Samsung Galaxy S9+ takes top spot in DxOMark’s smartphone camera list

And just like that Samsung‘s latest flagship, the Galaxy S9+, takes the DxOMark crown from the Google Pixel 2. The Google flagship toppled the previous kings, the iPhone 8 Plus and Note8 when it came into the limelight last October. Now, Samsung takes back the spot as the Galaxy S9+ receives an overall DxOMark score of 99.

The Galaxy S9+ received a 104 photo score and 91 video score from DxOMark’s camera tests. According to the well-known image quality review site, Samsung’s latest has the following Pros in photo performance:

• Noise is very well-controlled in all conditions
• Fairly good detail in outdoor and indoor shooting conditions
• Quite fast and accurate autofocus
• Bright and vivid colors in most situations
• Excellent resolution when zooming up to 4x magnification

As for the cons:

• Occasional exposure instabilities
• Noticeable ringing, color fringing, and loss of sharpness in the field
• Slight color casts occasionally noticeable

Video-wise, the S9+ receives the following Pros;

• Brights and vivid colors
• Generally good target exposure and fast exposure transition
• Stable and fast autofocus
• Good noise reduction all conditions
• Good stabilization

and the following Cons:

• Occasional visible stepping during exposure convergence
• Loss of fine details in most conditions
• Visible residual global motion
• Quite strong ringing and moiré

The overall score might be high but that’s thanks to the high photo score rather than video. Then again, this is still a very impressive rating.

You can check out the full DxOMark camera test here.

source: DxOMark