Galaxy S7 Camera vs iPhone 7 Camera: Which Smartphone Shooter is Better? Specs and Unique Features

By Neal A. Lasta , CP Contributor

September 18, 2016|9:55 am

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Apple's latest offering: the iPhone 7.

Apple claims that the iPhone 7 has the best, smartest cameras in the market today. But it is 2016, and there are lots of high-end smartphones out there who can make the same claim. This article compares two of the best in the market, Samsung's Galaxy S7 and the iPhone 7, to see what experts think about the images they produce.

iPhone 7 Camera

Apple iPhone 7 has a much better camera than the previous iPhone for many reasons. One, it now supports optical image stabilization. Two, it now has a larger f/1.8 aperture. Among smartphones, the iPhone 7 camera may be the best out there, aside from the iPhone 7 Plus which has the same features and an added dual lens system.

Even Apple's A10 fusion chip contributes to the quality of the pictures produced by the iPhone 7. It helps the camera have better white balance, faster focus, and uses machine learning so that the images you get actually get better over time.

Some other features include the bokeh effect and telephoto lens which brings about a photographic ability that isn't found in other smartphones.

Galaxy S7 Camera

The aperture of the Samsung Galaxy S7 Camera is close to the iPhone 7 at f/1.7 aperture. Just like the iPhone 7, its rear camera has 12 megapixels. The f/1.7 aperture with 1.4 µm pixels allow for excellent low-level lighting. The front camera (usually used for selfies and video chats) sports 5 megapixels.

Samsung Galaxy S7 also has Dual Pixel sensor technology which makes for very fast focusing.Compared to the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus, Samsung Galaxy S7 has a larger sensor size which allows it to produce better images as the ISO is increased.

Comparison

Many tech analysts argue that Samsung Galaxy S7 has a better camera than Apple iPhone 7.

Both devices produce high-quality images in perfect sunlight. The Galaxy 7 camera has more saturated and contrasted photos than the iPhone 7. It also seems to produce sharper photos, but the difference isn't that large.

The iPhone 7, though, has sharper zoom in images due to the telephoto lens. The telephoto lens also allows users to take photos that are closer to how the human eye perceives images.

Users may find Apple iPhone 7 camera's tendency to make active adjustments on focus and exposure a bit undesirable. Samsung Galaxy 7 photos are much more consistent. This "smart" feature may lead to mistakes, or as Alphr puts it, "it seems as though the camera of the iPhone 7 suffers from weird, post-processing artefacts."

The Galaxy S7 has a closer focus than the iPhone 7, and a much faster and more precise autofocus. It is also better in terms of night time shooting, capturing more detail in lowlight.

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