Galaxy S22 Ultra has far better image quality than S21U thanks to new processing

17 December 2021
Samsung's next flagship will improve upon image quality with similar imaging hardware.

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  • Anonymous
  • rN7
  • 17 Dec 2021

Nice joke. I guess that means even heavier post processing.
Apple was able to catch up a few years back because manufacturers have gotten lazy with cameras.

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    • Anonymous
    • rN7
    • 17 Dec 2021

    Anonymous, 17 Dec 2021Yeah, sub 1 inch sensors are not good. There is simply too ... moreTiniest??? Cool story

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      • Anonymous
      • JF2
      • 17 Dec 2021

      T-T, 17 Dec 2021Hardware has been good enough for quite some time now, only... moreYeah, sub 1 inch sensors are not good. There is simply too little information in night photography. Algos can make miracles happen, almost. Still they *can't* invent information that is simply not there.

      Phone sensors remain tiny as ever and Samsung's are the tiniest (when it comes to androids), weeell below the 1inch mark. I guess they are good enough for well lot environments. Subpar lighting though while using a sub 1inch sensor remains a no no. Given the price of flagships photography remains one of their weak spots (at the same price you can buy a proper mirroless + a pretty good phone still.

      They need to do better in collecting information before going about ameliorating their algos. Samsung is icreasingly left behind...

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        • Jacktackle
        • mpd
        • 17 Dec 2021

        Whats the dxo score for Xperia Pro 1? Oh! They dint do it? They did not get paid? So sad. Don't worry They will do it after mate 50 Pro and will give it a mediocre score.
        DXO is a fake company. And who believe in them are nuts!

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          • Mr mahamad
          • Jqr
          • 17 Dec 2021

          He means Samsung removed the wax skin effect from its camera processing?

          I never understood why Samsung processing always tries to make you look like a wax doll, they forgot that there's a whole world outside south Korea and people don't like the androgenous look that south Koreans love.

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            • AnonD-762416
            • Sec
            • 17 Dec 2021

            AnonD-1030868, 17 Dec 2021Why every company gets good score except Samsung? Maybe Sa... moreLike I said.
            Read the comments on the S21U "review" and you'll learn how rotten that site is.

            Yes, I know, you Chinese suffers from a massive inferiority complex towards Korean technology. Which is probably why you need to comfort yourselves with fake news. I mean, it's your culture, isn't it? Fake everything?

              Well thats till u have a consumers edition. We kinda learned now that whatever preliminary scores and evaluations u make...in real world in consumers hands, maybe 3 or 4 handsets are same but then they are not. Mainly because of software. Had examples how two same phones didnt produce same results at same firmware.

              I believe if 22Ultra is at least on G6PRO lvl DXOMARK score it will be good. Thats around 135 or 136.

                "far better image quality" - sounds like "we have no idea how good or bad this is".

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                  • Anonymous
                  • JiR
                  • 17 Dec 2021

                  Good news for Samsung users

                  Bad news for samsung haters

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                    • Anonymous
                    • y6H
                    • 17 Dec 2021

                    This should not be hard to pull off, Samsung processing has gotten awful over the last years. S9 photos look much more natural than S20 or S21. All they have to do is go back to the S9 and optimize it a bit for the current sensor.

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                      • gqq
                      • 17 Dec 2021

                      manlofthecentuary, 17 Dec 2021wouldn't trust DXOmark, they sell places in the rankin... moreSo why everyone buys places except Samsung?
                      They can't?

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                        • AnonD-1030868
                        • gqq
                        • 17 Dec 2021

                        AnonD-762416, 17 Dec 2021DxOmark is dead. Scam site writing both reviews and hit job... moreWhy every company gets good score except Samsung?
                        Maybe Samsung is bad
                        Samsung camera processing isn't improved and they use exynos
                        It's not that every company buys dxo and Samsung can't

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                          • Street Puppy
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                          • 17 Dec 2021

                          Anonymous, 17 Dec 2021Not according to DXOMARK rankings. I'm surprised it�... moreSame dxo that gave to s20 ultra super high AF score when samsung had to provide fix for it?

                          Same dxo that gave p50 pro higher score than mate 40 pro despite much weak hardware?

                          Wide was reduced from 1/1.28 to 1/1.56 (also from another supplier of weaker tech) and the super wide went from 1/1.5" to 1/3" (the 1/3" is about 30% of the size of 1/1.5")

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                            • Street Puppy
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                            • 17 Dec 2021

                            AnonF-1013367, 17 Dec 2021Ice universe has been debunked as scam so many times, I don... moreTrue

                            He said exynos 990 was better than sd865.
                            Also 2100 was better than 888.

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                              • Street Puppy
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                              • 17 Dec 2021

                              I have checked raw samples from many phones.
                              It is horrifying the amount of sharpening the jpeg has.
                              This should not be done

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                                • manlofthecentuary
                                • nrN
                                • 17 Dec 2021

                                Anonymous, 17 Dec 2021The S21 has a very competent main camera but the best one t... morewouldn't trust DXOmark, they sell places in the ranking and it is proven

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                                  • Street Puppy
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                                  • 17 Dec 2021

                                  Does this mean less noire reduction and accurate WB?

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                                    • Anonymous
                                    • nU7
                                    • 17 Dec 2021

                                    Noirjer, 17 Dec 2021S21 ultra is already the best camera phone out there but s2... moreThe S21 has a very competent main camera but the best one the out there? it's questionable ,even in the DXOmark ranking the s21 ultra is not even in the first 20 best smartphone cameras.

                                      Noirjer, 17 Dec 2021S21 ultra is already the best camera phone out there but s2... moreExactly. Blind fanboys praising probably worst flagship camera ever. Every enthusiast to pro photographer laughs seeing smeared oil paintings that Samsung phones produce.

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                                        • AnonD-762416
                                        • Sec
                                        • 17 Dec 2021

                                        Anonymous, 17 Dec 2021It doesn't matter how good the photos are in real life... moreDxOmark is dead. Scam site writing both reviews and hit jobs for money and they aren't even apologetic about it.