Just got the February 2024 update on my S24 Ultra.
This update promised a lot of improvements in the cameras department.
I have to admit updating it improved the camera quality a little (emphasis on little).
However, I also happen to own an iPhone 15 (cheapest one), currently used as a work device.
After comparing the two phone's cameras I can honestly say: There is no competition, iPhone wins hands down.
I took the same pictures with the phones side by side and using default camera camera apps settings. Then compared them on the same device (iPhone) to avoid display bias. I can summarise it as:
- Colors are better after the update but still not quite to the iPhone level
- IPhone takes 24MP shots by default, resulting in much more detail than the default 12MP Galaxy shots
- Switching to the Expert Raw mode on galaxy and taking 24MP shots (otherwise default settings) results in severely oversharpened and overall way worse photos than the standard 12MP ones.
- Switching the iPhone to take 12MP shots makes makes them about even in the details department but not colors.
- The IPhone is much better in preserving details when a photo has both very lit and very dim areas. (think a light bulb in a dim room that **bleep** one side of your face and casts a shadow on the other)
I just can't stand the fact that a £650 device can just blow a £1300 device to pieces when it comes to camera.
For this reason I am seriously considering returning my S24U and using the iPhone full time. What's the point of spending £1300 extra and having to live with 2 phones when I can't even take a decent picture with the S24U?
I love android but this phone is a disappointment.
