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While not exactly terrible, Samsung’s performance in the mobile photography department can be described as inconsistent at best. It takes great photos and videos, but, at least as far as DxOMark is concerned, it’s just not the best at all. Each new generation of the Galaxy S and Galaxy Note flagships is expected to bring improvements in that field, but that didn’t seem to work for the Galaxy S21 Ultra 5G, which actually fared worse than its predecessor.
Samsung’s trick this year was to replace the single periscope-style telephoto zoom camera with two cameras that work independently, depending on the range of the shot. While that worked as advertised, it couldn’t save the Galaxy S21 Ultra from what DxOMark says is the phone’s biggest flaw, image noise.
The Galaxy S21 Ultra managed to get it right on just about every other criteria, like exposure, color, and even autofocus, where it stumbled last year. Unfortunately, for reasons still inexplicable, the phone also produced more image noise than the Galaxy S20 Ultra, which was already on the lower rungs of the ladder compared to Huawei, Apple, and even Xiaomi. However, what makes things more puzzling is that noise and artifacts are present in both low-light situations and bright outdoor scenes.
The story is the same when it comes to video recording, with the Galaxy S21 Ultra doing well for exposure, stabilization, and even autofocus. Again, noise and artifacts lower the score to the point that it doesn’t even make it to the top levels of the site in this category.
With an average score of 121, the Galaxy S21 Ultra 5G ranks not only below its predecessor, but even below last year’s flagship products, including the iPhone 11. That said, DxOMark only tested the Exynos variant of the phone. and the Snapdragon version sometimes. scores differently, be it for better or for worse.
