same year, because new chips launch at the end of the year, so it is the same as if you said that the Xiaomi 15 Pro, which launched in October 2024 with the Snapdragon 8 Elite, competes with the S24 Ultra that launched nine months earlier with the 8 Gen 3. It doesn't make sense, and it is not a fair comparison...
4:48 I don't get how 3 professional reviewers missed this . The image on the right has the most pleasing looking shot along with better details. Have you seen the G logo? The AF text? The IRIS lock text?? The right one blurred the object itself and you guys think it's the more pleasing and the left one messed up??
This was the most significant video on camera comparison and people's perception of good/bad in the same video means like just show this to anyone who wanna buy phones
@ivybator6167 Same here I just ordered my last night but the only thing I'm disappointed, they took out the Bluetooth functionality On the S, pen, they better bring it back on the S26. Ultra god damn it.
@TomiTom1234 Yeah, I just heard, but you have to buy it separately. This is a damn shame but there were rumors that Samsung was about to raise the price of their phones. But decided to cut costs with the S Pen and not give us the 16 GB ram
It looks like it's one more year of "well, we'll fix it with updates" stories from Samsung when it comes to shutter lag / motion blur. So, can it really be compared to anything else and can we talk about "improvements" ? I don't think so. How and why they continue to ignore it is beyond my understanding.
True. Other Android companies, even the mid-range priced ones, have no shutter lag these days. Only the Samsung is left behind. I guess it has to do with the sensor being 200 megapixels. it is more work for the camera to process.
@ I used Pixel 4a for shots of moving subjects while I was using S23U and waiting for those updates to fix shutter lag (10 months, sounds really "smart", right?). When they didn't do anything about it (just like last year with S24 and probably this year with S25), I decided to sell it. Enough is enough, they had all the time, resources and user feedback yet decide to ignore it.
At 4:48, it’s strange how you liked the iPhone one just because of the better bokeh effect, even though the most important aspects of the photo-like color, white balance, and, most importantly, focus-are just better on the Galaxy side. The iPhone has focus issues on the subject, distorts colors and white balance, but it does have a slightly more natural bokeh.
There seems to be no such thing as an absolute champion in the tech world. The concept of photos navigating the fine line between 'impression and emotion' and 'realistic representation' is truly fascinating.
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Please do a camera comparison between s25 ultra and Vivo x200 pro
Wtf there's 3 of them, i legit thought it was one guy
I’m dead 😭😭
I'm glad I ain't the only one
SAME
FOR REAL OMGGGG
What are they twins with a different beard style?
Both phones are beast and as a primary iPhone user it’s time for me to admit that Samsung has caught up to even playing grounds with the highest iPhone. That processor the Samsung has goes toe to toe with the Apple one. Even the Samsung ecosystem has improved drastically over the years. The cameras on both phones are top notch!!!
The Samsung has been going toe to toe with iPhones in terms of chipsets. They just have horrible optimization.
@ actually even that has gotten better. My brother has the S 24 ultra and it definitely seems pretty well optimized to me from someone that has used nothing but iOS the last 11 years!!! I’m an iPhone guy and I’m not here to say the galaxy is better but it’s definitely improved drastically and caught up to Apple in a lot of ways. You have to admit that it feels like Apple has slowed its innovation lately, almost allowing the competition to catch up.
I’ve watched that test without sound to not get any suggestions. I must say WOW to Samsung… I’m impressed this year what big effort they put to the software of cameras. They know it will be critic for many to get again same hardware but I think they know it will have improved results. So many better photos I’ve chosen blind was from Galaxy… Also that portrait/bokeh at beginning was so much better that I was thinking is from IPhone for sure but I was wrong.
Take a look at the GPU performance difference between Sam vs. iPhone.
That is the most important performance that translates to what you see, especially in demanding apps.
The chip in the Samsung is actually better than the one in iPhone. I would say that Samsung has always gone toe to toe with iPhones
That pipe removal on galaxy was impressive. iPhone didn’t handle the leaves correctly
That’s EXACTLY what I said…
The samsung photo was blurrier in the parts where the pipe was. Making it blurrier isnt doing it better
@MrCat-fd4pb what are you talking about. The phone was clearly blurrier
@@MrCat-fd4pb the iPhone is focused on the leaves bro, that's why they look sharper overall... the main subject is not in focus at all though
Including a DSLR in the comparison would be interesting, as smartphone cameras increasingly prioritize visually striking images over accurate scene representation.
that's a really good idea.
Plenty of channels do this already if you really want to see that
Nah, that's not what this video is about. It was about showing us which of these two smartphones take better JPEG pictures out of the box. If you shoot JPEG with a DSLR or mirrorless, instead of RAW then you shouldn't have bothered buying a DSLR or mirrorless in the first place lol
very true
When comparing DSLR with smartphone images on big screens, like 32", smartphones don't even come close. But as soon as you look at them on smartphones and tablets they can compete.
This one was too easy, I guessed almost all of them
iPhone: warm colors
Galaxy: cool colors
Yessir, and samsung portraits are quite obvious with the intense background blur
ND thats what they looked for. 😂
Sky, the more saturated blue sky is always s25
Please watch the full video 😂
@@audiophile... Good thing your username says "audiophile" and not "photophile"
This is no secret. In MKBHD's blind smartphone tests, the iPhones almost never make it out of the first two brackets
Galaxy: 16 points
iPhone: 12 points
Draw: 2
I think potrait comparison is so wrong samsung lets you choose between blur intensity these guys maxed it out saying the blur looks fake..😂
Yup!
Exactly!!!
THISSS OMG
The iPhone does this automatically. It would be equal in that respect.
Non photographers always seem to like images that are too yellow.
Yes that’s why they should have a photographer with them because the “normal” persons like too much vibrant photos, don’t check if the blur is like a real dslr, they don’t notice in a lot of photos green tint etc etc
Most users dont look at phone photos in a technical perspective, if its good to the eye thats it
Most IPhone users bro
When your reaction shows as if android is shit and it took a good picture by a chance that you all got surprised but when you choose Apple then it is a normal reaction. And you call it unbiased? It is hard to hide the tail of a fan boy. I use apple products everyday. I use 3 MacBooks, 2 is mine and 1 is from my office, iPhone 14 Pro Max , Apple Watch 8, iPad Pro 13 m4 2TB. I could use AirPods but I have issues using anything in the ears. So I am not very less apple user than you. Still I am not a blind fan boy. If Samsung or android makes something good then appreciate it. Apple makes good products as well as bad product too like the Apple intelligent and iPhone 16 camera button is garbage.
It’s unbiased comparison. Not unbiased reaction. When they judge and choose the better photo, they don’t know which is which. Therefore it is unbiased
Chill
It’s literally not possible to be biased when you don’t know which picture is which. They cant change their choice after the reveal. Read up on a dictionary
Struck a nerve there huh
@@MrCat-fd4pb Unfortunately, it is very easy for an average phone enthusiast, let alone a tech TH-camr, to tell which photo came from what phone 8/10 times.
iPhone warmer, less potrait blur, better low light shots
Pixel strips warmness, shitty selfies, super bright low light shots
Samsung is cooler than Apple, hyper blur on potraits, purple tinge and poor focus in low light
So if you say they didn't know which one's which, I cannot trust it
Besides the last picture, the Samsung really has great low-light performance.
They've really improved night mode, I remember when they had just so much grain even with using a flash. It's good to see they're catching up to apple.
for the last one you can just hit the subject on the screen and it will focus on it
@@toxicgaming3654not when it's too dark, the auto focus will start hunting. Apple has LiDar to assist with the auto focus.
and that is surprising the iPhone did the low light photo so badly , because my 14 pro max gives my pixel a run for its money and in some cases wipes the floor with it.
I can watch my 14 sensing the light in steps until it gets the exposure right , then it takes the photo.
Wtf is going on ?
@@mikldude9376 Guess ambient
Can't you reduce the blur in portrait mode on the Samsung?
I think it's 5/7 by default, but making it 3/7 or 4/7 would make the background blur similar to the iPhone
Yes, you can. You can either aet it up before shooting, or reduce it later in edit.
But short answer is yes.
The apple channel that's "Unbiased" lol
😂😂😂
It’s unbiased when you don’t know which is which…
Basically warm color means iphone
@@caarr that’s not quite right either…
😂
My tally = 2 great phones. You can't go wrong with either one.
I think it just depends on if you like the IOS software or one UI. I think iPhones are as good as Samsung, but I prefer Android over iOS so that's why I use Samsung or Android over IOS.
True
bad take
When they choose Galaxy : 😮😢🙄
When they choose iPhone : 😊😊
They are actually all Iphone users
@@BPGamer0110I know
@@kfx3907they're like that because their iPhone fan boys so when their phone don't win they're just shocked and amazed
True 😂
More like:
Galaxy: 😮oooooo
iPhone: 😃yeaaaaa
If Samsung can decrease their exposure and make their photos a little bit more contrasty, they'd dominate.
You can do that in the settings. This is a good example of "Default" pics. Just like the iphone you can add Photo styles to add more contrast to "match" samsung phones
@RevItRalph that isn't the same as the computational photography taking a default contrasty and less exposed pic
I think, they calibrated colors based on asian skin tones.
Galaxy looks better to me.
Samsung clown personality spotted 😂
Even if a bit more looks better on Samsung, pictures like the last still tell me to prefer the iPhone more.. like that moment is completly lost if it's only the Samsung phone was there.. and even the 90% perfect phone is better like the sometimes 100% but sometimes just a blurry mess.. (you can't reapat every shoots, there a some rare case where the moment just disappear if you can't shoot it at the first try..)
Galaxy is way much better than iphone lol
@TamasKiss-yk4st yeah tbh - you are right ! It's like choosing between only orgsm giving moments (photos) vs real photos !! The win win situation - apple deserves that ! ( And on android side - whichever phone takes real images )
Yes but... it's the same as the s24 ultra
I'd like to see this test again once the S25 receives a few software enhancements updates.
*S25 Ultra is set to 12mp as standard You have to change it in settings for higher resoultion.
Should've been the default resolution right? Oh yeah Samsung has poor compression even with HEIF turned on, using higher resolution and motion photo at the same time will result in 3x file size of the iphone 24mp with live photo
Who cares about file size dude😭@StarZhips
@StarZhips you can change format in settings to the format used i iphone i think i could be wrong
@NameLess-fh1oo you arent wrong
Guys, you criticize Samsung portrait photos for having too intense blur, but it is manually adjusted there. You turned it on to maximum and blame it for your mistake!
they're bias even in their "unbiased" review lol
How do you do an effective camera comparison without having an idea of (or ideally seeing) the original scene?
To accomplish this, you would either have to be at the location in person or have a very high-quality photo taken by a reference level camera. Because the overwhelming majority of people no longer purchase standalone cameras, the best comparison is simply comparing the phones that people would actually use nowadays. It is no longer a competition of what camera most accurately represents real life or most accurately re-create the original scene nowadays it is actually a comparison of which one looks most pleasing to the eye.
@veloxif ...which is really frustrating for photographers with skill that are trying to capture "reality" instead of some non-representative "nice" photo.
@@mpaszti those photographers are free to capture all the reality they want with their cameras. At the end of the day though, human nature results in people preferring something that pleases their eyes the most
@@mpasztiThat's not what is being tested, "which photo you like better" is what is being tested, not "which photo is more accurate", most photographers heavily edit their photos lol, I know photographers who will spend 5-10 minutes to edit a photo, the most editing a laymen like me will ever do is use the pro mode and adjust colour, hdr or focal points
The last photo you could just go into the blur settings of the samsung and get the subject back in focus. that was a nice comparison tho!
no you can't lol it's backfocused and wasn't a portrait
@@MaxTechOfficial Are you 100% sure that it wasn't portrait mode? There's no way that a phone would get bokeh like that from such a far away distance
@@LaidBackDeveloper Correct... These phones have apertures equivalent to f/8-f/16 on full frame. There's no way they got this level of foreground bokeh while focused on the background without using the portrait algorithm.
@@LaidBackDeveloperYes, it happens on my S20 too, you'd have to manually adjust it which defeats the purpose of having it on auto
@@Hhhh22222-w s20 is older man these are new and different
if there was a bug 5 years ago samsung definitely might've fixed it by now
Iphone had a year to optimize, Samsung still didnt get its software camera update for launch
Not really, iPhone only had 4 months. In fact, according to your logic, Samsung had 4 months to prepare better hardware, camera sensors to launch. According to your logic, iPhone 7 was released 9 years ago and it had 9 years to optimise the software and better than S25 Ultra.
The camera test I’ve been waiting for! My favorite phone camera tests on TH-cam 👍
When you have been doing stuff like this for so long you know which picture is which by just knowing what to look for in the picture
that was i saying, but some of the photos did fool me, so Samsung actually did really good seeing how its not officially released yet, and i can imagine that it will get better with updates.
@1:20 it didn't mess up! The iPhone messed up, showing a focused cement floor where the glass is, because its Lidar focusing assistance messed it up, instead of blurring it (as it should)
It messed up, it's not supposed to blur the glass, iphone identified the glass was part of the subject kept it in focus, the galaxy didn't understand and blurred it out
@Hhhh22222-w the galaxy understood and saw the distance! 😉 If you focus somewhere specific with a real camera, the background is blurred. The same background through the glass will be blurred too 😉 Iphone is wrong cuz the glass messed up the actual distance from the background, the phone thought that the background is as close as the glass
@stathisscania very common for iphone pros to do that, it's a hassle with glass but the lidar really does help with most scenarios
7:25 they thought, they picked iphone but surprisingly it's the galaxy LoL 😂
Fr 😂
It amazed me how galaxy can handle even though it doesn't had It's first software updates.
*Disclaimer* I am and have been a Samsung Galaxy user for over a decade. My blind tally (without trying to guess which was which lol) was
Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra- 19
iPhone 16 Pro Max - 11
Galaxy: better zoom shots, neutral colors
iPhone: warmer tones, better and more realistic bokeh
😂😂 every time they pick galaxy they are surprised and when they pick iphone they get excited! They are all iphone lovers lol
Said like a true Samsung fanboy 😀
I want to see a real camera test. Average consumers arent taking pictures of stairs and signs. They have kids and pets. Which can be challenging if a phones shutter speed is terrible. Lets see a real test
in that case, iPhone will win
@@BroAriq well that's what we should be seeing a real test of.. REAL situations.. I give Apple credit for their live photo ability. My wife has some of the best pictures of our dogs and kids playing because of it. Being able to select the exact frame and it be in full resolution and have HDR is incredible. It's not like the s25 can't do it.
The idea of unbiased comparisons is so welcome. However, these guys are so experienced that they can sometimes tell (as I also can) which photo is from which phone. A real unbiased outcome would be for the participants to be the general public. But yeah, awesome video.
Apple photos can be detected in many cases because it casts a green tint on the photos
Yeah, but Samsung has a red tint and almost every photo. And any photo with even a little bit of blue lighting, the blue will completely overpower everything.
1:00 Maybe don't have the blur slider to the max on 1 X photo. I'm sure you can change the blur amount on the iPhone too.
My summary of both phones is this
iPhone: Has a very strong "Phone" look
Samsung: Almost completely got rid of the "Phone" look and looks far more like a proper camera
(The samsung photos look less artificial to me)
Were there any photos where you strongly disagreed with their choice?
Me too bruh, the Iphone color is unreal
The last photo, the samsung focused on the image on the background...
S25U ❤️🖤 just sold my iphone 16 pro max today. Not because its bad, no its a GREAT phone but I wanted that new samsung badly
What features are you excited to use
That great upgrade to switch s25 ultra from iphone
I'm sorry....
That's funny, my wife did the same thing.
I bought an S24U, but she had to have the i16PM. Now, she sold it to her sister and just got the S25U.
For years, we've been iPhone or no-phone people, but Samsung knocked it out of the park with the S24 and 25 Ultras.
The i16PM is an excellent phone, but the S24 and 25 Ultras are wicked. With the elite chip, the s25U can download videos; in two-thirds the time or less than my s24U.
@@eastonbrewer1798Ai photo editors (arent available on iphone in the EU) And im definitely curious for that screen with the new upscaler and cameras :D
Hardcore Samsung guy here, but I honestly thought it was even. Each do different things better.
My tally was:
Samsung s25 Ultra = 17
IPhone 16 Pro max = 13
Both did a great job. Definitely nailed some of the Samsung shots as well as the iPhone. More o of a Samsung enjoyer (S21U daily and IP14+ for work), but again both cameras were very impressive!
The most iphone biased channel on TH-cam 😂
This is the best comparison I’ve seen yet, good job guys
The building shot I’d have gone with the iPhones because that was the actual true to life colour or the facility
1:23 Small monitor vs large monitor shows these guys *constantly* mistake sharpering for detail.
A biggesr screen shows the right image is massively oversharpened. It's not detail, it's processing.
Galaxy just came out.. actually after a few camera updates you will see the real beast.
Let's go sammy
You mean when iPhone 17pro is out?
Dude they still haven't fixed the camera issues on s24 ultra
@soumyamal72 we have a bunch of eye isheep 🐑 in the comment section.
@ not only Isheep tho
Is there something wrong with the iPhone's algorithm? Why does the camera always focus a little bit backward at 4:20 and 7:20?
I love how not one is better than the other. Some pictures look better on the iPhone 16 pro max, and some look better on the S25 ultra. I will say the iPhone has the slight edge on night mode and with videos.
No, I disagree. Samsung handles the night portrait shot better and also handles the neon light better, overall it wins in night photography as seen !!!
WOW! good video fellas. Time to switch 😀
Thanks man! Gotta say we haven’t been this impressed by the cameras on a new Galaxy in years.
1:40 opposite for me, right looks super oversharpened, left looks more like an actual camera image
You are right somehow. And also the woods are so dark and looked like thay are crashed shadows.
I'm glad there are people who think like me, I use 14pm myself, but I mostly shoot raw due to excessive sharpening.
Love these comparisons! Fun to play along. Thanks!
Once they write unbiased you definitely know it’s biased smh
Yeah, you could just tell by the reactions
Fr 😂
Ngl this dude said the back is more distracting and gave like 3 to Samsung 😂
What really annoys me is the fact, that Samsung after all these years still clinging to it’s second class customer procedure: Korea and China 👉🏻 16 GB RAM in the Ultra for sometimes even less money. USA and Europe (the second class citizens) 👉🏻 only 12 GB RAM and higher price point!
Now, imagine what the S25 can do after an update!!! They are so disappointed that the iPhone lost! Can't wait to get my S25U!!!
Every year samsung does nothing to change its camera signature
I already know which photo blindly because every year the same signature
Samsung need to improve speed shutter quality and to improve the color science and make 24 mp by default at least like iphone with faster shutter speed
They keep ignoring shutter lag / motion blur issue and doing pretty much nothing when it comes to camera software. Majority of the people I know that gave up on Samsung (myself included), did it because of terrible camera experience.
Samsung changed its signature a bit since S24 series. If you compare it vs S23, S24 is more muted and natural, less saturated. They did a good job on skin tones
@ not tuat good im my opinion
@@skywalker15071981 Check this S23 vs S24 camera comparison which clearly shows the skin tones improvement on portrait mode section.
th-cam.com/video/XP5MKDwJ4P8/w-d-xo.htmlsi=HHDmx31D0kAg4dWQ
@@earncrypto5601 they did nothing about shutter lag / motion blur, issue number 1 when it comes to cameras on their devices. Less saturated colors won't help with unusable blurry pics of anything with even slight movement.
For me, reactions tell better which one you try so hard to choose.Truth of the matter is, you tried so hard to pick iPhone pictures because you know it's always warm. BIASED!
Cropping the photo in random parts does not make any sense. Sometimes I voted for one side, but it was because you applied zoom to a point that doesnt make any sense, and then when you showed the entire picture, my decision changed completely...
Exactly. In one photo, I voted for iPhone because I liked the contrast a bit more, but when he zoomed out, the Samsung photo was better exposed, and the iPhone photo was completely blown out.
@@mauroenemy6369 exactly. In theory I can use a 10thousand dollar camera and make a crappy camera win just because I decided to be picky and zoom into very specific pieces of the image. Very biased
@@leoni7649 Yes, thats right... But I changed my votes. I would not vote on that photo if I saw the entire thing. I know thay it should have been completely blind test, but tried do pressiat people to vote on iphone, the zoom was made to favor the iPhone. Thats cheating
Best Camera review and comparison I have ever seen
Despite the undeniable superior performance of the Snapdragon chipset this year, there are still some who refuse to acknowledge its shortcomings. It is imperative that objective evidence be presented to dispel any biased opinions. Even prominent social media influencers and tech experts who were previously biased against Samsung cannot justifiably present an unmerited viewpoint against the company.
Incredible word salad
Completely unbiased comparison. I just subscribed to your channel. You did excellent job. ❤
A phone with 0 software updates vs a phone with tons of software updates
Samsung barely does anything when they update their phone cameras. Overblown and overexposed mess
Look at the S24U which has already received many updates and still has camera problems
@@mistertech332What problem are you speaking of because s24 ultra was the best phone for 2024
@@mistertech332
Could you expand on these issues; I've had zero problems with any pictures or videos I've taken, but if you could give me an idea of what you mean, I'll be more able to nit-pick that area.
@@Boatlife63-vp6eqwell, just look at the s24u’s ranking in dxomark, it’s well, WELL behind the iPhone.
I'd like to see a comparison of raw photos that have been color corrected.
The Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra's image quality is superior to that of the iPhone 16 Pro Max.
Is it though? Samsung really need to update their image processing, not just add megapixel count.
It's only gonna get better too. Unfortunately, Samsung took the crown and gave Apple the mother of all spankings
@josephfarrugia2350 starting next year, Samsung's releasing their new camera sensor even apple is planning to change from Sony to Samsung, so it should be decent.
What's really interesting is that as these comparisons have gone on over the years with iPhones, Galaxies and Pixels I'm noticing that not only are the scores fairly close now but the margin for each photo is generally preference and much, much closer. It used to be nailed on that iPhone would win video, Pixel would win general photography and Galaxy would win zoom but they're all so good now.
That's not an elephant, but it's a mammoth.
Boom that’s the word I was looking for
Will you be doing a base or plus compare to like the base 16?
I’m an iPhone person. I think the Samsung had the better night shots and iPhone had better day shots. With that said, I don’t think anyone would be complaining about either of the photos. It’s well known that the iPhone needs to upgrade that ultra wide. As for the saturation and contrast, iPhone styles really gives you options as to how you want the photo to look.
I have an s22, once you edit it, you can get some amazing results, just change the colour saturation, if it leans more cool. I'd love to see this again but with editing of photos ❤
S25U still needs some polishment updates
Portrait mode - you can change blur intencity in a Samsung to make it look less sythetic. Don't know for sure if the iPhone has such a setting.
Unbiased 😂 Americans
They were literally crying every time King Samsung wins
My choice!! My choice is the one in the left that I like❤🎉 Galaxy S 24 ultra
If Apple could fix the damn "green-ish" hue to their photos, they'd dominate even more.
Well now there’s better photographic styles so you can change how your photos look
Well, that will never gonna happen
Nah, that greenish-yellowish hue makes the color science pretty good on IPhones. The magneta hue on Samsung during certain lightning conditions is terrible.
@@kfx3907 I hope so. While other phone camera have better specs, the color science on IPhone is very good (definitely my favorite) despite that little greenish-yellowish hue. Only Huawei(also yellow hue due to their RYYB sensors) and Pixels (blue hue) match it.
I have noticed that too. iPhones have a greenish hue and Samsungs have a purple hue. Both companies should tone it down a bit.
Which one upload better or maintains better qaulity for longer on social media ?
Galaxy: Either a spectacular shot or a fake looking shot with weird tint.
iPhone: A warm looking shot which might not always be the best performer but remains usable.
I’ve watched that test without sound to not get any suggestions. I must say WOW to Samsung… I’m impressed this year what big effort they put to the software of cameras. They know it will be critic for many to get again same hardware but I think they know it will have improved results. So many better photos I’ve chosen blind was from Galaxy… Also that portrait/bokeh at beginning was so much better that I was thinking is from IPhone for sure but I was wrong.
Galaxy users know that just a little bit more effort when taking the photos, and this isn't even a competition.
Excuse me, could you please tell me again where I can find the S25 Ultra phone case you mentioned? I didn't quite catch it the first time.
I’ve got the iPhone 16 Pro and ordered the Galaxy S25 Ultra. Honestly, I’m not a big fan of the extreme bokeh on the Galaxy-I like pictures to look realistic sort of how the human eye see. I already own the 16 Pro and just ordered the S25. The big improvement for the S25 Ultra seems to be the low-light performance, which is impressive. I also really like the new form factor and design of the S25, so I decided to order it. But seriously, I wish Samsung would bring back the microSD card slot-it would help them sell way more phones.
Totally agree with the SD card point you made! Be different! I wish they would being back the infrared Blaster so that you could use your phone as a remote control on any television, cable box, stereo, etc...
@@jonathanmalek5218 I think Samsung could really set themselves apart from the others if they added the sd card slot.
7:43 And this is the one where we can see that iPhone Fanboys have bias because there's no way in the world. The picture on the right looks better than the picture on the left. He literally looks green and pale on the right. The picture on the left actually has a realistic skin tone, yet you guys chose the iPhone! Not only that, but the iPhone doesn't even properly represent the color of that shirt which is supposed to be black!
S25 Ultra isn't even the best camera on the Android side of things. Compare the 16 Pro Max to a Vivo x200 Pro or a Huawei Mate 70 Pro+, it'll be a blow out.
Samsung goated mobile no one asked ur opinion apple suck…
@@Kabizenvlogz phone wars arent that important, I use iphone and switch between my s24 and ipone 16 pro frequently, and they are both good, apple more quality, and samsung more specs for cheap
@@editiongamingyt5761 i too use apple 🥲
True! That will be so fun to watch 😁
Yeah but no one cares about those phones even if they’re objectively way better than the s25 ultra or the iPhone no one cares for those Chinese brands here in the U.S. at least.
I feel like those cropped shots tend to be sharper on the iPhone because of the default resolution of the camera, which is 12 MP on Samsung and 24 MP on iPhone. Although you can change that in the settings to both 50 MP or 200 MP and 50 MP.
It should be more interesting to see with 17PM vs S25U !
17PM is the competitor of the S26 Ultra.
@@mauroenemy6369 being that that phone will be released almost a year later I would hope so. The S25U is only a few months released after the 16PM. Id you say the 17PM is the competitors then so is the S27U. Make it make sense
@@RevItRalph No, because the most important thing in a phone is its chipset. The chip inside the iPhone 16 Pro Max, launched in September 2024, and the chip inside the S24 Ultra, launched in October 2023… But the chip in the S25 Ultra, launched in October 2024, just a month after the iPhone, so it is much fairer to compare. Besides, the iPhone 16 Pro Max and the S25 Ultra are only four months apart, but the S24 Ultra is eight months older with a chip almost a year older than the one inside the iPhone 16 Pro Max. Just because it launched in the same year, it doesn't mean that it competes with iPhones of the same year, because new chips launch at the end of the year, so it is the same as if you said that the Xiaomi 15 Pro, which launched in October 2024 with the Snapdragon 8 Elite, competes with the S24 Ultra that launched nine months earlier with the 8 Gen 3. It doesn't make sense, and it is not a fair comparison...
4:48 I don't get how 3 professional reviewers missed this . The image on the right has the most pleasing looking shot along with better details. Have you seen the G logo? The AF text? The IRIS lock text?? The right one blurred the object itself and you guys think it's the more pleasing and the left one messed up??
14:31 They pick the crappy photo that's blurry as hell. Im a Samsung dude and even thought the left was better.
Too much background blur looks cheap as hell
This was the most significant video on camera comparison and people's perception of good/bad in the same video means like just show this to anyone who wanna buy phones
The S25 ultra should get better over time with updates.
I hope so…cause in 80% of these comparisons I prefered the iPhone absolutely
@ivybator6167 Same here I just ordered my last night but the only thing I'm disappointed, they took out the Bluetooth functionality
On the S, pen, they better bring it back on the S26. Ultra god damn it.
@@DavidPerez-q2r They announced an s-pen that has bluetooth, but seperated. The function is back.
@TomiTom1234 Yeah, I just heard, but you have to buy it separately. This is a damn shame but there were rumors that Samsung was about to raise the price of their phones.
But decided to cut costs with the S Pen and not give us the 16 GB ram
@@DavidPerez-q2r I find it a good solution, so people who use this will buy the s-pen, most people don't really use it, including me.
Lol @ unbiased. Well, we already know what that means. They will love the iPhone 😂😅🤣
Yeah, you can tell by their voices every time samsung wins pure hate😂😂😂
@@DavidPerez-q2r you sound biased towards Samsung, I see you under every comment
@@jolankhalil7628 you damn right. Lol
Not sure about the S25 ultra white balance... it's always too cold. I could consistently guess which was which with every picture based on that.
Apple is just to warm imho.
No, Apple is too warm. And more people seems to like it, but it's nor correct white balance
Can agree. Shot a lot on IP14+ as I also daily a S21U and I too, constantly find the iPhone to be too warm.
My score:
16 PM: 17
S25 Ultra: 13
Keep up the good work guys 👍
It looks like it's one more year of "well, we'll fix it with updates" stories from Samsung when it comes to shutter lag / motion blur. So, can it really be compared to anything else and can we talk about "improvements" ? I don't think so.
How and why they continue to ignore it is beyond my understanding.
True. Other Android companies, even the mid-range priced ones, have no shutter lag these days. Only the Samsung is left behind. I guess it has to do with the sensor being 200 megapixels. it is more work for the camera to process.
@ I used Pixel 4a for shots of moving subjects while I was using S23U and waiting for those updates to fix shutter lag (10 months, sounds really "smart", right?). When they didn't do anything about it (just like last year with S24 and probably this year with S25), I decided to sell it. Enough is enough, they had all the time, resources and user feedback yet decide to ignore it.
You really can't go wrong with both! Great blind test!
i phone 16 pro max - 9
Samsung galaxy s 25 ultra - 19
and 2 of them i was not sure as they were very very close to each other
At 4:48, it’s strange how you liked the iPhone one just because of the better bokeh effect, even though the most important aspects of the photo-like color, white balance, and, most importantly, focus-are just better on the Galaxy side. The iPhone has focus issues on the subject, distorts colors and white balance, but it does have a slightly more natural bokeh.
Samsung will never beat iPhone unless they customize their third party apps like tik tok or instagram for better video quality period.
Damm u r a popular creater and everyone knows u😂
Not everyone cares about Instagram and tik tok unless you are content creator, but you can ve one with Samsung if you want
No social media not important to alot of people lol 😂😂😂
lol they already did that last year
great review, helped push me over the edge to upgrading my s23 base to s25 ultra.
I think Samsung's camera software is better this time.
There seems to be no such thing as an absolute champion in the tech world. The concept of photos navigating the fine line between 'impression and emotion' and 'realistic representation' is truly fascinating.