Galaxy S22 Ultra vs iPhone 13 Pro Max vs Pixel 6 Pro: Which Is The Best Camera Phone?
Right now until something changes, the current flagship to beat is the Galaxy S22 Ultra from Samsung. Now these days its hard to label a smartphone w/ having the best camera. In 2022, all of the top players are killing in regards to regular photos, low-light photos, & portrait mode photos. But its been a long while since we did any sort of smartphone camera battle.
So we wanted to put it against the other 2 top phone cameras w/ the iPhone 13 Pro Max & the Google Pixel 6 Pro. All 3 offer some similarities w/ a main, ultrawide, & telephoto but focus length, megapixels, optical zoom, & aperture. Our focus wasn’t for Pro mode or 4K video but the practical case that many consumers will use it – just tap to focus & shoot in Auto mode.
For a recap of what they have to offer, we got the full camera specs on all 3 are laid out below:
Galaxy S22 Ultra
f/1.8 108MP wide w/ OIS
f/2.4 10MP telephoto 3x w/ OIS
f/4.9 10MP telephoto 3x w/ OIS
f/2.2 12MP ultrawide
Me & TGSB co-founder, Levon we took almost 100 different shots and tried to get the best examples of each phone & each situation. Over the course of 2 weekends, 2 different locations, & busy schedules, we were able to pull this off.
At the end of the day, it all comes down to your personal preference. And for our final results, honestly, they came out a little differently than I thought they would. Several upsets/disappointments, several standouts, & more. During our time w/ it, we found that 2 out of the 3 phones produced really well results. Varying on which situation the cameras are in.
It's interesting to see how the 3 companies process images differently & sometimes similarly.
So we started off in shooting some indoor photos in sunlight. We got mixed results in 2 different shots. We got bright colors & sharpness within the S22 Ultra + Pixel but the iPhone’s colors + lighting results were different. Not that its bad but different in how Apple produces & renders its images.
So in portrait mode, we found the Pixel & S22 Ultra did amazing w/ the S22 Ultra being superior. The iPhone 13 Pro Max was a bit of hit and miss for some reason. While in Night Mode, we found that the Pixel was sharper than everyone else w/ the S22 Ultra grabbing the silver and the iPhone with the least favorable result.
As far as the astrophotography side of things, we got a real mixed bag. Samsung made it more lifelike but not as the results we’ve been conditioned to. We get an all-black night sky w/ specks as stars on the S22 Ultra. While on the iPhone & Pixel, we got similar results by brightening up the sky & showing off the stars.
At the end of the day, it all comes down to your personal preference. And for our final results, honestly, they came out a little differently than I thought they would. Several upsets/disappointments, several standouts, & more. During our time w/ it, we found that 2 out of the 3 phones produced really well results. Varying on which situation the cameras are in.
So I think the S22 Ultra held its own pretty good in about 98% of our shots against the iPhone 13 Pro Max & the Pixel 6 Pro. I think the Pixel 6 Pro acts as a good runner-up in regards to consistency. And the iPhone was just fine but didn’t stand-out as much as the other 2 most of the time. I’m sure if did a battle for 4K video, I’m sure our results would be very, very different.
But these are the just our 2 cents. So what do you think about our testing + findings?
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