Three of the first top mobiles are in place in the newsroom. We have already tested the HTC One M9 and now Samsung Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge also come.
We’ll be back with a thorough test of Samsung’s flagship Galaxy S6, but decided to start with a real camera test.
For many camera phone one of the main features, and it’s probably not so strange. The mobile phone has replaced the compact camera that people preferred camera.
So we have at this time only concentrated on the photo function. Front camera we have also refrained in this test round.
To have a reference, we have included one of last year’s best top mobiles, iPhone 6 Plus. The camera on the iPhone 6 Plus is otherwise identical to the camera on the iPhone 6, except that the latter does not have OIS on the photo.
Samsung Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge should have identical camera in his system, which our tests far heading confirms. We therefore choose mostly to describe these as one, although we have tested both models separately.
Resolution
Resolution wise it actually HTC One M9 vanguard. It has a camera with a resolution of 20.7 megapixels. There is much on a mobile, and in class with Sony Xperia Z-series.
At the other end of the scale we find Apple iPhone 6 Plus. They have remained at 8 megapixels in recent years and has delivered good results with it.
In the middle we find the Galaxy S6 and Edge with 16 megapixels. It is nevertheless worth noting that Samsung only has 16: 9 format that’s format, while HTC has a thicker format. It is thus more appropriate to compare the number of pixels each having in width.
When the difference much less with HTC 5376 pixels against Samsung 5312 pixels. iPhone on its side is a piece under it with 3264 pixels.
Sensitivity
When it comes to the ISO value is the only Samsung and HTC that allows you to set it manually.
At Samsung runs the gamut from ISO 100 to 800, while in HTC goes from 100 to 1600.
There is still a difference in what you can set and what system can do. On HTC One M9 we experienced including finding pictures taken with ISO 50 in good light, while at Samsung we found pictures with ISO value 1600 in low light.
Apple on its side gives no choice at all, but from photos taken during good and bad lighting conditions we can assume that the ISO value ranging from 32 to 2000. It is in this case the iPhone has the largest sensitivity range here.
There are several things that affect performance in low light, including aperture. Here is the Samsung impresses with an aperture of f / 1.9, while HTC and iPhone both have f / 2.2.
This means that Samsung has just over a blender rose more to go on, which may have much to say.
Grain and noise
No one likes noise in their images, and do not usually grain either (unless it can be used as an effect).
Mobile phones are unusually poorly suited to avoid grain and noise because they have to spend so small image sensor. Thus, each pixel a very small area to collect light on, which easily leads to differences between each pixel, which we perceive as grains.
The producers are trying to counteract this by removing noise digitally after The photo was taken. It may work fine, but it can often cause the image takes a rather fuzzy impression where details disappear.
We used phones to some evening photography, and here came the Samsung clearly out on top. At the darkest subject our having to HTC and Apple screw ISO value up to ISO 1600, while Samsung got away with ISO 1000 thanks to larger aperture.
And here is the class differences. Samsung Galaxy S6 and Edge delivers images that look very clean and neat out. Upon closer inspection, we see traces of a noise filter, but it has not gone particularly hard over the fine details.
The worst is the result from HTC. The images of ISO 1600 is so muddy that they look almost blurry. The images from the iPhone on its side is far more grainy, but here Apple has wisely been far more careful with noise filters so that the result still looks sharp out.
The sharpness
It does not help high resolution if it does not lead to sharper images.
Sharpness can still be so many things. What we perceive as sharpness is actually just how hard contrast between light and dark areas are, which can be easily tricked with in retrospect.
We rather like to talk about detail resolution, ie how fine details rendered image .
In this test the phones with the highest resolution that dominates. It may well be the iPhone actually utilize each pixel better for the pictures look very clean and sharp out by good light.
Still, both Samsung and HTC forward finer details in their images. At ISO 100 is the approximately equally good and here we got results that can compete with many compact cameras.
As soon as the light gets worse and ISO -value screwed up valleys detail resolution of HTC One M9. It also makes it with Samsung Galaxy S6 and Edge, but not as much.
We also find some noise in the images of HTC lowest ISO. It is not very evident, but the images from Samsung is generally prettier here.
Video
All Models films obviously in full HD resolution. In addition, HTC One M9 and Samsung Galaxy S6 and Edge film in 4K resolution. That is 3840 x 2160 pixels at 30 frames per second.
All the cameras can also create slow motion in 720p resolution, but here wins iPhone because they can shoot at 240 frames per. second against Samsung and HTC 120 bps.
In addition, Samsung recording WQHD resolution, which means 2560 x 1440 pixels.
Video Quality
Although we think it is råtøft to film in 4K resolution, we think that it is 1080p that is most applicable to most. It will the be able to show the video elsewhere than on the mobile screen.
Having said so looking 4K outstanding on the high-resolution screens on Samsung S6 and Edge.
When it comes 1080p we have enough give victory to iPhone 6 Plus. Galaxy S6 and Edge gives about equally good detail sharpness iPhone but with tiny more grain.
The difference is small, so the vast majority will suffice judge the quality to be equal here.
HTC stuff is not as good detail sharpness competitors 1080p resolution but is not left behind.
iPhone 6 Plus also has an advantage when it going slow motion. It’s hard to beat 240 fps.
But you will have sharp videos there 4K apply. Here HTC One M9 and Samsung Galaxy S6 and Edge approximately equally sharp images.
We measured tiny more grain with HTC, but was really nothing we could see in practice. Yet HTC tend to burn out sooner in the highlights. We got in at all a little cleaner impression from Samsung 4K recording.
Should we have chosen a model based only on video function, we had enough choice one of Samsung’s new top models. The difference in 1080p resolution so small that we go for Samsung and 4K, despite that the iPhone gives slightly cooler slow motion effect.
New Kings on top
There is no doubt that Samsung Galaxy S6 and Edge and HTC One M9 has the most advanced camera functions. Here you can both put ISO and focus manually and on HTC One M9, you can also control the shutter speed.
Apple likes to keep things simple and have very good automatics. For many it is just as important, but difficult scenes rescue can be manual control.
Although HTC One M9 competes with Samsung models in many areas, it falls a bit through other. The performance in low light and sharpness of 1080p recording are things that get us to like Samsung better.
Meanwhile, we think the pictures from HTC has a tendency to burn out in the bright areas and reclaimed in the dark areas faster than what we experience with Samsung and iPhone.
All three phones provide good pictures, but we think Samsung has really made his diligence with camera function.
Therefore dare we assert that Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge has the best mobile cameras on the market right now.
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