Flashback: Samsung Galaxy A9 (2018), the world's first phone with four cameras on its back

01 May 2022
More is better? It turns out that strength in numbers does not quite equate to image quality.

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Yeah, back then it really disappointed me to see the camera peform poorly even though that was the most marketed feature...

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    • Anonymous
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    • 01 May 2022

    blue, 01 May 2022Well, since all modern phones have big screens and triple o... moreWrong again. Your preference is upto you and does not mean it's also everyone else preference. So, better talk for yourself and don't decide for others

      And then, a year later, Vivo stepped in with two telephoto sensors on the X30 Pro. Xiaomi may have done it earlier with the Mi Note 10, but the second telephoto sensor cannot work on its own. The Vivo can.

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        • 01 May 2022

        NeonHD, 01 May 2022Ah the good old days, back when phones didn't have not... more... and they were unnecessary 20 % larger than needed. No, thank you.

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          • Anonymous
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          • 01 May 2022

          IpsDisplay, 01 May 2022On the Gsmarena review the 2mp low light performance was no... moreGo back there and use the tool. Set all phones to display same resolution.

          You do not compare 16MP against 5MP. You need to downscale
          the 16 to 5 before comparing. This is why their tool have this option.

          Resizing to lower resolution masks noise and artifacts.

          Why do you think nokia 808 resizes 38MP to 5 ? It is not binning like gsma always wrongly says

            Anonymous, 01 May 2022Even if it has like 4 micron, a 2MP would still be garbage.... moreOn the Gsmarena review the 2mp low light performance was not terrible

            It was competing with flagships of the time without sweat

            Go and look at the Lenovo z6 Pro review on here

              Spider243, 01 May 2022But After iphone only Dual Camera Came Then The Copied And ... moreU think Apple is number 1 😭😭😭. They've been knocked of SECOND spot by Huawei twice... Xiaomi knocked them of the 2nd spot .. they're more like 2nd/3rd. Samsung is number 1

                NeonHD, 01 May 2022Ah the good old days, back when phones didn't have not... moreI know right?

                Best screen design ever: s8/note 8, OP 5T, lg g6, etc.

                  Ah the good old days, back when phones didn't have notches or holes 👌

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                    • 01 May 2022

                    It was a updated version of A7 2018

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                      • 01 May 2022

                      Anonymous, 01 May 2022Exactly wrong. Right Well, since all modern phones have big screens and triple or quad cameras, the trend was set right. It's not Samsung's problem that you can't keep with the time and still live in the past.

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                        • Anonymous
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                        • 01 May 2022

                        IpsDisplay, 01 May 2022Till this day I can never understand if manufacturers can&#... moreEven if it has like 4 micron, a 2MP would still be garbage.
                        This is why HTC years ago stipped doing it.

                        Want better photo at night? Use base ISO + slow shutter + resize photo to 8MP

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                          • 01 May 2022

                          Spider243, 01 May 2022But After iphone only Dual Camera Came Then The Copied And ... moreThe world's first dual camera smartphone was Huawei P9 introduced in 2016, followed by P20 Pro with world's first triple camera setup. Samsung tried to emulate Huawei's success by introducing the world's first quad camera setup. But the camera system was not able to compete with Huawei due to Samsung's lackluster photography technology.

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                            • 01 May 2022

                            Anonymous, 01 May 2022Exactly wrong. Right how so?

                              Till this day I can never understand if manufacturers can't resist 2mp cameras..

                              Why don't they use a 2mp dedicated low light lens instead
                              of depth and Marco with huge micron pixels like the the Lenovo z6 Pro

                              That's actually the best case use for a 2mp camera

                              On the z6 it did wonders in low light people would change their minds on the usefulness of a 2mp lens if they did this

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                                • 01 May 2022

                                Galaxy A73 should've gotten snapdragon 888 plus

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                                  blue, 01 May 2022And both of these trends appeared to be successfull, right?... moreExactly wrong. Right

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                                    • Anonymous
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                                    • 01 May 2022

                                    When this phone came out, I thought it was just a one-off to show what is possible. Guess I was wrong.

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                                      • 01 May 2022

                                      KondriX, 01 May 2022Yep, exactly. Now we have useless 2 Mp macro and depth, no ... moreI'm currently using an Xperia 1 2019 i didn't like the redmi i used earlier with the ugly notch wish they would just bring back the classic design with a notch less screen rather than the low quality HD+ screens we have today

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                                        • Anonymous
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                                        • 01 May 2022

                                        now we need like 12 LOL