Samsung Galaxy S4 Ranks No.2 on Camera Test, Surpassing iPhone 5

Since Samsung’s newest flagship Galaxy S4 was released, it has outperformed its earlier predecessors in popularity as well as sales speed in Samsung’s history. With a super AMOLED screen that delivers sharp photos, Galaxy S4 is more impressive by its unique features including Smart Pause, Smart Scroll, Smart Alerts, Group Play, and Air View. And not to forget, most people can’t resist the temptation of Galaxy S4’s embedded dual cameras, 13 MP autofocus rear camera plus a 2 MP front-facing camera.

Samsung Galaxy S4 Camera picture from BGR

Among a ranking list of popular cellphones’ cameras at DxO Labs, Galaxy S4’ camera gained an overall 75 points, ranking No. 2 just beaten by the Nokia 808 Pureview with 77 points, while it surpassed Apple iPhone 5 at a score of 72. DxO Labshas obtained its reputation as a professional cellphone camera testing and analysis website.
Galaxy S4 achieved it’s high score mainly due to its accurate autofocus in fast speed, excellent performance in pictures delivery, amazing images with high-saturated color in bright light, as well as superior auto-exposure feature. Despite of Galaxy S4’s weakness at image capture in low-light conditions and over-sharpening halos problem, the firm still pointed out Samsung Galaxy S4 continues to demonstrate the cellphone’s inexorable technological progress as manufacturers continue to place prominence on these devices for image capture.