Intergalactic camera shootout: Galaxy S6 vs. Galaxy S5 vs. Note 4 vs. iPhone 6
Galaxy S6 vs. Galaxy S5 vs. Note 4 vs. iPhone 6
Panorama
While the iPhone has been at a resolution disadvantage so far, when it comes to panoramas it matches the rest - all four cameras produce images with around 3,200px vertical resolution. Both Samsung and Apple have perfected their stitching methods and there are no stitching artifacts for static objects (moving objects can still cause issues).
The Samsung Galaxy S6 has an accurate white balance, but overexposes the image a bit, while the Galaxy S5 underdevelops the shadows. The iPhone 6's HDR functionality in the panorama mode allows it to do well both in the highlights and in the shadows.
The Galaxy Note 4 panoramas have a cold white balance (slight blue tint) while the Galaxy S5 is noticeably blue-tinted. The Apple iPhone 6 errs on the other side and produces a warm (yellowish) white balance.
The Galaxy S6 managed to keep things neutral. The Galaxy S6 also captures the most detail though images are slightly softer than the Galaxy Note 4 panoramas. The Galaxy S5 applies more sharpening than the Note, but even then the iPhone 6 retains more fine detail than it. The Galaxy S5 noise reduction smudges some of the more complex textures.
Samsung Galaxy S6 panorama
Samsung Galaxy Note 4 panorama
Samsung Galaxy S5 panorama
Apple iPhone 6 panorama
Reader comments
- v00d007
- 24 May 2021
- gD6
Very cool shootout - very well done! Still loving my S5's and Note 4's. Will probably never again buy a new smartphone in this life ;)
- Solun1
- 24 Apr 2021
- 0yR
For a long time you could play Fornite on Samsungs only so what are you talking about? Since the day Fornite was released you can dowload it from the Galaxy Store including today.
- RichGuy
- 10 May 2018
- JEu
I have 5 sumaungs and i'm bored from it so this time i need to try a new thing i'll take the iphone 6s like best phone at less i can download fornite on it and it will be hard to be breaked different of "sumsang's"...