Samsung S23 Ultra vs Pixel 7 Pro Camera – I'm Not Impressed!



Over 360 photos and videos taken to give you my in-depth camera comparison/test/battle between the Samsung S23 Ultra & the Pixel 7 Pro. 💡Original photos are available for download. Go to https://www.idtreviews.com/downloads
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**Chapters**
0:00 – Intro
0:48 – Preparation
1:04 – Morning Landscape Photos
2:42 – Morning HDR Test
4:17 – Morning Portrait Photos
5:38 – Morning Selfies & Selfie Portraits
6:44 – Morning Zoom Photos
7:53 – Morning Macro Photos
8:29 – Morning Photos Summary
8:52 – S23 Ultra 200MP Test
10:02 – Morning Videos Quality & Stabilization (Back Camera)
13:39 – Front Camera Videos & Mic Quality
15:31 – Morning Videos Summary
15:46 – Night Landscape Photos
19:24 – Night Portrait Photos
21:04 – Night Selfies & Selfie Portraits
22:09 – Night Zoom Photos
23:04 – Night Macro Photos
23:20 – Night Photos Summary
23:53 – Front & Back Camera Night Videos

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33 thoughts on “Samsung S23 Ultra vs Pixel 7 Pro Camera – I'm Not Impressed!”

  1. Okay I definitely need to go to the DOCTOR now!! You just said that at 9:04 Samsung's 200MP shot is less detailed than Pixel's 12MP shot! Are you kidding me?!! Look at Hulk's chest! You are comparing oversharpened 12MP Pixel shot with a far more detailed shot on the Samsung!
    Do you actually like real soft details or oversharpened mess? You zoomed 1000% on the 12MP shot but didn't bother cropping into the 200MP shots?!

    You also gave the win to the Pixel for selfies and portrait mode despite it failing in the two most important sections – details and edge detection! Plus no 3x portrait mode comparison?

    You are also fan of editing in post, that's why you want natural photos! So what about a pro mode comparison?! The Pixel 7 Pro doesn't have a pro mode?! That's an irony!

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  2. All this and it makes the s23u look terrible lol BUT here I am using it for a week and it AMAZING!!!…my photos are insane and expert raw has improved alot since s22u! Video is in another world on the s23u this year….hands down BEST phone Samsung has ever made

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  3. Video camera is better with the S23 Ultra. Photos are a bit better at the pixel but not in all photos. The only thing I accuse Samsung of is that the color of a shirt is sometimes completely different, which is a pity. The pixel has been for sale for some time, so it has received more updates. Buying a smartphone is more than just having good cameras, in addition to good cameras, battery life is a nice bonus, the speed, the smoothness of scrolling, not to mention the screen that is better with the S23 Ultra and the zoom is certainly if you want to go a little further also film better with the Ultra. I think both are good smartphones, but the video camera is important to me, slightly more important than photos and also the screen, etc… Pixel 7 pro is a good smartphone for its money, the ultra is a beast overall. The software is also top notch now with the ultra, much better than with the S22 Ultra. A slight preference for the Ultra for me despite the flaws that exist.

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  4. I agree with you on almost everything except for the front-facing camera video I mean come on you can't tell me the pixel front-facing camera video is better than the s23U, no way it's not even close. I understand you trying to be fair but our eyes can't lie.

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  5. 09:05 What do you mean it lacks tones of details? What you mean is that it doesn't exaggerate the details and showing them like they really are with being much sharper? Sorry but the Pixel did a horrible job with the hulk.

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  6. This is a really well executed and presented comparison, best I've seen! Also love that you also supply the pictures for download so people can decide for themselves. I do not always agree with your conclusions. Some points:
    * I do think the 50MP and 200MP of the Samsung give clearly more detail, nice to have feature.
    * I agree that S23U is really disappointing on the 2x to 9x zoom. But to be fair, the 3x shot of the S23U has more detail at the corners (in the center the P7P effectively uses the 5x zoom lens to give more detail).
    * 10x zoom and up the S23U gives only slightly more detail, but they are oversharpened and noisy.
    * Portrait mode on the P7P is (still) broken, better to take a normal shot and add the portrait effect later. Annoying, but a function that I would rarely use anyway.

    In general, I would certainly prefer the P7P for photography, the colors of the S23U take too much time to fix in post-processing.

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  7. Everyone else on youtube is saying how Pixel 7 pro is bad at portraits… due to digital crop and over-sharpening. But you're saying still Pixel is better than 23 ultra. I'm so confused!!

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  8. I think the main edge you have to pixel was because of colors. Which is an opinionated area. In your photos I liked the colours maintained by s23u . The Google pixels photos were sorta yes original, but s23u seemed more pleasant and professional. Its like the exact editing that someone would do on their photos

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