Is it true that the new Xiaomi has a better camera than the iPhone 14 Pro Max and the most expensive Samsung?

The host of the YouTube channel TechTablets compared the cameras of the best smartphones iPhone 14 Pro Max, Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra and Xiaomi 12S Ultra. Will the latter win this war?

The expert first evaluated the video. Compared video recording from front camera, ultra wide angle camera, 4K 60 fps resolution, main camera, telephoto lens. Action mode, Super Steady, video shooting in poor lighting conditions was also taken into account.

Unlike other models tested on the front camera of the Xiaomi 12S Ultra, it cannot record 4K video. Therefore, the quality of the picture is also much worse for him.

Ultra wide-angle cameras have digital stabilization in all situations. Overall, Samsung and Xiaomi were the most stable.

All cameras do their job well at 4K 60fps resolution. You won’t see much difference between them.

In any case, there were also no problems with autofocus. As for zooming, it was possible to zoom an object 10 times in Samsung, 13 times in Xiaomi, and only three times in iPhone.

When shooting in Action mode and with the Super Steady function, the iPhone 14 Pro Max outperformed the others.

In low light, all devices give approximately the same results.

He then moved on to expert photography. Selfie photos are nicer in color on Samsung. Portrait mode shots are once again better in detail and color on the S22 Ultra, but the iPhone 14 Pro Max does a better job at handling shadows. Sample photos are below.

In any case, ultra-wide photos look very good. However, the presenter did not like the color balance in Xiaomi. You can see examples of all the pictures below.

All smartphones have different zoom features. There’s optical zoom in all cases, but it’s three times on the iPhone 14 Pro Max, ten times on the Samsung S22 Ultra, and five times on the Xiaomi 12S Ultra. But overall, Samsung has the best details.

In low light, ultra-wide cameras shoot poorly on all smartphones. But at night it takes better pictures overall than the rest of the Xiaomi 12S Ultra.

iPhone 14 Pro Max is better in video quality than audio quality. Overall it was better than the others in terms of video.

The Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra is better than the others when it comes to getting close to objects.

The best daytime shots are also coming to iPhone. It’s also best in terms of stabilization during video recording.

Finally, portraits and night shots are better than the rest of the S22 Ultra.