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.
This really is the issue. It's a later release item. Now if the next iPhone comes out and the S8 beats it, then you have a story.
The iPhone camera was never insanely great, it was always better than the competition and now is better than the competition in most aspects.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."
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
Well the iPhone 7 is half a cycle behind the S8 so this isn't overly 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.
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:
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.
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.
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 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.
Right"Real Photographers," use real cameras, not phones.... blah, blah, blah....
Same. Hobby photographer.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?