WEBVTT - Camera Comparison: Samsung Galaxy S9 vs iPhone vs Pixel

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<v Speaker 1>Flagship cameras shoot out Samsung Galaxy S nine versus iPhone

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<v Speaker 1>ten versus Pixel two, Amrich damiro and this is Rich

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<v Speaker 1>on Tech Daily.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, see, you can't see the pictures.

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<v Speaker 1>That I took, but at least I can describe to

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<v Speaker 1>you how each camera performed. Recently, I had the Samsung

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<v Speaker 1>Galaxy S nine in hand along with the iPhone ten

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<v Speaker 1>and the Pixel two.

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<v Speaker 2>I took a bunch of pictures in.

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<v Speaker 1>A variety of situations to see how these smartphone cameras perform.

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<v Speaker 2>And let's start with low light.

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<v Speaker 1>This is really the big differentiator between all the smartphones

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<v Speaker 1>that I test. Those low light situations like being out

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<v Speaker 1>at a restaurant or in a dimly lit room, that's

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<v Speaker 1>when these cameras struggled to take good pictures. I feel

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<v Speaker 1>like the Google Pixel does the best job, so I

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<v Speaker 1>want to see how the S nine does.

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<v Speaker 2>And I can tell you that the iPhone kind.

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<v Speaker 1>Of took the most washed out picture of the bunch.

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<v Speaker 1>It even looks a little grainy. Pixel did much better

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<v Speaker 1>with the photo with the clarity, but it kind of

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<v Speaker 1>has this unnatural hue to it, where the S nine

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<v Speaker 1>struck a really nice balance between the colors and also

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<v Speaker 1>the graininess of the picture.

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<v Speaker 2>So I think that one kind of won it all. Right. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>low light selfies, we moved on to.

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<v Speaker 1>I took a bunch of pictures in the studio here

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<v Speaker 1>at KTLA, and these are really tricky because on the

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<v Speaker 1>iPhone you notice that the low light selfies kind of

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<v Speaker 1>looked like a water color painting. And the first one

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<v Speaker 1>we looked at is the iPhone. It had a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of contrast to the color and if you look there's

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of hot spots and a lot of dark spots.

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<v Speaker 1>Don't think it did very well. The S nine did

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<v Speaker 1>much better on the color.

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<v Speaker 2>Of the photo.

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<v Speaker 1>But I thought that the selfie was kind of blurry,

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<v Speaker 1>something I see over and over. I think Samsung needs

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<v Speaker 1>to improve on that. But the pixel really nailed this one.

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<v Speaker 1>If you're familiar with the Google Pixel, it does a

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<v Speaker 1>really nice job on selfies. They are like the sharpest

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<v Speaker 1>I've ever seen. Next up, I moved outside to take

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<v Speaker 1>that all important flower close up picture. All the cameras

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<v Speaker 1>took a really nice picture of the flowers. The pixel

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<v Speaker 1>was kind of the darkest, the S nine was the brightest.

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<v Speaker 1>The iPhone seemed to strike the nicest balance. Then we

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<v Speaker 1>moved onto a blurry style portrait background photo. Now here's

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<v Speaker 1>the deal. The iPhone ten is the only one out

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<v Speaker 1>of the bunch that actually has two lenses to accomplish this.

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<v Speaker 2>So this is not.

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<v Speaker 1>Necessarily necessarily a fair comparison because the pixel is doing

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<v Speaker 1>it with one lens and the S nine plus is

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<v Speaker 1>or the S nine is doing it with one lens.

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<v Speaker 1>You'd have to get the S nine plus to get

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<v Speaker 1>the dual lens set up. But I will tell you

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<v Speaker 1>all three of the cameras took amazing portrait photos. The

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<v Speaker 1>iPhone kind of applied the most contrasts, but it looked

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<v Speaker 1>really nice. Pixel two had a more muted approach to

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<v Speaker 1>the skin tone, while the S nine of course had

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<v Speaker 1>that vibrant look that Samsung is known for, but it

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<v Speaker 1>kind of blurred out the body of our subject. Got

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<v Speaker 1>our face in focus, but the body was a little blurred.

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<v Speaker 1>That's probably because it was doing it with all software.

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<v Speaker 1>All right, Now we move to landscape, and I'll tell

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<v Speaker 1>you that the landscape pictures from all three looked really

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<v Speaker 1>really good. Lots of detail in them, lots of contrast.

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<v Speaker 1>Of course, the grass was much more vibrant in Samsung

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<v Speaker 1>S nine picture panoramic shots. They were all fantastic. It's

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<v Speaker 1>a little bit different for the pixel because it kind

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<v Speaker 1>of makes you follow a bunch of blue dots on

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<v Speaker 1>the screen to take your picture, versus the S nine

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<v Speaker 1>and the iPhone you just move your camera left to right.

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<v Speaker 1>I think they all looked fantastic. The only thing is

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<v Speaker 1>I noticed a little bit of the stitching visible in

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<v Speaker 1>the iPhone picture. Finally, let's see what else do we

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<v Speaker 1>have here. We've got outdoor selfie. So the selfies were interesting.

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<v Speaker 1>I think the S nine provided the best overall looking photo,

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<v Speaker 1>but I think the iPhone it's a little contrasting, and

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<v Speaker 1>it's also a bit more close up than the others.

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<v Speaker 1>I think the iPhone has a little work to do

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<v Speaker 1>on the selfies as well. All Right, Finally is the

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<v Speaker 1>indoor group shot. And this one's really tough to get

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<v Speaker 1>because most of the time with the indoor group shots,

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<v Speaker 1>it's someone's blinking or someone's not looking at the camera.

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<v Speaker 1>In our case, I think that let's see here, the

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<v Speaker 1>S nine totally blew it. It took a blurry picture altogether,

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<v Speaker 1>but the colors are really nice. The iPhone shot looks

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<v Speaker 1>really nice from a far but if you zoom in,

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<v Speaker 1>there's a lot of details that's sort of lost in

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<v Speaker 1>the faces. But the skin is much more warmer than

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<v Speaker 1>the other two photos. I think that the pixel got

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<v Speaker 1>the clearest shot, but again, the colors are kind of cold.

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<v Speaker 1>You notice that over and over with the pixel, very

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<v Speaker 1>cool looking colors on the pixel, and that's a preference

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<v Speaker 1>if you like that or not. All right, So my conclusion,

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<v Speaker 1>I think you're gonna be very happy with any of

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<v Speaker 1>these cameras. The iPhone ten definitely loses detail in those

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<v Speaker 1>low light situations, and the pictures looked a little more

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<v Speaker 1>washed out, but it's a very nice shooter.

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<v Speaker 2>Ninety nine percent of the time. Pixel two this takes.

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<v Speaker 1>The clearest shots of the bunch, but the photos almost

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<v Speaker 1>have like a clinical look to them. They're like two

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<v Speaker 1>perfect sometimes, and the shots always have a cool tone.

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<v Speaker 2>To them, which not everyone might prefer.

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<v Speaker 1>They S nine, I gotta say, I think this thing

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<v Speaker 1>is performing really nice in almost every situation. Samsung last

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<v Speaker 1>year made a big deal about the auto focus on

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<v Speaker 1>their front facing camera, but I'm not sure that that

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<v Speaker 1>works all the time. I do find over and over

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<v Speaker 1>with the Samsung devices that the front facing selfies are

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<v Speaker 1>a little blurrier than the other phones that I test,

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<v Speaker 1>so maybe they need to look into that all right.

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<v Speaker 1>If you want to see all these pictures side by side,

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<v Speaker 1>now that you heard me describe every single one of them,

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<v Speaker 1>just go to the website. It's rich on tech dot tv.

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<v Speaker 1>Look for the camera comparison. And thanks so much for

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