I want to be very clear about this. The Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra is a great phone. As you will see on our site Galaxy S22 Ultra reviewwe call it The best Android phone for some reason. You’ll get a great screen, fast charging, great performance, and improved cameras in a stunning design. But these improved cameras still can’t beat Pixel 6 Pro.
I recently took out my new Samsung phone for a few photoshoots with the latest Pixel phone for my country Galaxy S22 Ultra vs Pixel 6 Pro Confrontation, and overall, the S22 Ultra performed well. In fact, the Samsung phone did a better picture of the outdoor night mode and its food picture looked more delicious.
But Samsung still lags behind in one big area: photos. Yes, the bokeh effect is convincing, thanks to the new AI stereo depth map. But the S22 Ultra has the same problem that I saw on The best Samsung phones In the previous few years. Cameras tend to suffer in bright sunlight, often turning off a person’s face.
This is exactly what happened to me as you will see in this photo taken with my Galaxy S22 Ultra and Pixel 6 Pro side by side. The Pixel 6 Pro gives you a more natural, warm complexion — and it’s almost too warm. But my S22 Ultra shot looks bare on the left side of my face.
As a result, the S22 Ultra photo doesn’t capture much detail on my face and neck. I would say that the Pixel 6 Pro’s computational photography is simply smarter and does a better job of trapping sunlight.
While I think this image is compelling enough, I wanted to show you some other examples where the S22 Ultra appears to be sun sensitive.
Take this photo of a fountain in Bryant Park. Although I like the contrast in the S22 Ultra’s photo, the left side of the fountain where the sunlight is strongest appears glowing again. The Pixel 6 Pro captures those intricate details, and it’s impossible to add them back in with editing on an S22 Ultra shot.
You can prove that the Pixel 6 Pro photo looks too cool and not sunny enough, but even the building behind the fountain in the S22 Ultra photo is bathed in sunlight.
In this latest photo taken of Times Square on a sunny day, you can see the Pixel 6 Pro’s superior HDR performance in action. The SUV is up front and the people in front are more visible, and the Google Camera does a better job of showing the surrounding buildings and billboards.
If you look in the distance on the image of the Galaxy S22 Ultra, you will see that the billboard on the left side is very bright and the buildings opposite the blue sky are very hot. The Pixel 6 Pro just delivered a better exposed image overall.
The Galaxy S22 Ultra has some other photo benefits, like the Super Clear Lens to reduce lens flare when shooting night videos, and the 10x optical zoom and 100x Space Zoom outperform the 20x digital zoom on the Pixel 6 Pro. But when it comes to overall image quality, I’m giving a nod to the Pixel 6 Pro.
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