DxOMark gives the Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra a lower score than the S20 Ultra

01 March 2021
According to the detailed review, the phone's zoom capabilities regressed, despite having a longer periscope and an additional telephoto lens.

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  • Exynos
  • pdu
  • 02 Mar 2021

I think cpu just destroy good camera.. And Snapdragon possible beat 12 pro max.

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    • Anonymous
    • D0b
    • 02 Mar 2021

    Nick Tegrataker, 02 Mar 2021Hint: Most of those reviewers are from US and US gets the S... moreAnother hint: This guy just rushed to comment section without reading the article properly

    Both s20 and s21 dxomark reviewed, are exynos variants.

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      • milan82
      • S75
      • 02 Mar 2021

      Best combo would be 3x zoom and 5x periscope zoom lens with 10x hibryd zoom. Who needs zoom above 10x really?

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        • 02 Mar 2021

        Nick Tegrataker, 02 Mar 2021Hint: Most of those reviewers are from US and US gets the S... moreMany of them are from EU too. For example,
        SuperSaf

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          • Anonymous
          • 3Rs
          • 02 Mar 2021

          Huawei Mate 40 Pro is better than S21 uLTRA...
          hUAWEi wins...

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            • mooox
            • ucw
            • 02 Mar 2021

            MrDong, 02 Mar 2021Yes, tech reviewers tend to praise phones on a first impres... moretech reviewers that don't give good comments about new products will be avoided by other manufacturers in the future.

            Apple has blacklisted a few reviewers this way, and the industry has learnt never to bad-mouth apple products in early reviews.

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              • LiQ
              • 02 Mar 2021

              I have compared this two phones and the camera of the S21 is better in any way. From simple point and shoot up to zoom and video.

                MrDong, 02 Mar 2021Is this website even reliable??? How can the zoom capabi... moreFar worse texture-noise tradeoff (though partially due to the fact that Samsung decided to send them a unit with the initial firmware), narrower UWA lens, one telephoto camera replaced by two with smaller sensor areas.. The reasons are pretty clear.

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                  • Anonymous
                  • D0b
                  • 02 Mar 2021

                  Nick Tegrataker, 02 Mar 2021Hint: Most of those reviewers are from US and US gets the S... moreBut DxOmark tested exynos variant of both phones. And they gave less score to s21 ultra in auto focus when compared to s20 ultra. S21 ultra has better sensor with improved pdaf and it also has laser auto focus. This shows how genuine Dxomark is.

                    wongwatt, 02 Mar 2021So basically the conscensus among Samsung fans is, when DxO... moreI really must wonder what kind of excuse they can come up for the fact that S21 Ultra recently got the highest score in DxOMark's display test.

                      mixedfish, 02 Mar 2021It doesn't matter because Sony won't pay enough d... moreSony is one great company that I've never heard them cheating or bribe or any bad publicity.

                      Sony are great underrated company.

                        [deleted post]I forgot, also sapphire front and back glass with 32bit DAC WOLFSON AUDIO, and stainless Steel 916L, and titanium and carbon fibrrthat is been used on Rolex watches.

                        I'd pay £1500+ for that.

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                          • 02 Mar 2021

                          Failed to mention that they reviewed the zoom at 2.5x and 8x instead of the 3x and 10x where the the S21 Ultra is best at zooming. Just that makes the whole pointsystem for the zoom part useless.
                          The S20 Ultra might have better "digital" zoom than the S21 Ultra. But im pretty sure Samsung focused on the new lenses "3x and 10x" instead of improving the digital zoom this time.

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                            • AnonF-964910
                            • n5n
                            • 02 Mar 2021

                            Hey now I don't feel as bad for buying the 5ii

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                              • Carol
                              • mgK
                              • 02 Mar 2021

                              Dx0Mark opinon is as worthless as a the 0 in the name.

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                                • mixedfish
                                • imn
                                • 02 Mar 2021

                                SEUL8TR, 02 Mar 2021Hey guys, no one has done the Sony 5ii with S21ultra, ipho... moreIt doesn't matter because Sony won't pay enough donations and also reviewers insist that it is only fair if you use the default app in auto mode for photos and will not indulge us in the crazy idea that maybe...oh just maybe it's worth looking into the Pro app.

                                  Anonymous, 02 Mar 2021Maybe you need to keep your fat fingers off the lens Lmao.....

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                                    • 02 Mar 2021

                                    gogus, 02 Mar 2021i knew this from 1st rumors before being released. many ca... moreNot if its done right. P40 & Mate 40 Pro+ still one of the best for example. Both got UWA + main + 2 tele. Nail it in terms of both optical & intermediate zoom quality.

                                    I wonder how the P50 will turns out.

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                                      • gogus
                                      • nDJ
                                      • 02 Mar 2021

                                      i knew this from 1st rumors before being released.
                                      many cameras = quantity over quality

                                        Shui8, 02 Mar 2021I guess Samsung pay the highest on DxO display review, as S... moreMust do, because just like Apple fans, if the DxOMark camera review doesn't result in a no.1 ranking it's the result of unfair bias rather than actual testing.
                                        So the display result must be the same surely????