It looks like 2022 has seen a major upgrade from the three major phone manufacturers in terms of cameras. Google’s Pixel 7 Pro, Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra, and iPhone 14 Pro have all made huge strides over their pre-imaging iterations, but which one has the biggest improvement?
Coming to you from PhoneArena is a head-to-head comparison of the cameras on these three flagship smartphones from Google, Samsung and Apple, and the winner is…depending.
You really have to see the photos featured in this video side-by-side on a large screen to see the difference, but from PhoneArena’s tests, it’s clear that each photo has a distinct style, between intense colors. , sometimes too bright Samsung for the interface is often a bit underexposed but detailed for the iPhone in the middle of the road. Some people may like the approach of the S22 Ultra, as it looks weird to my eyes.
One thing reviewers mentioned was the iPhone’s tendency to over-spin. I didn’t notice it in videos or in my own experience with my own iPhone 14, but it’s worth noting that you can always get around this by shooting in raw, which can be done. works on Samsung and iPhone, but not on Pixel. It’s important to note that raw modes on Samsung and iPhone give access to full 108-megapixel and 48-megapixel photos, respectively; There is no way to access the 50-megapixel photos taken by the Pixel 7 Pro.
It’s also interesting to see the extent of the marketing hype here; Although Samsung claims a 10x lens, the f/4.9 aperture actually seems to make things worse in poor light than the iPhone and Pixel digital zoom equivalents. , is apparently using some very efficient computational imaging capabilities to create it. Work.
When it comes to video, there’s clearly a winner in the iPhone, with the cinematic video mode being far more useful than the other two cameras, but for photos, to my eyes, it looks like a mess, at least in regards to using the default camera app. Of course, things take a drastic turn when you use raw mode and some professional editing tools.
Which phone looks best to you? Leave your thoughts in the comments below.
