**A Comparative Review of Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra and iPhone's High-Quality Camera Capabilities**

As I spent time with both the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra and the latest iPhone, I couldn't help but be impressed by the camera capabilities of these two devices. The Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra stands out as a clear winner in several aspects, especially when it comes to low-light photography.

One of the first things that caught my attention was the ultra-wide-angle lens on the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra. In comparison to the main camera of the iPhone, this feature really shines. As you can see from the photos I took with both cameras, the ultra-wide-angle lens on the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra is able to capture more detail and roll off highlights, making it easier to compose shots.

However, when I compared the two phones side by side, one notable difference was that the iPhone's image quality drops significantly when using the ultra-wide-angle lens. The resulting photos look noisy and lackluster, whereas the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra delivers crisp, clean images with good exposure control.

Moving on to portraits, I absolutely love the one taken with the dedicated three times zoom camera on the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra. There's a great balance between detail and highlight preservation that makes the cutout effect look natural and seamless. The color is slightly saturated, but I don't mind that as it adds depth and richness to the image.

In comparison, the portrait shot taken with the iPhone's telephoto lens looks softer, albeit more natural in terms of skin tones and textures. However, artifacts from digital zoom can be seen, particularly around the flag or objects in the background. The Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra's dedicated three times camera is also noticeable in its ability to capture intricate details, like the ornamentation on a building.

When it comes to 3x zoomed-in photos of everyday objects, the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra delivers excellent results. For example, my Star Wars figurine looks much better in the ultra photo than it does in the iPhone's snap. The difference is clear, with more detail and fewer artifacts present in the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra image.

However, when I switched to 5x zoomed-in photos of downtown San Francisco from a rooftop, things took a turn for the worse on both phones. The iPhone's telephoto lens struggles to focus at higher zoom levels, leading to out-of-focus images. Unfortunately, the same issue applies to the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra's 5x zoom camera.

But it wasn't all bad news - the ultra-wide-angle lens performed admirably, capturing a stunning view of downtown San Francisco with clear focus and good exposure control. Similarly, when taking 10x Zoom photos from both phones, I preferred the image quality on the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra, which looked cleaner and more detailed.

As the zoom levels increased, however, things started to go downhill for the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra. At 15 times zoom, all four photos are out of focus, with the least blurry one still being far from sharp. And at 25 times Zoom, the image quality deteriorates even further, making it look more like a painting than a real photo.

One last comparison was taken at 50 and 100 times Zoom, which only solidified my initial impression - the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra's image quality suffers as zoom levels increase. The noise reduction has made the image look more processed, while the color becomes less natural.

In portrait shots of Amy and Jessica, both models looked good but had some differences in terms of texture and saturation. While the iPhone captured more detail in Amy's fur, it also skewed her skin tones cooler, whereas the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra delivered a softer and more natural image that still retained its natural color temperature.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enthis is the Samsung Galaxy s24 Ultra it has four rear cameras and here's Apple's iPhone 15 Pro Max it has three rear cameras how do they stack up against each other let's find out the shiny titanium clad and color Galaxy s24 Ultra has a starting price of $1,300 and two cameras dedicated to zooming Apple's titanium clad and colored iPhone 15 Pro Max starts at $1,200 and has one zoom camera look let me just say the obvious either of these phones take some of the absolute best photos you can get from any phone today especially in challenging environments like high contrast scenes or places with low lighting take a look at some of my favorite photos and videos from each phone pretty impressive right now behind those photos is some truly Cutting Edge camera Hardware the iPhone 15 Pro Max has a main camera with a 48 map sensor and the equivalent of a 24 mm lens with an F 1.78 aperture there's also an ultra wide camera with a 12 megap sensor and and an f2.2 13 mm lens and a 5x telephoto camera with a 12 megap sensor and an f2.8 120 mm lens then there's the ultra now think of it as if Apple took the 15 Pro Max and added the dedicated three times telephoto camera from the iPhone 15 Pro to the back thus creating an iPhone 15 Ultra of sorts the s24 ultra has a main camera with a 200 megapix sensor and an f1.7 23mm lens there's also an ultra wide camera with a 12 megapix sensor and an f2.2 13 mm lens a 3X telephoto camera with a 10 megapixel sensor and an f2.4 69 mm lens and a new brand new absolutely new 5x telephoto camera with a 50 megapixel sensor and an F 3.4 115 mm lens that's a lot of damn cameras remember the days when phones just had one both Apple and Samsung used the main camera's higher resolution sensors as well as Samsung on its 5x telephoto camera to combine pixels for brighter photos with more detail and less image noise in terms of shooting experience I have to shout out the s24 ultra's new screen Which is far less reflective than the iPhone I have no trouble seeing what's on the iPhone 15 Pro Max's screen but the ultra display feels more immersive because I don't see as much glare when I'm taking photos the camera apps on both phones are packed with familiar options like dedicated Photo Video in portrait modes the ability to shoot raw files and change resolution on some of the cameras now the iPhone has the ability to capture prores video files and spatial videos which can be viewed on the Vision Pro and meta Quest 3 VR headsets Samsung's camera app has dedicated PR modes for photos and videos and is more customizable I can move the modes around to my liking use the S pin as a remote shutter button to take a photo and one of my favorite options I have the ability to use a floating shutter button that I can position anywhere on the screen to take a photo in terms of photos let's get into some head-to-head comparisons now for this video I'm only going to highlight a handful of photos but check out my full written comparison on CNET for more let's start with a challenging high contrast scene at Sunset over the mission I'm impressed with both of these images from each phone's main camera the biggest difference is the way each handles the glare from the sun which is more obvious in the iPhones photo but the s24 ultra snap is a tad brighter especially when you punch in a bit you can see how the s24 ultra boosts those shadows and the detail notice the trees at the bottom right in the iPhones picture they get lost in the shadows but in the ultra image you can actually make out more of the individual branches here's another set of photos from the main cameras this time of a plant in a window again first glance very similar but I like how the s24 ultra rolls off the highlights on the leaves if we look at the books that the plant is on the text is readable in both images though it's more crisp in the iPhone's photo here are a pair of photos from the ultrawide cameras from my CNET colleagues Amy and Jessica playing foosball now compared to the main camera there's definitely a step down in image quality but compared to each other they are both very similar both phones applied a bunch of noise reduction notice the ceiling in the iPhone's photo is riddled with image noise and in the ultra photo the noise is gone but looks overly soft and almost blurry but if we focus on Jessica notice that the iPhone's photo looks more natural albeit soft from motion blur whereas in the ultra image she looks almost like a painting from all the noise reduction and oversharpening let's move on to some portraits now I absolutely love this one from the ultra of my CET pal celso taken with the dedicated three times zoom camera there's a good balance between detail and the highlights I mean they look so good it's subtle but the cutout effect looks clean with the transition between InFocus and out of focus looking natural the color is a bit saturated but I don't mind that and speaking of 3x here are a pair of 3x photos from both phones now remember the ultra has a dedicated three times camera whereas the iPhone is using three times digital Zoom to get the same image and you can see the difference the iPhone's photo isn't bad but has artifacts from the digital Zoom especially around the flag overall the iPhone's photo looks softer notice the details in the ornamentation on the building in the background but also in the bricks in the building on the right side here's another pair of three times zoomed in photos of a Star Wars figurine on my desk the ultra photo looks better in every way now before we jump to looking at the five times Zoom cameras do me a favor and please comment but let me know what phone you have and how much you use the telephoto or zoom lens on it here are some photos of downtown San Francisco that I took from a rooftop with the five time zoom cameras on both phes now right away you can see that the iPhone Nails focus and look I I don't know if it was the sun reflecting off Salesforce Tower but the ultra struggled to grab focus and hunted for it in this particular setup anytime I was using the five time zoom camera especially when I started to zoom in digitally here are images in focus from both phones at five time zoom now I like the ultas more it feels like the iPhone is protecting the highlights by ramping down the exposure and as a consequence the Shadows are darker the ultra has good detail throughout notice the trees in the foreground and the windows on sales Force tower now here are 10x Zoom photos from both phones and here are photos taken at 15 time zoom from the iPhone and the ultra and again with the ultra I struggled with it getting focused all four photos are out of focus and the fourth one is the least out of focus and here are photos from both phones at 25 times Zoom which is the max digital zoom on the iPhone now you could definitely get away with sharing these on social media but neither photo looks good now I have to give the edge to the ultra photo which looks cleaner but the ultra can zoom in even more and the quality of the photo deteriorates even more here's a 50 time zoom photo and as you can see the noise reduction is making the image look more like a painting than a photo from a $1,300 phone and here's one at a 100 times Zoom it is so processed and so soft it does doesn't even look like a photo and again the phone struggled to get focus and here are a pair of five time zoom photos of Amy the cat now both photos look good the iPhone captured more of the texture in her fur and is overall brighter and here's a pair of five times Zoom photos of Jessica the ultra photo looks softer and yet more natural because of it whereas the iPhone snap looks a tad sharper and skews the color temperature cooler so let's wrap up as you saw both phones take excellent photos in my time with the ultra I have been blown away by the quality of the photos especially those from both of the zoom cameras and I absolutely love that low reflection screen it's a small but significant difference but that's all I have if you've enjoyed this video please give it a like and thank you for watchingthis is the Samsung Galaxy s24 Ultra it has four rear cameras and here's Apple's iPhone 15 Pro Max it has three rear cameras how do they stack up against each other let's find out the shiny titanium clad and color Galaxy s24 Ultra has a starting price of $1,300 and two cameras dedicated to zooming Apple's titanium clad and colored iPhone 15 Pro Max starts at $1,200 and has one zoom camera look let me just say the obvious either of these phones take some of the absolute best photos you can get from any phone today especially in challenging environments like high contrast scenes or places with low lighting take a look at some of my favorite photos and videos from each phone pretty impressive right now behind those photos is some truly Cutting Edge camera Hardware the iPhone 15 Pro Max has a main camera with a 48 map sensor and the equivalent of a 24 mm lens with an F 1.78 aperture there's also an ultra wide camera with a 12 megap sensor and and an f2.2 13 mm lens and a 5x telephoto camera with a 12 megap sensor and an f2.8 120 mm lens then there's the ultra now think of it as if Apple took the 15 Pro Max and added the dedicated three times telephoto camera from the iPhone 15 Pro to the back thus creating an iPhone 15 Ultra of sorts the s24 ultra has a main camera with a 200 megapix sensor and an f1.7 23mm lens there's also an ultra wide camera with a 12 megapix sensor and an f2.2 13 mm lens a 3X telephoto camera with a 10 megapixel sensor and an f2.4 69 mm lens and a new brand new absolutely new 5x telephoto camera with a 50 megapixel sensor and an F 3.4 115 mm lens that's a lot of damn cameras remember the days when phones just had one both Apple and Samsung used the main camera's higher resolution sensors as well as Samsung on its 5x telephoto camera to combine pixels for brighter photos with more detail and less image noise in terms of shooting experience I have to shout out the s24 ultra's new screen Which is far less reflective than the iPhone I have no trouble seeing what's on the iPhone 15 Pro Max's screen but the ultra display feels more immersive because I don't see as much glare when I'm taking photos the camera apps on both phones are packed with familiar options like dedicated Photo Video in portrait modes the ability to shoot raw files and change resolution on some of the cameras now the iPhone has the ability to capture prores video files and spatial videos which can be viewed on the Vision Pro and meta Quest 3 VR headsets Samsung's camera app has dedicated PR modes for photos and videos and is more customizable I can move the modes around to my liking use the S pin as a remote shutter button to take a photo and one of my favorite options I have the ability to use a floating shutter button that I can position anywhere on the screen to take a photo in terms of photos let's get into some head-to-head comparisons now for this video I'm only going to highlight a handful of photos but check out my full written comparison on CNET for more let's start with a challenging high contrast scene at Sunset over the mission I'm impressed with both of these images from each phone's main camera the biggest difference is the way each handles the glare from the sun which is more obvious in the iPhones photo but the s24 ultra snap is a tad brighter especially when you punch in a bit you can see how the s24 ultra boosts those shadows and the detail notice the trees at the bottom right in the iPhones picture they get lost in the shadows but in the ultra image you can actually make out more of the individual branches here's another set of photos from the main cameras this time of a plant in a window again first glance very similar but I like how the s24 ultra rolls off the highlights on the leaves if we look at the books that the plant is on the text is readable in both images though it's more crisp in the iPhone's photo here are a pair of photos from the ultrawide cameras from my CNET colleagues Amy and Jessica playing foosball now compared to the main camera there's definitely a step down in image quality but compared to each other they are both very similar both phones applied a bunch of noise reduction notice the ceiling in the iPhone's photo is riddled with image noise and in the ultra photo the noise is gone but looks overly soft and almost blurry but if we focus on Jessica notice that the iPhone's photo looks more natural albeit soft from motion blur whereas in the ultra image she looks almost like a painting from all the noise reduction and oversharpening let's move on to some portraits now I absolutely love this one from the ultra of my CET pal celso taken with the dedicated three times zoom camera there's a good balance between detail and the highlights I mean they look so good it's subtle but the cutout effect looks clean with the transition between InFocus and out of focus looking natural the color is a bit saturated but I don't mind that and speaking of 3x here are a pair of 3x photos from both phones now remember the ultra has a dedicated three times camera whereas the iPhone is using three times digital Zoom to get the same image and you can see the difference the iPhone's photo isn't bad but has artifacts from the digital Zoom especially around the flag overall the iPhone's photo looks softer notice the details in the ornamentation on the building in the background but also in the bricks in the building on the right side here's another pair of three times zoomed in photos of a Star Wars figurine on my desk the ultra photo looks better in every way now before we jump to looking at the five times Zoom cameras do me a favor and please comment but let me know what phone you have and how much you use the telephoto or zoom lens on it here are some photos of downtown San Francisco that I took from a rooftop with the five time zoom cameras on both phes now right away you can see that the iPhone Nails focus and look I I don't know if it was the sun reflecting off Salesforce Tower but the ultra struggled to grab focus and hunted for it in this particular setup anytime I was using the five time zoom camera especially when I started to zoom in digitally here are images in focus from both phones at five time zoom now I like the ultas more it feels like the iPhone is protecting the highlights by ramping down the exposure and as a consequence the Shadows are darker the ultra has good detail throughout notice the trees in the foreground and the windows on sales Force tower now here are 10x Zoom photos from both phones and here are photos taken at 15 time zoom from the iPhone and the ultra and again with the ultra I struggled with it getting focused all four photos are out of focus and the fourth one is the least out of focus and here are photos from both phones at 25 times Zoom which is the max digital zoom on the iPhone now you could definitely get away with sharing these on social media but neither photo looks good now I have to give the edge to the ultra photo which looks cleaner but the ultra can zoom in even more and the quality of the photo deteriorates even more here's a 50 time zoom photo and as you can see the noise reduction is making the image look more like a painting than a photo from a $1,300 phone and here's one at a 100 times Zoom it is so processed and so soft it does doesn't even look like a photo and again the phone struggled to get focus and here are a pair of five time zoom photos of Amy the cat now both photos look good the iPhone captured more of the texture in her fur and is overall brighter and here's a pair of five times Zoom photos of Jessica the ultra photo looks softer and yet more natural because of it whereas the iPhone snap looks a tad sharper and skews the color temperature cooler so let's wrap up as you saw both phones take excellent photos in my time with the ultra I have been blown away by the quality of the photos especially those from both of the zoom cameras and I absolutely love that low reflection screen it's a small but significant difference but that's all I have if you've enjoyed this video please give it a like and thank you for watching\n"