1 00:00:04,640 --> 00:00:08,440 Speaker 1: Flagship cameras shoot out Samsung Galaxy S nine versus iPhone 2 00:00:08,480 --> 00:00:11,920 Speaker 1: ten versus Pixel two, Amrich damiro and this is Rich 3 00:00:11,960 --> 00:00:12,680 Speaker 1: on Tech Daily. 4 00:00:12,960 --> 00:00:15,080 Speaker 2: Okay, see, you can't see the pictures. 5 00:00:14,680 --> 00:00:16,520 Speaker 1: That I took, but at least I can describe to 6 00:00:16,560 --> 00:00:19,840 Speaker 1: you how each camera performed. Recently, I had the Samsung 7 00:00:19,880 --> 00:00:22,160 Speaker 1: Galaxy S nine in hand along with the iPhone ten 8 00:00:22,320 --> 00:00:23,479 Speaker 1: and the Pixel two. 9 00:00:23,760 --> 00:00:25,319 Speaker 2: I took a bunch of pictures in. 10 00:00:25,239 --> 00:00:29,360 Speaker 1: A variety of situations to see how these smartphone cameras perform. 11 00:00:29,680 --> 00:00:30,960 Speaker 2: And let's start with low light. 12 00:00:31,120 --> 00:00:34,480 Speaker 1: This is really the big differentiator between all the smartphones 13 00:00:34,520 --> 00:00:37,479 Speaker 1: that I test. Those low light situations like being out 14 00:00:37,560 --> 00:00:40,600 Speaker 1: at a restaurant or in a dimly lit room, that's 15 00:00:40,640 --> 00:00:43,360 Speaker 1: when these cameras struggled to take good pictures. I feel 16 00:00:43,360 --> 00:00:45,559 Speaker 1: like the Google Pixel does the best job, so I 17 00:00:45,560 --> 00:00:47,200 Speaker 1: want to see how the S nine does. 18 00:00:47,360 --> 00:00:49,880 Speaker 2: And I can tell you that the iPhone kind. 19 00:00:49,720 --> 00:00:51,880 Speaker 1: Of took the most washed out picture of the bunch. 20 00:00:51,880 --> 00:00:54,640 Speaker 1: It even looks a little grainy. Pixel did much better 21 00:00:54,680 --> 00:00:56,800 Speaker 1: with the photo with the clarity, but it kind of 22 00:00:56,840 --> 00:00:59,560 Speaker 1: has this unnatural hue to it, where the S nine 23 00:00:59,600 --> 00:01:03,040 Speaker 1: struck a really nice balance between the colors and also 24 00:01:03,080 --> 00:01:04,840 Speaker 1: the graininess of the picture. 25 00:01:04,880 --> 00:01:06,880 Speaker 2: So I think that one kind of won it all. Right. Now, 26 00:01:06,920 --> 00:01:08,440 Speaker 2: low light selfies, we moved on to. 27 00:01:08,560 --> 00:01:10,440 Speaker 1: I took a bunch of pictures in the studio here 28 00:01:10,480 --> 00:01:13,399 Speaker 1: at KTLA, and these are really tricky because on the 29 00:01:13,440 --> 00:01:16,360 Speaker 1: iPhone you notice that the low light selfies kind of 30 00:01:16,400 --> 00:01:19,399 Speaker 1: looked like a water color painting. And the first one 31 00:01:19,400 --> 00:01:21,840 Speaker 1: we looked at is the iPhone. It had a lot 32 00:01:21,840 --> 00:01:23,800 Speaker 1: of contrast to the color and if you look there's 33 00:01:23,840 --> 00:01:25,920 Speaker 1: a lot of hot spots and a lot of dark spots. 34 00:01:26,120 --> 00:01:28,560 Speaker 1: Don't think it did very well. The S nine did 35 00:01:28,680 --> 00:01:30,240 Speaker 1: much better on the color. 36 00:01:29,920 --> 00:01:30,520 Speaker 2: Of the photo. 37 00:01:30,560 --> 00:01:32,600 Speaker 1: But I thought that the selfie was kind of blurry, 38 00:01:32,880 --> 00:01:35,520 Speaker 1: something I see over and over. I think Samsung needs 39 00:01:35,520 --> 00:01:38,560 Speaker 1: to improve on that. But the pixel really nailed this one. 40 00:01:38,640 --> 00:01:40,640 Speaker 1: If you're familiar with the Google Pixel, it does a 41 00:01:40,680 --> 00:01:43,640 Speaker 1: really nice job on selfies. They are like the sharpest 42 00:01:43,680 --> 00:01:47,000 Speaker 1: I've ever seen. Next up, I moved outside to take 43 00:01:47,040 --> 00:01:51,360 Speaker 1: that all important flower close up picture. All the cameras 44 00:01:51,400 --> 00:01:53,800 Speaker 1: took a really nice picture of the flowers. The pixel 45 00:01:53,840 --> 00:01:56,160 Speaker 1: was kind of the darkest, the S nine was the brightest. 46 00:01:56,400 --> 00:01:59,680 Speaker 1: The iPhone seemed to strike the nicest balance. Then we 47 00:01:59,680 --> 00:02:03,800 Speaker 1: moved onto a blurry style portrait background photo. Now here's 48 00:02:03,840 --> 00:02:06,320 Speaker 1: the deal. The iPhone ten is the only one out 49 00:02:06,320 --> 00:02:09,040 Speaker 1: of the bunch that actually has two lenses to accomplish this. 50 00:02:09,320 --> 00:02:10,120 Speaker 2: So this is not. 51 00:02:10,040 --> 00:02:13,840 Speaker 1: Necessarily necessarily a fair comparison because the pixel is doing 52 00:02:13,880 --> 00:02:16,720 Speaker 1: it with one lens and the S nine plus is 53 00:02:16,880 --> 00:02:18,600 Speaker 1: or the S nine is doing it with one lens. 54 00:02:18,760 --> 00:02:20,480 Speaker 1: You'd have to get the S nine plus to get 55 00:02:20,480 --> 00:02:22,280 Speaker 1: the dual lens set up. But I will tell you 56 00:02:22,560 --> 00:02:26,040 Speaker 1: all three of the cameras took amazing portrait photos. The 57 00:02:26,080 --> 00:02:28,480 Speaker 1: iPhone kind of applied the most contrasts, but it looked 58 00:02:28,520 --> 00:02:31,280 Speaker 1: really nice. Pixel two had a more muted approach to 59 00:02:31,320 --> 00:02:33,880 Speaker 1: the skin tone, while the S nine of course had 60 00:02:33,880 --> 00:02:37,560 Speaker 1: that vibrant look that Samsung is known for, but it 61 00:02:37,639 --> 00:02:41,440 Speaker 1: kind of blurred out the body of our subject. Got 62 00:02:41,440 --> 00:02:44,800 Speaker 1: our face in focus, but the body was a little blurred. 63 00:02:44,919 --> 00:02:47,400 Speaker 1: That's probably because it was doing it with all software. 64 00:02:48,160 --> 00:02:50,320 Speaker 1: All right, Now we move to landscape, and I'll tell 65 00:02:50,360 --> 00:02:53,000 Speaker 1: you that the landscape pictures from all three looked really 66 00:02:53,080 --> 00:02:56,080 Speaker 1: really good. Lots of detail in them, lots of contrast. 67 00:02:56,360 --> 00:02:59,880 Speaker 1: Of course, the grass was much more vibrant in Samsung 68 00:03:00,280 --> 00:03:04,720 Speaker 1: S nine picture panoramic shots. They were all fantastic. It's 69 00:03:05,120 --> 00:03:06,960 Speaker 1: a little bit different for the pixel because it kind 70 00:03:06,960 --> 00:03:08,840 Speaker 1: of makes you follow a bunch of blue dots on 71 00:03:08,880 --> 00:03:11,280 Speaker 1: the screen to take your picture, versus the S nine 72 00:03:11,320 --> 00:03:13,360 Speaker 1: and the iPhone you just move your camera left to right. 73 00:03:14,280 --> 00:03:16,440 Speaker 1: I think they all looked fantastic. The only thing is 74 00:03:16,480 --> 00:03:18,560 Speaker 1: I noticed a little bit of the stitching visible in 75 00:03:18,600 --> 00:03:21,840 Speaker 1: the iPhone picture. Finally, let's see what else do we 76 00:03:21,840 --> 00:03:27,239 Speaker 1: have here. We've got outdoor selfie. So the selfies were interesting. 77 00:03:27,280 --> 00:03:30,280 Speaker 1: I think the S nine provided the best overall looking photo, 78 00:03:30,720 --> 00:03:33,959 Speaker 1: but I think the iPhone it's a little contrasting, and 79 00:03:34,000 --> 00:03:36,040 Speaker 1: it's also a bit more close up than the others. 80 00:03:36,200 --> 00:03:37,760 Speaker 1: I think the iPhone has a little work to do 81 00:03:37,800 --> 00:03:41,520 Speaker 1: on the selfies as well. All Right, Finally is the 82 00:03:41,560 --> 00:03:44,400 Speaker 1: indoor group shot. And this one's really tough to get 83 00:03:44,440 --> 00:03:46,560 Speaker 1: because most of the time with the indoor group shots, 84 00:03:47,000 --> 00:03:49,960 Speaker 1: it's someone's blinking or someone's not looking at the camera. 85 00:03:50,280 --> 00:03:53,000 Speaker 1: In our case, I think that let's see here, the 86 00:03:53,080 --> 00:03:56,080 Speaker 1: S nine totally blew it. It took a blurry picture altogether, 87 00:03:56,160 --> 00:03:58,880 Speaker 1: but the colors are really nice. The iPhone shot looks 88 00:03:58,920 --> 00:04:00,960 Speaker 1: really nice from a far but if you zoom in, 89 00:04:01,120 --> 00:04:03,120 Speaker 1: there's a lot of details that's sort of lost in 90 00:04:03,160 --> 00:04:06,360 Speaker 1: the faces. But the skin is much more warmer than 91 00:04:06,400 --> 00:04:08,560 Speaker 1: the other two photos. I think that the pixel got 92 00:04:08,600 --> 00:04:12,520 Speaker 1: the clearest shot, but again, the colors are kind of cold. 93 00:04:12,600 --> 00:04:15,040 Speaker 1: You notice that over and over with the pixel, very 94 00:04:15,160 --> 00:04:17,799 Speaker 1: cool looking colors on the pixel, and that's a preference 95 00:04:17,839 --> 00:04:20,120 Speaker 1: if you like that or not. All right, So my conclusion, 96 00:04:20,320 --> 00:04:22,120 Speaker 1: I think you're gonna be very happy with any of 97 00:04:22,200 --> 00:04:25,520 Speaker 1: these cameras. The iPhone ten definitely loses detail in those 98 00:04:25,560 --> 00:04:27,800 Speaker 1: low light situations, and the pictures looked a little more 99 00:04:27,880 --> 00:04:29,839 Speaker 1: washed out, but it's a very nice shooter. 100 00:04:29,960 --> 00:04:33,520 Speaker 2: Ninety nine percent of the time. Pixel two this takes. 101 00:04:33,279 --> 00:04:35,680 Speaker 1: The clearest shots of the bunch, but the photos almost 102 00:04:35,680 --> 00:04:37,520 Speaker 1: have like a clinical look to them. They're like two 103 00:04:37,560 --> 00:04:41,640 Speaker 1: perfect sometimes, and the shots always have a cool tone. 104 00:04:41,400 --> 00:04:42,839 Speaker 2: To them, which not everyone might prefer. 105 00:04:43,160 --> 00:04:45,120 Speaker 1: They S nine, I gotta say, I think this thing 106 00:04:45,160 --> 00:04:49,279 Speaker 1: is performing really nice in almost every situation. Samsung last 107 00:04:49,320 --> 00:04:51,200 Speaker 1: year made a big deal about the auto focus on 108 00:04:51,240 --> 00:04:53,359 Speaker 1: their front facing camera, but I'm not sure that that 109 00:04:53,480 --> 00:04:55,320 Speaker 1: works all the time. I do find over and over 110 00:04:55,360 --> 00:04:58,600 Speaker 1: with the Samsung devices that the front facing selfies are 111 00:04:58,600 --> 00:05:00,799 Speaker 1: a little blurrier than the other phones that I test, 112 00:05:00,920 --> 00:05:02,880 Speaker 1: so maybe they need to look into that all right. 113 00:05:02,920 --> 00:05:05,039 Speaker 1: If you want to see all these pictures side by side, 114 00:05:05,120 --> 00:05:07,000 Speaker 1: now that you heard me describe every single one of them, 115 00:05:07,240 --> 00:05:10,280 Speaker 1: just go to the website. It's rich on tech dot tv. 116 00:05:10,400 --> 00:05:12,880 Speaker 1: Look for the camera comparison. And thanks so much for 117 00:05:12,920 --> 00:05:15,960 Speaker 1: listening to this podcast. Be sure to rate it on 118 00:05:16,040 --> 00:05:18,880 Speaker 1: iTunes so more people discover it. Thanks so much for listening. 119 00:05:18,960 --> 00:05:20,440 Speaker 2: Have a great day. Bye bye.