February 28, 2018 • 5 mins
Rich DeMuro compares three top smartphone cameras: Samsung Galaxy S9 vs Apple iPhone X vs Google Pixel 2Here is a look at the photos I took:http://richontech.tv/2018/02/smartphones/samsung-s9-vs-iphone-x-vs-pixel-2-camera-samples/
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Speaker 1 (00:04):
Flagship cameras shoot out Samsung Galaxy S nine versus iPhone
ten versus Pixel two, Amrich damiro and this is Rich
on Tech Daily.
Speaker 2 (00:12):
Okay, see, you can't see the pictures.
Speaker 1 (00:14):
That I took, but at least I can describe to
you how each camera performed. Recently, I had the Samsung
Galaxy S nine in hand along with the iPhone ten
and the Pixel two.
Speaker 2 (00:23):
I took a bunch of pictures in.
Speaker 1 (00:25):
A variety of situations to see how these smartphone cameras perform.
Speaker 2 (00:29):
And let's start with low light.
Speaker 1 (00:31):
This is really the big differentiator between all the smartphones
that I test. Those low light situations like being out
at a restaurant or in a dimly lit room, that's
when these cameras struggled to take good pictures. I feel
like the Google Pixel does the best job, so I
want to see how the S nine does.
Speaker 2 (00:47):
And I can tell you that the iPhone kind.
Speaker 1 (00:49):
Of took the most washed out picture of the bunch.
It even looks a little grainy. Pixel did much better
with the photo with the clarity, but it kind of
has this unnatural hue to it, where the S nine
struck a really nice balance between the colors and also
the graininess of the picture.
Speaker 2 (01:04):
So I think that one kind of won it all. Right. Now,
low light selfies, we moved on to.
Speaker 1 (01:08):
I took a bunch of pictures in the studio here
at KTLA, and these are really tricky because on the
iPhone you notice that the low light selfies kind of
looked like a water color painting. And the first one
we looked at is the iPhone. It had a lot
of contrast to the color and if you look there's
a lot of hot spots and a lot of dark spots.
Don't think it did very well. The S nine did
(01:28):
much better on the color.
Speaker 2 (01:29):
Of the photo.
Speaker 1 (01:30):
But I thought that the selfie was kind of blurry,
something I see over and over. I think Samsung needs
to improve on that. But the pixel really nailed this one.
If you're familiar with the Google Pixel, it does a
really nice job on selfies. They are like the sharpest
I've ever seen. Next up, I moved outside to take
that all important flower close up picture. All the cameras
(01:51):
took a really nice picture of the flowers. The pixel
was kind of the darkest, the S nine was the brightest.
The iPhone seemed to strike the nicest balance. Then we
moved onto a blurry style portrait background photo. Now here's
the deal. The iPhone ten is the only one out
of the bunch that actually has two lenses to accomplish this.
Speaker 2 (02:09):
So this is not.
Speaker 1 (02:10):
Necessarily necessarily a fair comparison because the pixel is doing
it with one lens and the S nine plus is
or the S nine is doing it with one lens.
You'd have to get the S nine plus to get
the dual lens set up. But I will tell you
all three of the cameras took amazing portrait photos. The
iPhone kind of applied the most contrasts, but it looked
really nice. Pixel two had a more muted approach to
(02:31):
the skin tone, while the S nine of course had
that vibrant look that Samsung is known for, but it
kind of blurred out the body of our subject. Got
our face in focus, but the body was a little blurred.
That's probably because it was doing it with all software.
All right, Now we move to landscape, and I'll tell
you that the landscape pictures from all three looked really
(02:53):
really good. Lots of detail in them, lots of contrast.
Of course, the grass was much more vibrant in Samsung
S nine picture panoramic shots. They were all fantastic. It's
a little bit different for the pixel because it kind
of makes you follow a bunch of blue dots on
the screen to take your picture, versus the S nine
and the iPhone you just move your camera left to right.
(03:14):
I think they all looked fantastic. The only thing is
I noticed a little bit of the stitching visible in
the iPhone picture. Finally, let's see what else do we
have here. We've got outdoor selfie. So the selfies were interesting.
I think the S nine provided the best overall looking photo,
but I think the iPhone it's a little contrasting, and
it's also a bit more close up than the others.
(03:36):
I think the iPhone has a little work to do
on the selfies as well. All Right, Finally is the
indoor group shot. And this one's really tough to get
because most of the time with the indoor group shots,
it's someone's blinking or someone's not looking at the camera.
In our case, I think that let's see here, the
S nine totally blew it. It took a blurry picture altogether,
but the colors are really nice. The iPhone shot looks
(03:58):
really nice from a far but if you zoom in,
there's a lot of details that's sort of lost in
the faces. But the skin is much more warmer than
the other two photos. I think that the pixel got
the clearest shot, but again, the colors are kind of cold.
You notice that over and over with the pixel, very
cool looking colors on the pixel, and that's a preference
if you like that or not. All right, So my conclusion,
(04:20):
I think you're gonna be very happy with any of
these cameras. The iPhone ten definitely loses detail in those
low light situations, and the pictures looked a little more
washed out, but it's a very nice shooter.
Speaker 2 (04:29):
Ninety nine percent of the time. Pixel two this takes.
Speaker 1 (04:33):
The clearest shots of the bunch, but the photos almost
have like a clinical look to them. They're like two
perfect sometimes, and the shots always have a cool tone.
Speaker 2 (04:41):
To them, which not everyone might prefer.
Speaker 1 (04:43):
They S nine, I gotta say, I think this thing
is performing really nice in almost every situation. Samsung last
year made a big deal about the auto focus on
their front facing camera, but I'm not sure that that
works all the time. I do find over and over
with the Samsung devices that the front facing selfies are
a little blurrier than the other phones that I test,
so maybe they need to look into that all right.
If you want to see all these pictures side by side,
(05:05):
now that you heard me describe every single one of them,
just go to the website. It's rich on tech dot tv.
Look for the camera comparison. And thanks so much for
listening to this podcast. Be sure to rate it on
iTunes so more people discover it. Thanks so much for listening.
Speaker 2 (05:18):
Have a great day. Bye bye.
Flagship cameras shoot out Samsung Galaxy S nine versus iPhone
ten versus Pixel two, Amrich damiro and this is Rich
on Tech Daily.
Speaker 2 (00:12):
Okay, see, you can't see the pictures.
Speaker 1 (00:14):
That I took, but at least I can describe to
you how each camera performed. Recently, I had the Samsung
Galaxy S nine in hand along with the iPhone ten
and the Pixel two.
Speaker 2 (00:23):
I took a bunch of pictures in.
Speaker 1 (00:25):
A variety of situations to see how these smartphone cameras perform.
Speaker 2 (00:29):
And let's start with low light.
Speaker 1 (00:31):
This is really the big differentiator between all the smartphones
that I test. Those low light situations like being out
at a restaurant or in a dimly lit room, that's
when these cameras struggled to take good pictures. I feel
like the Google Pixel does the best job, so I
want to see how the S nine does.
Speaker 2 (00:47):
And I can tell you that the iPhone kind.
Speaker 1 (00:49):
Of took the most washed out picture of the bunch.
It even looks a little grainy. Pixel did much better
with the photo with the clarity, but it kind of
has this unnatural hue to it, where the S nine
struck a really nice balance between the colors and also
the graininess of the picture.
Speaker 2 (01:04):
So I think that one kind of won it all. Right. Now,
low light selfies, we moved on to.
Speaker 1 (01:08):
I took a bunch of pictures in the studio here
at KTLA, and these are really tricky because on the
iPhone you notice that the low light selfies kind of
looked like a water color painting. And the first one
we looked at is the iPhone. It had a lot
of contrast to the color and if you look there's
a lot of hot spots and a lot of dark spots.
Don't think it did very well. The S nine did
(01:28):
much better on the color.
Speaker 2 (01:29):
Of the photo.
Speaker 1 (01:30):
But I thought that the selfie was kind of blurry,
something I see over and over. I think Samsung needs
to improve on that. But the pixel really nailed this one.
If you're familiar with the Google Pixel, it does a
really nice job on selfies. They are like the sharpest
I've ever seen. Next up, I moved outside to take
that all important flower close up picture. All the cameras
(01:51):
took a really nice picture of the flowers. The pixel
was kind of the darkest, the S nine was the brightest.
The iPhone seemed to strike the nicest balance. Then we
moved onto a blurry style portrait background photo. Now here's
the deal. The iPhone ten is the only one out
of the bunch that actually has two lenses to accomplish this.
Speaker 2 (02:09):
So this is not.
Speaker 1 (02:10):
Necessarily necessarily a fair comparison because the pixel is doing
it with one lens and the S nine plus is
or the S nine is doing it with one lens.
You'd have to get the S nine plus to get
the dual lens set up. But I will tell you
all three of the cameras took amazing portrait photos. The
iPhone kind of applied the most contrasts, but it looked
really nice. Pixel two had a more muted approach to
(02:31):
the skin tone, while the S nine of course had
that vibrant look that Samsung is known for, but it
kind of blurred out the body of our subject. Got
our face in focus, but the body was a little blurred.
That's probably because it was doing it with all software.
All right, Now we move to landscape, and I'll tell
you that the landscape pictures from all three looked really
(02:53):
really good. Lots of detail in them, lots of contrast.
Of course, the grass was much more vibrant in Samsung
S nine picture panoramic shots. They were all fantastic. It's
a little bit different for the pixel because it kind
of makes you follow a bunch of blue dots on
the screen to take your picture, versus the S nine
and the iPhone you just move your camera left to right.
(03:14):
I think they all looked fantastic. The only thing is
I noticed a little bit of the stitching visible in
the iPhone picture. Finally, let's see what else do we
have here. We've got outdoor selfie. So the selfies were interesting.
I think the S nine provided the best overall looking photo,
but I think the iPhone it's a little contrasting, and
it's also a bit more close up than the others.
(03:36):
I think the iPhone has a little work to do
on the selfies as well. All Right, Finally is the
indoor group shot. And this one's really tough to get
because most of the time with the indoor group shots,
it's someone's blinking or someone's not looking at the camera.
In our case, I think that let's see here, the
S nine totally blew it. It took a blurry picture altogether,
but the colors are really nice. The iPhone shot looks
(03:58):
really nice from a far but if you zoom in,
there's a lot of details that's sort of lost in
the faces. But the skin is much more warmer than
the other two photos. I think that the pixel got
the clearest shot, but again, the colors are kind of cold.
You notice that over and over with the pixel, very
cool looking colors on the pixel, and that's a preference
if you like that or not. All right, So my conclusion,
(04:20):
I think you're gonna be very happy with any of
these cameras. The iPhone ten definitely loses detail in those
low light situations, and the pictures looked a little more
washed out, but it's a very nice shooter.
Speaker 2 (04:29):
Ninety nine percent of the time. Pixel two this takes.
Speaker 1 (04:33):
The clearest shots of the bunch, but the photos almost
have like a clinical look to them. They're like two
perfect sometimes, and the shots always have a cool tone.
Speaker 2 (04:41):
To them, which not everyone might prefer.
Speaker 1 (04:43):
They S nine, I gotta say, I think this thing
is performing really nice in almost every situation. Samsung last
year made a big deal about the auto focus on
their front facing camera, but I'm not sure that that
works all the time. I do find over and over
with the Samsung devices that the front facing selfies are
a little blurrier than the other phones that I test,
so maybe they need to look into that all right.
If you want to see all these pictures side by side,
(05:05):
now that you heard me describe every single one of them,
just go to the website. It's rich on tech dot tv.
Look for the camera comparison. And thanks so much for
listening to this podcast. Be sure to rate it on
iTunes so more people discover it. Thanks so much for listening.
Speaker 2 (05:18):
Have a great day. Bye bye.
Host
Rich DeMuro
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