In this camera comparison I have the xiaomi 13 Pro which has just recently released versus the
Galaxy s23 Ultra also recently released and then last September the iPhone 14 pro Max so
front-facing cameras right now the iPhone and the Samsung the Galaxy do have 4K video which
is 4K 30 at the moment that I'm using and we get 1080p with the xiaomi only with the front-facing
cameras and just looking at it right now it looks like the xiaomi is overexposing a little
bit perhaps not I have to check that a course on my monitor and I'm swapping over audio sources
and I wanted to point how to make it really clear too that I'm on all the latest firmwares of all
three of these phones here so which one do you think is the steadiest and which one has the
best sounding microphones picking up my voice the best I'm going to just jog up these stairs here
just to check out that stabilization and maybe one of them is a little better so
right now of course I'm in the shade and I'm just going to run here back into the sun
so we can take a look at which one adjusts to the exposure changes the best now over to the
rear cameras for video now with our main cameras this is 30 frames per second so walk along this is
just to test out our stabilization so Optical and electronic with these main sensors 200 megapixels
50 megapixels and 48 so very different there in all three so quick little Sprinter head a bit
of a jog just to test that stabilization and now I'm going to pan around slowly
just to see if any of these are going to have problems with Jada hopefully not
or the exposure changes it can happen of course and what about the audio right now
there is no wind so there should be no wind noise being picked up
and that'll give you a good idea of which one has the best microphone out of these three
and this is now portrait video which is supported by the Samsung and the iPhone it is called
cinematic so this is in their top settings here the xiaomi doesn't support it so it will just be
normal 4K 30 video so it should be blurring the background nicely there shouldn't be any problem
Sophia can you have a look at the daddy here the camera great thank you say hi to everyone hello
now the ultrawide cameras this is 4K 30 again
now with the sun starting to sit there this is a very good test of the auto exposure and if it
will introduce any of those jutter issues that I commonly do see especially with the Android phones
and another little jog ahead to test out that stabilization this is now 4K 60 frames per
second so it should look a lot smoother and I did notice some lensphere Reflections coming
off the iPhone seems to be quite prone to that happening but we'll see a lot more of that in
low light which will be up and coming too so this is looking quite smooth just a bit of a jog ahead
I need to test out that stabilization normally when you shoot video you should not actually
be of course running now Focus across all three of them does seem to be good
as I'm looking on here to this Lifesaver no real problem there and then looking into the
background it locks onto that very quick back to the lifesaver then the background no issues
across all three with the focus there's a zoom video now so no contest to the 10 times Optical
periscopic camera of the Galaxy s23 Ultra is the best air you can see it gets getting in the
closest compared to the three times Zoom of the iPhone and 3.2 times of the xiaomi 13 Pro now this
is handheld I'm going to just walk back a little bit and you see because of that optical zoom being
test 10 times it is a lot more susceptible to me moving about with the Samsung so that's the the
trade now over to our low light video These of course are the front-facing cameras again
not looking anywhere near as good as daylight to be expected so the stabilization or all of
them seems to really be suffering there's quite a bit of noise to them some grain and honestly it
would not be shooting Vlog footage in these kind of lighting conditions with any of these three
cameras here a lot more difficult for these phones which do you reckon here in low light
looks the best the stability you can tell now with the electronic image stabilization especially it's
not looking so hot and I am seeing that really annoying lens flare all over the place especially
with the iPhone but it's happening on the xiaomi and probably the least on the s23 ultra here this
is our move about it's that little UFOs in the sky but no that is definitely annoying I really
hate that but the iPhone especially that lens flare they've just never been able to fix it
and while still so this shot here of Gerald from The Witcher of course I think it looks best with
the xiaomi 13 Pro captures more textures and details and his necklace there but the other
two shots they're still pretty good still with our main cameras here I find the xiaomi to be a little
bit Overexposed the s23 ultra is okay but when you zoom into a white fur you'll see that it was
the iPhone that captured it the best here getting all those details without clipping those whites
shot of this little yellow flower here so you can see that the xiaomi it is just Overexposed come
out white and there is some clipping happening with those yellow shades with the iPhone so it's
the s23 ultra it captured this shot the best selfie portrait mode now for me the iPhone's
a little bit overdone take a look at my t-shirt it just looks a little artificial so it's between
the xiaomi and the Samsung and I prefer here the s23 ultra but xiaomi's selfie shot isn't too bad
either main cameras again indoor shot so all three of them look excellent they're very good it is a
bit down to personal preference but I did want to point out the xiaomi got the colors more correct
because the table top was slightly darker than the other two do show it and I like the xiaomi's
background blue here the subject being of course the beer here the rest blurred it's just a more
pleasant more warm shot to me so with this shot here I find the iPhone has overdone it a little
bit there's a bit too much sharpening the orange was not as Punchy and as deep as it's shown with
the iPhone so that does not win here the xiaomi 13 Pro I think took the better photo with the
colors that is the accuracy is pretty much how I saw it and then a close second is our Samsung
Zoom cameras now so this Samsung it's got that 10 times optical zoom this says faster period
to the other phones and as you'd imagine it is the leader here so when it comes to the zoom
shots I don't need to give you a lot of examples because it will always be the Galaxy which has
the far superior Zoom now this Zoom shot here now is the Samsung set to three times optical
zoom now you'll notice that with the processing the iPhone and the Samsung there's a bit of over
sharpening going on there and with the xiaomi they're not applying as much sharpening and
the colors thanks to a game that Leica authentic setting are a little more accurate with the xiaomi
portrait mode now so it's the default setting with all three of them stitching on all three
looks terrible but if I have to pick one for the stitching it's got to be the Galaxy with the left
hand strands are here that are kind of blowing in the wind there it managed to capture a couple of
those a little better than the other two phones now looking at skin tones and just the way this
photo is processed I find that the Galaxy shot here is a little noisy there's some noise coming
into the 200 megapixel camera the sensor and the iPhone looks a little over sharpened over
processed and I think the more pleasant shot when it comes to portraits here at least is the xiaomi
with the skin tones and just the overall look of it Ultra wide shots now so all three of them
looking pretty close so look at the way the sky is and I think the sky was handled the best maybe
on the xiaomi but the colors are the most correct with the Samsung here the iPhone didn't get the
color right it's a little bit too cool than what it really was and sunset conditions here HDR test
it's a tough shot but I think overall forgot to pick one it would probably be the xiaomi because
of the way the sky is rendered there just seems to be a little more natural with this ultrawide
photo here I want you to have a look at the Sun so obviously Sunset conditions here it is difficult
HDR for these little tiny Ultra wide lenses to be able to get this and the sensor and it is for
me the Samsung that did capture the sun going down here the best it's the more realistic shot
although the white balance is a little too cool the white the iPhone has the best white balance
but overall the way the sun was captured and the sky and just everything in general it is the s23
ultra that wins this one HDR with our main cameras so straight away yes the iPhone is the brightest
shot that is apparent that is clear straight away now brightest doesn't always mean best when you
crop in you'll notice that I think in the shadows that the iPhone perhaps has just a few more
details the Samsung is the least amount of details here the worst shot out of these three is the
Samsung the xiaomi what I like about the xiaomi is again they haven't gone overboard with sharpening
whereas iPhone and Samsung they have tweaked up the sharpness clearly in this particular HDR shot
things are starting to really get interesting now with low light performance so straight off
the bat here the xiaomi just messed up the white balance it's completely off the colors the sign
where it says La Posada Del Mar this is meant to be a dark blue the iPhone got the colors the best
now when I crop in this is a 300 crop now you'll see that the xiaomi is the clearest getting I feel
the best details out of that sign at least but then the white balance is just shot completely
off the Galaxy well Samsung here a little bit too much noise to it I feel a bit noisy the sensor at
the moment maybe they need a firmware update the iPhone of course has the most mature firmware here
it looks good it got that white balance correct the blues dark as it kind of should be but this
Samsung did do a better job of capturing actually that neon or the backlit La Posada Del Mar sign
Ultra wide cameras so all three of them are terrible these lenses are not really
meant for low light at all and the iPhone is slightly ahead of the other two here
with this shot they are also close also similar even the white balance is pretty much the same
but I'd say the white balance Edge goes to the xiaomi just because it gets the background lights
there on the right hand side a little more yellow and orange as they should be you can
see with the iPhone and the Samsung we do have a bit more sharpening than what we do with the
xiaomi but I think overall the Galaxy s23 Ultra is the better shot out of these three with this
scene while they all look really similar it's actually the Samsung that gets it because take
a look at the lamp that is on the white wall next to those three windows it's to the left of it it's
captured the best in fact pretty much perfectly with the Samsung Gear compared to the other two
the shot of the castle it looks to me like the iPhone is over sharpening a little bit white
balance is the best with the xiaomi but I believe overall it is the Samsung that took the best night
shot photo here of the castle capturing the most details that Street Lamp just a little better than
the other two so these are my findings for our front-facing camera video performance so your
Vlog footage definitely the iPhone 14 pro Max was the best here the other two they would tend to
overexpose rare video performance the Samsung had the best stability to my eyes at least especially
when I was just jogging around the ultra wide or the main camera tended to look a little bit more
steady with zoom video so no contest here and even Zoom photos it was the Samsung it's got their 10
times periscopic optical zoom and even though it's not a high megapixel count it still was a
lot better than what the other two could do now portrait photos the xiaomi I think it looks the
best the more pleasant although the stitching wasn't amazing across all three the xiaomi had
the least noise better looking skin tones and I liked it selfie photos the Samsung but only just
came through with our daytime photos so it was really hit and miss across all three of them they
were trading blows there often the white balance however was the best with the xiaomi and then our
low light photos that went to I think Samsung it came through with in general probably the
best the xiaomi was just off the white balance for low light photos so do you agree with my
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