Today I’m going to be testing out two powerful flagship smart phones: the HTC 10 and the
Galaxy S7 Edge.
We’re going to start off by filming in 4K, drop down to 1080p, and then finish off with
the front facing cameras and slow motion.
I have them both set up in this little rig to keep them both equally stabilized while
I am filming.
Let’s get started!
So right now I’m filming in 4K resolution at 30 frames a second on each camera.
Things to look out for are the image stabilization as well as the color quality.
Both cameras have the IOS image stabilizing active right now at 4K.
So the image should be relatively stable as I’m walking.
Cell phones usually have a pretty hard time finding definitions in clouds so we’re going
to go up to the sky here and drop it back down to the ground.
Back up to the sky again.
Still recording in 4K.
I’ll have a poll question at the end of this video so you can answer and tell me which
one you think looks better.
Remember, every screen is a little bit different so watching this video on an iPhone will be
different than watching this video on a Samsung.
One has an LCD display, the other one has an AMOLED display, which displays the colors
a little bit differently.
So now I’m filming in 1080p walking down this trail.
Both cameras still have the OIS image stabilizing but the Samsung Galaxy S7 also has something
called EIS which is electronic image stabilization on top of the OIS, which is the optical image
stabilization.
So it should be a lot more stable than the HTC 10, but it might also have more of a warped
stabilizing effect which distorts the image a little bit from that electronic image stabilizing.
So now we’re filming with the front facing cameras.
There are some differences between the two.
The Samsung Galaxy S7 can film in Quad HD so the image is going to be a little bit bigger
than the HTC 10, but the HTC 10 has something called OIS image stabilizing on the front
facing camera which is a world first for a Smartphone.
It’s the first Smartphone in the world that has the optical image stabilization on the
front facing camera.
So the image is going to be more stable than it is on the Galaxy S7, theoretically, if
the specks work out like they’re supposed to.
So as I’m walking pay attention to the color quality and the image stabilizing on each
camera.
And since I have you here let me rant for just one quick second.
The HTC 10 has something called high-res audio, but when you turn on this high-res audio it
actually changed what format the video was being recorded in.
It will drop the file as a .MKV file which is fine, it will play great on your phone
and on your computer, but if you ever plan on editing it in Adobe Premier or any other
software that edits video it’s going to struggle considerably.
Adobe Premier won’t even accept that file format.
So if you’re a vlogger and you’re planning on using this awesome OIS image stabilizing
front facing camera, make sure that your high-res audio is turned off.
That will make it so that the phone will output in a MP4 instead of the .MKV and you’ll
be able to use your footage.
I’ll do a little walking with the front facing camera.
So I switched back to ultra high definition; this is 4K footage.
You can also make the video full screen so you can see a little better.
Do some close up shots of these rocks; still in 4K.
Check out the image color and the image detail.
So for the slow motion both phones are actually going to be in 720p.
The HTC 10 will be filming in 120 frames per second.
The Galaxy S7 Edge will be filming in 240 frames per second.
So there are twice as many frames on the Galaxy to work with.
So the slow motion will be twice as slow and twice as cool.
The Galaxy S7 definitely wins in the slow motion department.
So I’m going to include a poll question right here in the corner.
Which phone do you think did better in this test?
There are so many variables when it comes to Smartphone cameras, but you have to pick.
And then leave down in the comments below why you think that phone did better.
I did durability tests on both the HTC 10 and the Galaxy S7 Edge.
I will link both those videos here so you can watch those if you’re interested.
Thanks a ton for watching.
Hope to see you around.