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Co-worker has one, the difference in the camera is a bit minimal, the screen is nice but oddly shaped, its very slippery a case is a requirement, i didnt find it all that fast compared to my 7 plus, and he has told me the battery life is terrible, the battery drains fast even in standby not doing anything on the phone. It would take alot to get me to not go iphone i watch 2 to 3 hourlong videos a day, and my phone is down to maybe 40% by the evening.

Not sure about the battery, charged mine last night took it off charge at 5am played with it most of the morning (new toy syndrome) and the battery is still 60% but this is for another thread.
I can't say what the cameras like yet as not used it but overall impressed so far. My iphone 7 is still around just in case.
I've found it easy to hold even with hobbit hands as easy as my 7 was.
 
Samsung's camera and camera software is why I choose a Samsung (specifically) for my personal cell phone.
 
iPhone will never be competitive for low light shots unless Apple drops in a larger image sensor. Won't happen because margins.

From "Insanely Great" to "It's Good Enough."
 
I hate the oversharpened and de-noised Samsung images and always have from very early models iPhone has had noisier more true to life images with better colour science. That being said both are great and you have to pixel peep or go out of your way to find difficult situations they can't cope with. I would however never think about dropping a proper DSLR camera in favour of these phone snappers. You cannot beat physics and a full frame DSLR is always going to be a far better option. I also wanted to mention that none of these are RAW photos from the sensor and are heavily processed after the fact and the only way to actually compare the two would be to bypass that processor and get the raw data from the sensor. I suspect the quality of both would shock you as being terrible before all that de-noising and sharpening they look no better than very early digital cameras in the 4-5 MP range from the late 90s.
 
iPhone will never be competitive for low light shots unless Apple drops in a larger image sensor. Won't happen because margins.

From "Insanely Great" to "It's Good Enough."
The iPhone camera was never insanely great, it was always better than the competition and now is better than the competition in most aspects.
 
So it has perks over the 7, but can't optical zoom.

Any reports on the video quality? I know 7 plus got amazing scores for its camcorder capability

The 7+ takes excellent video. One thing I like about iPhone cameras is that they seem to focus faster than other phones I have tried. I think that most of the high end phones have good cameras and the slight differences between them are personal preference when it comes to image quality.
 
Well the iPhone 7 is half a cycle behind the S8 so this isn't overly surprising.

I thought the s8 back camera still using the hardware as the s7 which was 6 months earlier than 7.

This camera comparison just came out and I would say the results id quite surprising.

 
Those bottles look definitely better on the right side, just look at the marble shelf.

EDIT: the composition of the shot may be the reason.

Exactly. They should have just done side by side shots. The way they did this, given the uneven lighting of the scene itself, completely blurs the comparison. (pun intended).
 
How many times must this be repeated?

The new S8 Camera is NOT the same as last year's S7 Camera!

They have been upgraded to Sony IMX333 and S5K2L2 ISOCELL image sensors.

This, in combination with how the Snapdragon 835 and new Exynos chip work (incredibly clever, like how Google Pixel did but arguably now even better) mean that the image processing works in a very different (and improved) way to last year's S7.

EDIT: If you want a much better camera comparison, SuperSaf has just put up a great comparison video between S8+ and iPhone 7 Plus. He's the best in the business:


This video comparison is the best I have seen so far. My reading is the S8 camera is definitely superior especially in dynamic range and sharpness. The autofocus is truly amazing. Thanks for the posting.
 
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Precisely.

Wow. Samsung's very latest flagship phone seem to take SOME very, very marginally "better" photos (depending on who you ask, apparently), than last year's iPhone.
Ok?

The king of gimmicks & all they could come up w/ is: "well... we tweaked the software a bit"?
Frankly; I'm shocked!

Apple put two cameras on the back of 7+ & they're universally lauded as providing better snaps!
This year they're rumored to include two cameras on the front of iPhone Edition, bringing IR face mapping security & augmented reality hijinx to the masses!
I absolutely FULLY expected "leap frog ya for no reason" Samsung to announce 4 cameras on the back & 4 cameras on the front, or some such nonsense & provide a good laugh.

Instead; they quietly & sedately made some minor (but real) improvements to their cam system w/ out resorting to "spec whore" tricks like upping the megapixel count.

This may not be a "wow" performancewise, as it sounds pretty much on par w/ iPhone 7, but DEFINITELY is interesting as showing a subtle shift in Samsung's overall product strategy.

Reviewers favor the new phone as being "less old". Then again, writers gotta write...
 
I always find it funny how everyone goes on and on about the cameras on these phones. Anyone that is truly serious about pictures and wants top quality when going to an event or something should have a true camera they use for that. Yeah, it's nice to be able to take decent quality shots with your phone, but I don't see why so many look at it as a make or break feature.

"Real Photographers," use real cameras, not phones.... blah, blah, blah....
 
The s8 is flawless in my opinion...there are so many little Features that come in handy...there messaging app blows alot of other rivals away too....loving my s8 Plus currently
 
A 10 year old polaroid can beat the iphone 7 in low light conditions. this is not saying much.
 
I find it laughable to compare electronics when one is 6+ months older than another.....and when the next iPhone comes out, it will have newer parts/tech and the pendulum swings. Funny.

I find it laughable that people like to trott out this tired excuse.

Please stop with this idiotic, grade school level nonsense, that somehow, just because this came out 6 months after the iPhone 7 that somehow technology has advanced LEAPS AND BOUNDS ahead in just a few months that of course it's not fair to compare. There's no way. A device released a few months later would automatically be better. Of course!

You don't think the iPhone 8 is already built and parts sourced? So does that mean in the fall "there's no way we should compare the iPhone 8 to the Galaxy S8?"

The phones are developed during the same time frame, irregardless of whether one is released a few months before or after the competing product. These products aren't developed in a vacuum and using mystery, truly "proprietary" components - despite what the marketing hype says.

What's your excuse for the iPhone 7 Plus camera not being better/on par with the Galaxy S7 or the Google Pixel? Especially since it came out months later than those devices? I don't recall anyone using this excuse then.
 
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I thought the s8 back camera still using the hardware as the s7 which was 6 months earlier than 7.

This camera comparison just came out and I would say the results id quite surprising.


Hmm, the highlights look better on Samsung (less blown), images are less over-processed too. I wonder what resolution was used for video recording on Samsung for front camera. Did he compare Full HD (iPhone 7 Plus) with 4K (Samsung)?
 
The Galaxy camera is better than the iPhone camera in almost every aspect, IMO (and per my use). The portrait mode on iPhone good, but that alone is not going to keep me using the iPhone. If this years iPhone doesn't up the ante, it will be the Pixel 2, or the S8 for me (I've had every iPhone and it's getting boring).

So, here's to hoping the iPhone8 kicks butt!
 
It's fairly important to me ... sure I love my DSLR and lenses, but as a hobby-photographer, which am I most likely to have on me in my day-to-day?
Same. Hobby photographer.

When i'm out and about on my daily life, my SLR is at home. But if I want to grab a shot or two?

The Best camera is always the one I have on me

there's a reason this statement gets repeated a lot :p
 
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