this is a camera comparison test of the new Samsung Galaxy Note 10 Plus starting at about $1100
versus last years iphone xs, a year ago costs about the same but of course it's a year old unit so keep all
that in mind now I'm Ben from authentech and let's jump right into it starting
with some daytime photo side-by-side here's what I noticed so far both
cameras aren't seriously pretty dang good I love to see how far these
smartphone cams have come in just the last few years the HDR or high dynamic
range look really good on both sharpness and clarity is fantastic and I'll zoom
in for some pixel peeping in just a second the warm sunrise glow looks
beautiful on both and honestly I'll say it right from the beginning if you
already have or are going to get either of these phones you're gonna have an
awesome camera in your pocket and remember a lot of these results come
down to personal preference and taste everyone has a different preference and
that's okay now a few more finer details I notice first the obvious the note has
that ultra wide angle lens on that triple camera setup while the iPhone 10s
only has that medium and telephoto lens it's on that brand new iPhone 11 pro
that also has an ultra wide coming to the table and since you know I already
pre-ordered mine consider hitting that subscribe and bail icon to be notified
when I post that in-depth camera comparison video coming very soon the
ultra wide is awesome in my opinion in both photo and video mode more on that
shortly but without taking a single step back look at just how much more we can
squeeze into camera frame another repeated theme I found the iPhone has a
slightly darker image overall it's a little bit more crushed in the shadow
areas now on that same side of the coin the Samsung seems more often produce
that brighter shot across the board all without blowing out or clipping the
highlights in photos which is great to see it's always funny and interesting
when you place two images side by side my eye personally more quickly jumps to
that brighter more punchy image it's just a little bit more pleasing to look
at a quick zoom that 400% and while the iPhone doesn't
look horrible that note 10-plus just has a slightly sharper image but it's
impressive how they both are capturing those tiny details like that spiderweb
across the branch another pixel peeping starting with that ultra wide on the
Samsung that looks so cool then a side-by-side on the primary lens on both
cameras pretty similar image on both with just a tiny colour difference then
jumping to the telephoto lens on each slowly zooming into those two swans the
Blues on the iPhone look a tad more vibrant or saturated then zooming way in
with the digital zoom on each camera they both again look sort of similar
with the Galaxy Note coming out just a tad sharper like in those water ripples
or the tree branches in the background now switching to some front-facing
selfie shots first a few without portrait mode turned on in these first
three shots we can see that same theme again with the note producing a bit
brighter image which I definitely like my face looks a bit more brightly
exposed and keeping my skin tones pretty natural and realistic sharpness looks
pretty great on both but I think the note wins in the fight overall in this
shot with the camera facing towards the Sun is brightly backlit funny enough the
note is darker on my face and the iPhone is a little brighter now I kind of wish
the HDR was better on both of these for this photo turning on the portrait mode
with the background blur they both produce an overall really pleasant
looking shot field of view is almost the exact same and each phone does a great
job in my opinion with edge outlining and the background bokeh colors and
exposure look really nice too it's a little bit better on the note on the
note selfie camera we can punch out to go a little bit extra wide which is nice
for those group shots I like the option to zoom out wider to capture a bit more
into frame and we can see how slightly wider the
note is over the iPhone this is another feature that the new iPhone 11 will have
so we'll have to see which one is wider in just a few days and then there's a
few low-light photos firstly there's a little bit of light coming into the room
from those closed blinds but it's like night and day difference between the two
nope intended the note 10 has this night mode
which looks to be doing an awesome job and you might not even tell it's really
dark in there if not for the dark and blurry iPhone shots even the grain and
sharpness still looks pretty great on the note then I went pitch-black in the
room and still amazing how well the note did at least capturing an OK exposure of
detail and image though it's a bit noisy and maybe out-of-focus funny enough the
iPhone looks totally black showing you what it really looks like in there then
again we can't forget that the new iPhone 11 it'll be coming out with a new
night mode as well so I can't wait to see how that performs and compares now
on to the video comparison and some of my favorite tests here starting with
some 4k 30fps just look at the sparkling water reflection on the tree branches
and the leaves on the note 10 versus the iPhone 10 s we can see a little bit of
that shimmer but maybe a little bit less looking out over the lake the Blues in
the water and the skies look a little bit more saturated and vibrant on the
iPhone sharpness and clarity and the leaves
look really good on both punching out on that ultra wide on the galaxy note I
love to see how much more fits into frame when using this angle over the
primary medium focal length now it doesn't look as sharp as the primary
lens which is normally the case with these phones I'll be intrigued to see if
that new iPhone 11s ultra wide is a little soft in video as well or were
they able to keep it sharp all around white balance and colours look pretty
great on both and the note looks a tad more reddish in the hues where the
iPhone 10 s leans a little bit more green I think when moving in close to
the tree trunk we can keep an eye out for the HDR on each side and even though
they both again look pretty pleasant staring right into the sunlight I think
it's a repeated theme you'll notice that the HDR on the iPhone in video mode is
better over the note 10 plus just look at how much more blown out the Sun is
versus the iPhones much smaller ring around the Sun jumping to my quick
patent-pending autofocus test this was another key area that I found the iPhone
outperformed more consistently and responsive over the note there's no
trickery or anything going on here we can just simply see how fast the
autofocus is snap back and forth on my hand and the
background while the note tent is flickering back and forth searching for
focus but failing pretty terribly now I can only hope that a software fix or
maybe an app update could resolve this in the future
but until then the iPhone surprisingly wins in this test now try not an optical
and digital zoom comparison a few things here firstly that note 10 has quite bit
more zoom range offered in the app but you can see that the quality degrades
pretty harshly so I'm not sure I'd actually recommend it
secondly when pulling back out a little bit we can see the stabilization is
better on the iPhone since these are just handheld shots when I switch over
to just the telephoto lens on each camera with zero digital zoom
I found quality to be about the same on each with the field of view a tad wider
on that iPhone 4k 30 on each this is a rear stabilization test one thing I'm
noticing is the stuttering issue on the iPhone and I've seen this before and I'm
not exactly sure what causes it it might be the camera mount but I don't think so
when switching to a jog well it gets really bad pretty unusable the galaxy is
looking fairly good overall in 4k wide-angle on the note the ultra wide
actually looks pretty smooth and stable here as well which is good to see the
iPhone again pretty terrible another fun stabilization test on the Galaxy Note 10
percent mode we can turn on it crops in goes down to 1080 on the iPhone just to
be fair let's switch it to 1080p as well let's sync them up and see if that makes
a difference for stabilization starting with a little walking test the walking
looks a little bit closer here and now a little bit of a jog but then
of course switching to the jog the iPhone doesn't look as horrible as in
the previous test so I'm guessing that jello wobbles might be because it was
shooting in 4k but now that we're both shooting in at 1080 they do a little bit
better though the Samsung blows the iPhone out of the water in this super
steady mode jumping to the front-facing cameras this is 1080 on both cameras now
the note can go up to 4k on the selfie camera which is nice we'll jump to that
in a sec but how does the 1080 look and compare on each both cams look pretty
good at 1080p about the same field of view as for skin tones or the note
clearly wins iPhone has been known for this weird softening oranjee skin effect
it doesn't look very realistic stabilization also goes to the note here
and then when I pick up the pace we can clearly see that there's just too much
wobble on the iPhone all right and now we're at 4k on the note still 1080p on
the iPhone how does the quality compare and of course the note wins on this one
again 4k will just look sharper over the 1080p on the iPhone it's just another
little example though that the 10 ass is a little bit outdated with that new
iPhone 11 coming out it'll be able to shoot 4k even up to 60fps on that new
front-facing camera both cameras recording at 1080p
this is an audio test on the new Samsung Galaxy Note 10 and this is audio on the
iPhone 10s how does the audio sound and compare between the two how does the
audio sound and compare between the two let's live authentic
let's live authentic in the audio test they both sound very similar in my
opinion both are good enough each get a pass in my book and then for a
slow-motion test both cameras recording here at 240 FPS and I'd say the note
looks to be adding a little too much over sharpening in its image but the
iPhone looking a little bit too soft a nice middle ground could be nice the
fluid motion looks nice smooth and the only thing I'd say that
the iPhone should work on or hopefully be fixed in their next model is that
slight stuttering effect that happens here and there also note that note 10
plus can do up to 960 fps insanity slo-moes which is super fun to play with
and even though the resolution and quality is a bit lackluster the new
iPhones are still capped at 240 FPS I find that a bit of a shame and lastly
some low-light video samples I find that the galaxy no is winning it here as well
both sides look pretty noisy and grainy the iPhones is a little bit blocky and
soft whereas in at least we can see more
detail and clarity on the note side so here's my concluding thoughts on the
results for photography well the note 10 plus hands down wins killer dynamic
range and sharpness low light blows the iPhone out of the water even the selfie
cam and portrait shots look better on the note now I didn't even get a chance
to compare the camera apps and the galaxy kills the iPhone in my opinion
there's just so much more versatility and power in their app while it doesn't
even seem like Apple's trying to update their app it's been forever it's way too
minimal and lackluster of control as for video mode well funny enough it's a
little bit of a tie or back and forth in my taste for me I'd like to have
consistent and accurate autofocus and that extended HDR looks better in my
opinion on the iPhone however the clarity and stabilization on the note 10
plus is really nice and that's not even talking about the triple camera
versatility which just clearly beats out the iPhone 10s I guess we'll just have
to wait and see how that new 11 pro iPhone stacks up after all the 10 as is
a year old so I guess it's a little impressive in itself I'll say it again a
lot of it comes down to personal preference so let me know down in the
comments which one you like better and why let me know of any other phone
comparisons you want to see and until I see you next time let's live