Samsung gets Tough
The smartphone business is a competitive one and share leaders (1Q ’21) Samsung Electronics (005930.KS) and Apple (AAPL) have been battling it out for years on a global basis. Sometimes the competition can be just a bit of poking fun at each other and other times it can get a bit more serious, but in a series of recent video’s Samsung posted on its US YouTube (GOOG) channel, they get downright specific. Samsung produces its own image processors, which it touts as the highest pixel count cameras in the industry at 108 MP, while Apple buys its cameras from Sony (SNE), who is known for its high-quality. In the videos referenced Samsung compares images taken with its Galaxy S21 Ultra against those taken with Apple’s iPhone 12 Pro, with the statement, “Your Phone Upgrade Shouldn’t Be a Downgrade’” and then compares images taken with both smartphones.
As noted Samsung’s wide angle camera is 108 MP, while the iPhone camera is 12 MP, and while the number of pixels is certainly important there are other factors that influence picture taking ability and quality, particularly the size of the aperture or f/stop. In this case they are similar in that the Samsung camera has a slightly smaller aperture, which means it is able to gather slightly les light, which the Apple camera has a slightly larger aperture. That said, they are close enough that they should make little difference on average, however the videos show a vast difference between the two. Of course, these videos are well selected by Samsung to show off the quality and ability of the Samsung camera system in the S21 Ultra, but they do it well. Ctl+Click to see the 15 sec. videos.
https://youtu.be/TZQSRQ53Sx8
https://youtu.be/j6fqaXPYg4g
As noted Samsung’s wide angle camera is 108 MP, while the iPhone camera is 12 MP, and while the number of pixels is certainly important there are other factors that influence picture taking ability and quality, particularly the size of the aperture or f/stop. In this case they are similar in that the Samsung camera has a slightly smaller aperture, which means it is able to gather slightly les light, which the Apple camera has a slightly larger aperture. That said, they are close enough that they should make little difference on average, however the videos show a vast difference between the two. Of course, these videos are well selected by Samsung to show off the quality and ability of the Samsung camera system in the S21 Ultra, but they do it well. Ctl+Click to see the 15 sec. videos.
https://youtu.be/TZQSRQ53Sx8
https://youtu.be/j6fqaXPYg4g
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