Galaxy Z Flip camera on par with 2022 flagships in DxOMark review

Final updated: May 1st, 2020 at xiii:22 UTC+01:00

The photographic camera performance of Samsung's second foldable smartphone, the Galaxy Z Flip, is on par with 2018 flagships. That's according to imaging experts at DxOMark who awarded the Milky way Z Flip 105 points on their not-finite scale in their latest review. The rating puts Samsung's futuristic flip phone in the ballpark of the Milky way Notation 9, Milky way S9 Plus, and the Huawei P20 Pro, further underlining the compromises Samsung had to make in order to make foldable handsets more affordable.

More specifically, the Galaxy Z Flip's dual-camera setup just barely beats Samsung'southward acme 2018 devices. Put through the aforementioned serial of standardized tests, the Galaxy S9+ and Galaxy Annotation nine scored 100 and 103 points, respectively.

Galaxy Z Flip cameras are good enough, just not exceptional

The image benchmarking authorisation had no major qualms with the Galaxy Z Flip'southward photographic camera, deeming it good enough for both photography and video. Perhaps its biggest drawback in capturing stills is slow autofocus, peculiarly in low-light weather. Truth be told, that's hardly an area smartphones have been excelling at anyhow. As for videography performance, the review lists largely opposite pros and cons, praising autofocusing speeds and criticising the Milky way Z Flip's dynamic range.

Curiously plenty, DxOMark likewise found some bug with the Milky way Z Flip'southward handling of colors in outdoor scenes, reporting the device occasionally delivers desaturated images. Not only is that the reverse of what it said most its still photography capabilities but as well stands in contrast to the nigh common points of criticism reviewers had with Samsung'south prototype processing software in the past.

Ultimately, DxOMark acknowledged the unique circumstances that led to the creation of the Galaxy Z Flip, admitting it would be unfair to compare the device to more conventional smartphones with rigid screens. The whole betoken of its existence was for Samsung to make bendable mobile screens more accessible to the masses, which information technology ultimately managed to exercise, delivering a device that's $600 cheaper than last twelvemonth's Galaxy Fold while sporting only slightly inferior hardware.

None of this is an statement confronting buying the Galaxy Z Flip but merely a reminder that doing and then should primarily be motivated by the appeal of its grade cistron, not its photography prowess.