In our camera test, Vivo’s flagship scored with excellent sharpness and very good dynamic range. However, the colors sometimes appear a bit too vibrant. We also liked the daylight photos from the Oppo Find X8 Ultra and Xiaomi 15 Ultra, although the Xiaomi flagship tends to overexpose in our view.
The level of detail is high across the board, although the Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra renders subjects a bit softer overall. In terms of sharpness, the flagship smartphones from Oppo and Vivo perform the best. Furthermore, our house photos show that Samsung’s HDR processing doesn’t work as well as Vivo’s, for instance.
For portraits, the differences are more pronounced than in photo mode. The fine hair structures of the kitten are very well isolated and create a nice separation between the subject and the background. However, this only applies to the Chinese phones, as the Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra appears very unnatural here. Since we always take multiple shots, this isn’t an anomaly for the Galaxy phone.