Video: Samsung's New S23 Ultra vs. Apple's iPhone 14 Pro Max

[Act3]

Nope, someone else replied to me that nobody uses zoom.

Don’t worry, when Apple does it, it will be zoom done right. The cringe on these forums sometimes…

Another with the Samsung zoom that my brother took. This was probably 40 yards from where we were sitting, and MMS quality sent to my iPhone. Made me wish my iPhone could do the same.

 

[memo90061]

I really want the S23 Ultra for the zoom at concerts. Maybe I should buy one that's blacklisted to use it as a camera and keep my iPhone 14 PM.

 

[Act3]

I really want the S23 Ultra for the zoom at concerts. Maybe I should buy one that's blacklisted to use it as a camera and keep my iPhone 14 PM.

or just buy a digital camera that has an even better zoom? well I guess alot of concerts don't allow cameras other than phones.

 

[memo90061]

or just buy a digital camera that has an even better zoom? well I guess alot of concerts don't allow cameras other than phones.

Yeah, I was going to say many concerts don't allow cameras.

 

[Guacamole]

If I wasn’t already heavily invested in Apple’s ecosystem, id seriously consider switching to android/Samsung. If they could make a Samsung running iOS, I’d get one in a heartbeat. But, that’s not gonna happen.

I even like the LOOKS of the Samsung over iPhone.

same here to be honest.. The iPhone design looks outdated and the camera it's not that great

 

[macintologist]

There is no way Samsung is a competitor to the iPhone. It doesn't have iOS. No way I would ever buy it.

 

[The Game 161]

How big is the camera sensor in both of them?

main sensor both same

 

[The Game 161]

MaxTech is an unabashed Apple fan-boy. I'll wait till one comes out from Marques or someone a bit more unbiased.

Using an S23U and it blows the 13PM away inmost pics. Especially zoom.
Both could use some software updates.

I did my own blind camera comparison between all 3 of pixel, iPhone and the s23 ultra and the ultra beat out the iPhone by like 10 points; 6 wins to 5. overall the difference in camera quality is still very small. ultra is better for zoom but most photos go blow for blow. ultra gets the edge for me but certainly not much difference. iPhone still has better video and better if you want to shoot in pro raw which is still superior to expert raw.

one area where Samsung still disappoint is skin tones. iPhone is still my preference for this area.

 

[dk001]

I did my own blind camera comparison between all 3 of pixel, iPhone and the s23 ultra and the ultra beat out the iPhone by like 10 points; 6 wins to 5. overall the difference in camera quality is still very small. ultra is better for zoom but most photos go blow for blow. ultra gets the edge for me but certainly not much difference. iPhone still has better video and better if you want to shoot in pro raw which is still superior to expert raw.

one area where Samsung still disappoint is skin tones. iPhone is still my preference for this area.

Video the iPhone still has it but not like it used to. S23U still has skin tone issues. Hope they fix that.
On the iPhone I tend to use Halide much more than the stock Camera app. Better quality output.
ProRAW is good. Smart HDR is one item I wish you could disable on the iPhone.

 

[The Game 161]

Video the iPhone still has it but not like it used to. S23U still has skin tone issues. Hope they fix that.
On the iPhone I tend to use Halide much more than the stock Camera app. Better quality output.
ProRAW is good. Smart HDR is one item I wish you could disable on the iPhone.

Yeah that’s a great app, I tend to use stock pro raw then edit in Lightroom. Not for every shot but I always like to take one stock and one in raw and edit when I want

 

[Seoras]

Just curious - what is it you dislike about Android?
Thx

The development tools, the OS, the feeling in the Play Store that it is there just to cover a function with little or no interest in any success of the platform. The random emails from Google telling you they've terminated your developer account and not to come back for breaking their Play store rules. With no explanation of what rule you broke. Only to have your account re-instated a week later and again, on asking what you did, being told “we can’t tell you, just read the rules and don’t do it again”. WTF?
Google just aint interested in the people who use it other than data collecting which is their primary and only focus.

 

[dk001]

The development tools, the OS, the feeling in the Play Store that it is there just to cover a function with little or no interest in any success of the platform. The random emails from Google telling you they've terminated your developer account and not to come back for breaking their Play store rules. With no explanation of what rule you broke. Only to have your account re-instated a week later and again, on asking what you did, being told “we can’t tell you, just read the rules and don’t do it again”. WTF?
Google just aint interested in the people who use it other than data collecting which is their primary and only focus.

Thanks for the clarification.
I don't develop for Android but have for iOS so I can relate.

 

[385ideal]

Samsung in February launched the Galaxy S23 Ultra, its newest flagship smartphone. The S23 Ultra is a lot like the S22 Ultra, but it has a 200-megapixel wide-angle camera lens that supports 8K video capture. Given that the S23 Ultra is a direct competitor to Apple's iPhone 14 Pro Max, we thought we'd take a look at both smartphones to see how they compare.

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The Galaxy S23 Ultra is a 6.8-inch smartphone with an OLED display, so it's fairly similar to the 6.7-inch iPhone 14 Pro Max. Samsung is using a pinhole cutout for the front-facing camera, though, so there is more available display area on the S23 Ultra since it doesn't have a notch. Both support 120Hz maximum refresh rates, but the smoothing looks more dramatic on the S23 Ultra

Samsung is using a more squared off design with slim bezels, so these two smartphones don't look much alike. It has less curve on the display than the prior-generation model, and even though it's large, the flat display and the straight frame make it comfortable to hold. There's also an S-Pen stylus that can be used with it, which Apple does not offer. The S-Pen is handy for note taking, but it's more of a niche feature than something that is widely appealing to all users.

At the back, there's a triple-lens camera setup and Samsung has introduced a 200-megapixel wide-angle lens while the iPhone 14 Pro Max has a 48-megapixel lens. With high-end smartphones, it's often difficult to choose a clear winner in terms of image quality, and it comes down to a preference for the color temperature and built-in editing that smartphone manufacturers do.

When it comes to video quality, Apple's iPhones usually win out, but Samsung has made some improvements this year. The 8K video is impressive, and there are notable boosts in stabilization on the Galaxy S23. It's much harder to tell the difference in video quality between the two smartphones with the S23 Ultra.

Main lens photos look fantastic on both phones in good lighting conditions, despite the difference in megapixels. You can choose from 50 or 200 megapixels when using the S23 Ultra, and you'll get more detail, but at the cost of storage space. The ultra wide lenses are also comparable, but Samsung is the clear winner when it comes to zoom capabilities. The Galaxy S23 Ultra has 10x optical zoom and up to 100x digital zoom, though it stops looking great after about 30x. Apple's iPhone 14 Pro Max tops out at 3x optical zoom, though that's set to change with the iPhone 15 Pro Max.

Portrait mode on both smartphones is impressive. The S23 seems to do better with details in shots with people and it has better background blur, but it can be too soft. The iPhone is better at skin tone.

At the end of the day, operating system preference matters much more than feature set for smartphones at this level. If you're an iOS user, you're probably not going to want to swap over to Android, and vice versa, regardless of how many eye-catching features are offered.

What do you think of Samsung's S23 Ultra? Which smartphone photos do you prefer? Let us know in the comments below.

Article Link: Video: Samsung's New S23 Ultra vs. Apple's iPhone 14 Pro Max

Can you say me, with wich camera/phone you take the 1st photo? It's very good

 

[phrehdd]

Can you say me, with wich camera/phone you take the 1st photo? It's very good

Thanks for sharing these images from both phones. Both sets of images are very good and with just a hint of effort, they can be edited to look nearly identical with a photo edit app. I found a few models ago that the Samsung yielded better images and today, the 13 Max Pro I have (finally came back after year), did better with video but the still images were not all that different than the Samsung. The worst case scenarios might be the distinguishing factor but not the typical photo snaps.

 

[385ideal]

Thanks for sharing these images from both phones. Both sets of images are very good and with just a hint of effort, they can be edited to look nearly identical with a photo edit app. I found a few models ago that the Samsung yielded better images and today, the 13 Max Pro I have (finally came back after year), did better with video but the still images were not all that different than the Samsung. The worst case scenarios might be the distinguishing factor but not the typical photo snaps.

I mean the photo with the devices With which device have Mac Rumor take the photo?