The Galaxy S11+ periscope camera will do 5x optical zoom, display to sport minimal bezels

20 December 2019
Samsung's upcoming flagship series will offer some serious camera hardware improvements.

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Nick Tagataka, 21 Dec 2019Yeah, "Youtube" review, that's why. Most Youtube reviewers ... moreOnly macro shoot or remote shoot of Huawei will outperform recent galaxy flashing but in most other categories Samsung outperform Huawei anyday...

    Jake420, 21 Dec 2019Uhh seems like you favor huawei Samsung s10 camera beats th... moreYeah, "Youtube" review, that's why. Most Youtube reviewers don't focus on details at all, and that's where Apple and Huawei have significant advantage over Samsung. Apple and Huawei take more conservative approach towards HDR and they try their best not to mess up local contrast or fine textures, unlike Samsung who uses aggressive exposure stacking and highlight compression to extract as much colour as possible from bright areas but destroys shadow details in the process. Also, according to Sony's research in the past, 50% of the smartphone photos are taken in low light. So being surpassed "only" in low light indicates that it's already losing half the time. I have both S10 and P30 and trust me - As much as I prefer shooting videos with my S10, I have to give the photography crown to P30.

      Nick Tagataka, 21 Dec 2019"Basically 100× digital zoom but with software to add... moreUhh seems like you favor huawei Samsung s10 camera beats the p30 and iPhone 11(vanilla) in camera only losing in low light and zoom to p30 pro but better HDR and daylight photos in every single YouTube review I've ever seen

        Jake420, 21 Dec 2019Basically 100× digital zoom but with software to add ... more"Basically 100× digital zoom but with software to add detail?"
        "12(48)mp will have more details at 100× digital zoom when comparing both devices?"
        It doesn't work that way.

        "Samsung s10 has better software than the p30"
        Nope.

          Luxor, 21 Dec 2019You don't even know what that mean do you. Basically 100× digital zoom but with software to add detail?
          The p40 pro is 8mp 10× optical zoom.
          12(48)mp will have more details at 100× digital zoom when comparing both devices?
          I'm no camera expert but I think Samsung s10 has better software than the p30 leading to better photos so it should be the same results here

            I am curious about the stabilisation on zooms over 2x, and their HDR quality (since they may have lesser frames for HDR).

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              Jake420, 21 Dec 2019It's been confirmed to be 100x lossless zoom twice You don't even know what that mean do you.

                Jake420, 21 Dec 2019It's been confirmed to be 100x lossless zoom twice There is no such a thing called 100x "lossless" zoom. If you digitally zoom in 20x on a telephoto lens it would be 100% lossy zoom, even with clever super resolution processing.

                  Mobilemaster, 20 Dec 2019I love Samsung, but if the S11 does exactly 5x optical zoom... moreIt's been confirmed to be 100x lossless zoom twice

                    Peachy001, 20 Dec 2019In 2012, I bought a Lumia 920. Gorgeous device, but I remem... moreTo PEACHY001:

                    You know since week I went back to the Lumia 920 page because I was thinking back how it was classified as a very large phone back in the day especially in GSMArena's own review.

                    5 years ago I contemplated between getting the Lumia 920 and the Galaxy S2. Both in the same ball park in terms of specs but I ended up getting the S2. I really liked the Lumia 920 though.

                    When I look at phones like the S2 and 920 they seem like tiny phones based on how the market is these days when these gigantic phones. The S11+ is said to be too big by a popular YouTuber reviewer. The sizes are getting out of hand.

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                      • 21 Dec 2019

                      This won't matter to me at least if it's going to come with curved edges and no phonejack .

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                        • 21 Dec 2019

                        DMX, 20 Dec 2019All talking about sensors and photos and pixels and zoom an... morewell, that's mostly true; but when i do need to take a picture i want to be able to take the best possible picture from a smartphone camera. i do have a mirrorless camera for when i feel really creative on taking pictures, otherwise there are times when you just have to take a picture and you don't have a proper camera with you. the point with these improvements in camera on smartphones is not really to replace proper cameras as nothing can replace them, rather to allow you to take pictures that go as close as it can to those that proper cameras are capable of. i am not a professional photographer nor even have trained as one, but good pictures matter alot to me.

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                          AnonD-784107, 20 Dec 2019I just dont all the hype. Its a 108mpx camera sensor. The s... moreIt's not same sensor

                            AnonD-784107, 20 Dec 2019I just dont all the hype. Its a 108mpx camera sensor. The s... moreIt will have Nonacell, so essentially instead of 4 pixels 9 of them are binned together to simulate the effect of a huge 2.4µm pixel.

                              KnightX, 20 Dec 2019Even Huawei put 64MP against Samsung's 108MP Huawei will st... moreIsn't IMX700 rumoured to be on the upcoming Xperia flagship?

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                                I just dont all the hype. Its a 108mpx camera sensor. The same in the xioami device which is a mid ranger. All with quad bayer processing and pixel binning its only 27mpx. Yes 5x optical zoom. So again nothing to write home about. What really annoys me the S10 was a 10th anniversary device. And yes it has a better camera than S9. But i would of expected a all singing and dancing camera in the S10. Yes i own this deive and are happy. But Samsung will put a better lens system in so should be good. We will have to wait and see.

                                  FasterJonny, 20 Dec 2019to be honest, this is the better way to do "zoom", by cropp... moreWell, I agree, but at the same time they can't transform their ads into quick camera conferences
                                  And the ads are there to sell the products, not to explain how they work
                                  So we'll always have the majority of people "fooled" by the OEMs' marketing,and all of those little details we are talking about doesn't really matter much to these people

                                    KnightX, 20 Dec 2019Even Huawei put 64MP against Samsung's 108MP Huawei will st... moreYou're clueless.. No one yet confirmed that the p40 is packing with imx700 or imx686 and for your kind information the imx700 configured by 1/1.5inch 10mm sensor size.. Stop calling others lack of knøwlêdgë when your knøwlêdgë is short..

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                                      MaptoD, 20 Dec 2019...compact S11e with a 6.2-inch panel. Compact, 6.2 inch..... moreright? how do we ended up saying a 6.2 phone is compact?, compact would be below 5.5inch where you can still use it comfortable with 1 hand . They should call it mini tablet not compact

                                        whza, 20 Dec 2019who the hell cares? with a punchhole/notch this is just ano... moreI get that the cutout isn't everyone's cup of tea, but you can't deny that Samsung know how to include everything in a device. Aside from headphone jack, but that is the norm. Now if they could just get rid of the curved edges...