Apple iPhone XS Max vs Samsung Galaxy Note 10 Plus Camera Comparison
iPhone XS Max and Galaxy Note 10 Plus both are flagships of Apple and Samsung respectively. In terms of camera, both are beasts and produces premium quality pictures. But the Galaxy Note 10 Plus’s camera is slightly better. Although iPhone XS Max is almost a year older than Galaxy Note 10 Plus, it still gives fierce competition to Galaxy Note 10 Plus in camera.
Camera Specifications on GALAXY Note 10 Plus and iPhone XS Max
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Camera Sensors | 12 MP f/1.8 26 mm (Wide)
| 12 MP, f/1.5-2.4, 27mm (wide) |
| 12 MP f/2.4 52 mm (telephoto) | 12 MP, f/2.1, 52mm (telephoto) |
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| 16 MP, f/2.2, 12mm (ultra wide) TOF 3D VGA camera |
Optical Zoom | 2x | 2x |
Flash | Quad LED dual-tone flash | LED Flash |
Video Recording (Main Camera) | 2160p@24/30/60fps, 1080p@30/60/120/240fps, HDR, stereo sound rec. | 2160p@30/60fps, 1080p@30/60/240fps, 720p@960fps, HDR10+, dual-video rec., stereo sound rec., gyro-EIS & OIS |
Front Camera | 7 MP, f/2.2, 32mm (standard) TOF 3D camera | 10 MP, f/2.2, 26mm (wide) |
Video Recording (Front Camera) | 1080p @ 60fps | 2160p @ 30 fps |
GALAXY Note 10 Plus OVER iPhone XS Max
- The GALAXY Note 10 Plus has got dual aperture camera sensor which clicks wonderful pictures in low-lighting condition whereas iPhone XS Max struggles a little bit in such environment compared to the GALAXY Note 10 Plus.
- The GALAXY Note 10 Plus produces pictures with punchy colors and some videos too colors seem to be more exaggerated than the iPhone.
- The GALAXY Note 10 Plus has one additional 16 MP camera sensor which takes breath-taking ultra-wide pictures and iPhone XS Max lacks it.
- GALAXY Note 10 Plus also got the feature that blurs the background like iPhone portrait mode and can also be used in videos in the back and front camera.
- The GALAXY Note 10 Plus has also got a feature called zoom in-mic which allows amplifies the sound while zooming in video recording.
- The video stabilization on GALAXY Note 10 Plus is better than iPhone XS Max.
iPhone XS Max OVER GALAXY Note 10 Plus
Even though the iPhone XS Max is last year’s phone but still gives a neck to neck competition to GALAXY Note 10 Plus.
- The iPhone XS Max takes more natural and sometimes warmer pictures, very close to real colors.
- Clicks what your eyes see, the color accuracy of iPhone XS Max is better than the GALAXY Note 10 Plus but ultimately it all depends on the viewer’s taste.
- Night Shots on iPhone XS Max are more natural than GALAXY Note 10 Plus but GALAXY Note 10 Plus manages to capture more light than iPhone XS Max.
Dark or low-lighting Images
GALAXY Note 10 Plus the Clear winner
From a hardware point of view GALAXY Note 10 Plus is the clear winner as it has got an additional ultra-wide camera sensor and better low – light main camera sensor. Moreover, Samsung’s camera sensor handles daylight exposure very well compared to iPhone XS Max. The post-processing and facilities to edit photos and videos are better in GALAXY Note 10 Plus. Hence taking all these into consideration GALAXY Note 10 Plus is the clear winner.
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