topic Re: Re: Why is the front camera on my S25 ultra so bad? in Galaxy S25 Series

Why is the front camera on my S25 ultra so bad?

ashleyfaith — Tue, 04 Feb 2025 16:09:16 GMT

My front camera quality is very very subpar, worse than on my s22 ultra. Is there a fix for this?

S22 ultra

S25 ultra

Re: Why is the front camera on my S25 ultra so bad?

GoanGeek — Tue, 04 Feb 2025 16:19:11 GMT

Hi and Welcome.

How about turning yourself facing the Window behind you?

Photography is all about lighting.

Soft window light is the best. 😊

Also the S25 one looks more detailed.

You could always use the filters and stuff if you want it smoother etc.

Re: Why is the front camera on my S25 ultra so bad?

ashleyfaith — Tue, 04 Feb 2025 16:20:41 GMT

I know how to take photos thanks. The quality is bad nonetheless, it's not the lighting. Another set of comparison.

Re: Re: Why is the front camera on my S25 ultra so bad?

ashleyfaith — Tue, 04 Feb 2025 16:21:48 GMT

The s25 ones are not more detailed

Re: Re: Why is the front camera on my S25 ultra so bad?

GoanGeek — Tue, 04 Feb 2025 16:21:57 GMT

So what is it that you don't like?

I don't find any difference 😊

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ashleyfaith — Tue, 04 Feb 2025 16:22:25 GMT

There is a huge difference!

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Joeeye — Tue, 04 Feb 2025 16:27:09 GMT

Other than one looking like it's applying more skin smoothening, they both don't seem too dissimilar to me.

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ashleyfaith — Tue, 04 Feb 2025 16:27:59 GMT

There is no skin smoothing on. Its just bad quality

Re: Why is the front camera on my S25 ultra so bad?

GoanGeek — Tue, 04 Feb 2025 16:38:55 GMT

All we can say is the s25 series outputs more natural looking and detailed photos compared to last offerings ( check youtube comparisons).

With Samsung you can alter the output with filters, face filters and settings to your personal liking.🙏

Re: Re: Why is the front camera on my S25 ultra so bad?

ashleyfaith — Tue, 04 Feb 2025 16:40:45 GMT

Natural does not equal bad quality though

Re: Re: Why is the front camera on my S25 ultra so bad?

ashleyfaith — Tue, 04 Feb 2025 16:49:41 GMT

The problem is that is it not more detailed than before, it's worse. I don't think you're listening to what I'm saying

Re: Re: Re: Why is the front camera on my S25 ultra so bad?

GoanGeek — Tue, 04 Feb 2025 16:57:29 GMT

I believe the s22 has a 40MP front camera while the s25 has a 12MP camera. So maybe that's what the issue is

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ashleyfaith — Tue, 04 Feb 2025 17:15:11 GMT

Why have all the newer phones got a worse selfie camera now? What's the thought process behind that?

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GoanGeek — Tue, 04 Feb 2025 17:25:26 GMT

Here is an old snippet from a site when Samsung ditched the 40MP on the front facing camera

"A 12MP selfie camera will still produce crisp shots, without inducing body dysphoria because of otherwise overlooked skin concerns. After all - who needs to see their pimples in 4K?"

At the end of the day. It is what it is.
I guess women generally like softer pictures which makes their faces smooth.

I repeat myself again. Play with lighting if you are not happy with the output.

This is a customer to customer forum. That's all we can do to help you.

Maybe some ladies on the forum will pitch in. 😊

Re: Re: Why is the front camera on my S25 ultra so bad?

RobbyG-79 — Tue, 04 Feb 2025 17:41:18 GMT

I love that everyone is comparing the quality of two compressed files. 😂😂 What we see is no where near what you see on your phone... But I'm sure there's some setting that might be fiddled with to make it better, try turning off the ai functions.

Re: Why is the front camera on my S25 ultra so bad?

Piper123 — Tue, 04 Feb 2025 19:32:37 GMT

Hey there and welcome to the Samsung UK and EU Community Customer to Customer Forum

Sorry to hear of your issues with the selfie camera on S25 Ultra

I haven't started using the camera myself as yet so haven't checked this out..

For your pictures, clearly the subject matter is fab so it then goes to the images. Problem is, they are compressed on the forum so what you are seeing is likely very different to what we see seeing.

Have you gone into the image on gallery and tried the edit functions yet?

Re: Why is the front camera on my S25 ultra so bad?

BandOfBrothers — Tue, 04 Feb 2025 19:39:47 GMT

Hello 👋 @ashleyfaith

I dare not take a selfie or I'll scare myself 😉

What's important here is that what you see in regards to the photo quality is not what you like or have experienced with a previous generstion of phone.

The members here that are replying to you have quite a bit of experience especially with photo taking ,so are just trying to help.

Maybe send this issue your currently experiencing as feedback via your Samsung Members App.

If i can be of any further help please don't hesitate to ask 😎

Re: Why is the front camera on my S25 ultra so bad?

Shaluz — Wed, 05 Feb 2025 18:46:49 GMT

You're correct.

Re: Why is the front camera on my S25 ultra so bad?

1Adam1 — Thu, 06 Feb 2025 08:40:16 GMT

also you could take screenshots of your camera settings for us to check over ?

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ChetanDavesar — Thu, 06 Feb 2025 14:22:05 GMT

HI, I am also facing the same issue, it looks like a 3rd grade cheap phone. I was using S22 and front camera on it is way better than this S25 Ultra. It looks like as if pixels are breaking on the front cam.