Another reviewer, Vật Vờ Studio, from Vietnam, uploaded a video comparing the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra to the iPhone 15 Pro Max (curr. $1,099.99 at Best Buy) in a number of areas. Critically, the Galaxy S24 Ultra seems to do fairly poorly in low-light scenarios, and especially in video.
The images the Galaxy S24 Ultra produces often seem artificially bright, especially when it comes to faces in low light conditions. Strange bright halos, similar to those demonstrated in MKBHD’s recent blind smartphone camera test, rear their heads in low-light images, too. Nighttime photos also exhibit some blown-out highlights and muddy textures.
Video is arguably the most disappointing aspect of the performance in this particular demonstration. Although daylight clips are bright, smooth, and sharp — and there are no distracting lens flares, like those produced by the iPhone, things fall apart quickly when the light wanes. The image stabilisation starts to introduce judders, and the image becomes muddier as the light gets sparse.