Apple better do a good job on the camera this time

[M. Gustave]

The biggest advantage of S7 camera is in low light situations, and currently, it blows 6s out of the water. Bigger sensor...

'Blows it out of the water'? Oh please, we're talking a crop factor of 6.2 vs 7.2. The cheapest 1/2.3" sensor point and shoot at the camera store has a 5.6, and something like a Sony RX100 has a 2.7. Phonecams don't do lowlight without smearing away all that noise (and your detail), that's true for Samsung and Apple both. If you want to take clean photos at night, you need long exposures or big sensors and faster lenses.

 

[I7guy]

From the article:


That is not by a hair ...

You also missed the quote about some photos on the s7 being so off, they weren't correctable with editing.

 

[NT1440]

'Blows it out of the water'? Oh please, we're talking a crop factor of 6.2 vs 7.2. The cheapest 1/2.3" sensor point and shoot at the camera store has a 5.6, and something like a Sony RX100 has a 2.7. Phonecams don't do lowlight without smearing away all that noise (and your detail), that's true for Samsung and Apple both. If you want to take clean photos at night, you need long exposures or big sensors and faster lenses.

In a relative sense (and not in a camera snob sense), yes the Samsung currently does lowlight better. Maybe that doesn't matter to you, but for your average person who just uses their phone for a camera there is a noticeable difference that maybe you shouldn't be dismissive of.

This is coming from someone who will never user an Android device.

 

[TommyA6]

'Blows it out of the water'? Oh please, we're talking a crop factor of 6.2 vs 7.2. The cheapest 1/2.3" sensor point and shoot at the camera store has a 5.6, and something like a Sony RX100 has a 2.7. Phonecams don't do lowlight without smearing away all that noise (and your detail), that's true for Samsung and Apple both. If you want to take clean photos at night, you need long exposures or big sensors and faster lenses.

Slightly bigger sensor on its own will only give a slightly better picture. Combine it with OIS and larger aperture and the photos in low light do have much more detail compared to 6s. Maybe not "blow out of the water better", but definitely noticeably better (at least as far as capturing detail is concerned).

 

[I7guy]

In a relative sense (and not in a camera snob sense), yes the Samsung currently does lowlight better. Maybe that doesn't matter to you, but for your average person who just uses their phone for a camera there is a noticeable difference that maybe you shouldn't be dismissive of.

This is coming from someone who will never user an Android device.

Each sensor has their pluses and minuses.

And for those who say want to take good pictures, carry around a DSLR...
http://petapixel.com/2016/08/03/canons-crazy-dslr-stockpile-rio-olympics/