Now that the Galaxy S25 Extremely is official, we are able to present you this fast digicam comparability we made versus its predecessor.
Specs enhancements, just like the Snapdragon 8 Elite chip and all its AI prowess are good, however if you get right down to it – individuals care most concerning the digicam enhancements.
The Galaxy S25 Extremely brings a brand new 50MP sensor and brighter f/1.9 lens for its ultrawide digicam – a giant enchancment over the 12MP f/2.2 unit of the S24 Extremely. The remainder of the setup sounds equivalent – 200MP 1x, 50MP 5x, 12MP selfie. Let’s dig in.
We additionally anticipate some variations in processing as a result of new chipset. However wanting on the fundamental digicam samples, we are able to hardly see a distinction in shade rendering and tones. In one of many photographs, the older cellphone did a greater job with sharpening, however that is about it.
Principal digicam: Samsung Galaxy S25 Extremely • Samsung Galaxy S24 Extremely
The midrange zoom cameras additionally look very comparable, although there is a discernible distinction in noise – the newer mannequin exhibits much less of it.
3x: Samsung Galaxy S25 Extremely • Samsung Galaxy S24 Extremely
Wanting on the telephoto zoom cameras we discover a bit extra nice element from the Galaxy S24 Extremely photographs. It comes on the expense of barely larger noise within the textured surfaces. There’s extra noise within the background of the Galaxy S25 Extremely photographs, although.
5x: Samsung Galaxy S25 Extremely • Samsung Galaxy S24 Extremely
The Galaxy S25 Extremely has clearly superior 10x outcomes however we’ll give the 30x to the Galaxy S24 Extremely on this preliminary spherical.
10x: Samsung Galaxy S25 Extremely • Samsung Galaxy S24 Extremely
30x: Samsung Galaxy S25 Extremely • Samsung Galaxy S24 Extremely
Here is the large one — the 50MP ultrawide of the Galaxy S25 Extremely vs the 12MP one on the Galaxy S24 Extremely (be aware that each output 12MP closing photographs). We do not know the sensor dimension distinction at this level (hopefully we are going to by evaluate time) however we might anticipate the brand new imager to not less than match the 1/2.55-inch unit of the Galaxy S24 Extremely.
We suspect the brand new digicam has a bigger sensor as a result of there is a smaller depth of discipline in its photographs – much less of the background and foreground is in give attention to the Galaxy S25 Extremely vs the Galaxy S24 Extremely’s shot, which is nearly solely in focus.
The brand new digicam has much less noise however a extra processed look in these samples and certainly the older unit seems to have retained a smidge extra element. We’ll make sure that to look at these intently after we get to the complete evaluate.
Ultrawide: Samsung Galaxy S25 Extremely • Samsung Galaxy S24 Extremely
Ultrawide macro: Samsung Galaxy S25 Extremely • Samsung Galaxy S24 Extremely
Regardless of the identical-sounding selfie {hardware}, the Galaxy S25 Extremely brings extra detailed photographs with much less noise.
Selfies: Samsung Galaxy S25 Extremely • Samsung Galaxy S24 Extremely
And here is a fast video comparability – 4K from the principle digicam.
Needless to say these are solely preliminary outcomes from a rushed at-the-event digicam session. It is also questionable if the Galaxy S25 Extremely unit on the occasion is as much as the identical high quality you may get in-store when the cellphone hits the cabinets.
Samsung Galaxy S25 Extremely
However with that disclaimer out of the way in which, the Galaxy S24 Extremely appears to carry its personal towards its substitute. And even when we anticipated the brand new 50MP ultrawide to wipe the ground with its predecessor. It did not. Oh effectively, we’ll do a extra thorough take a look at in our evaluate as soon as we get a evaluate unit Galaxy S25 Extremely.