14 DAY TRIAL // One of the most hyped features of Samsung's new Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge flagships, the main camera is under scrutiny from photo enthusiasts who are now trying to determine how good it is in comparison with other smartphones.
Since Samsung has decided to replace the usual 16-megapixel camera that was included in the Galaxy S6 and Galaxy Note 5 with a much smaller one, it begs the question whether the change has been made at the expense of quality.
The South Korean company claims the 12-megapixel camera that comes inside the Galaxy S7 and S7 edge is one of the best on the market thanks to its dual-pixel technology and a f/1.7 aperture that allows more light to enter the lens.
The Galaxy S7's 12-megapixel camera features a 1.44-micron pixel sensor inside, which is bigger than Galaxy S6 and smaller than Nexus 5X/6P's.
We've already compared the Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S6 cameras in our previous article, and from the demo provided by Samsung, the former's seems to focus much faster when taking a picture.
But Samsung wanted to take things even further and compared the iPhone 6s Plus camera low-light capabilities with Galaxy S7's.
Could Galaxy S7 camera perform so good in real life?
During its press conference at MWC 2016, the company posted a comparison between two pictures taken at night. One was captured with the Galaxy S7 and the other one with the iPhone 6s Plus.
We have no idea how real these samples are and what settings have been used to capture these pictures, but the Galaxy S7's looks slightly better possibly due to the fact that its camera features f/1.7 aperture.
iPhone 6s Plus has a 12-megapixel camera with f/2.2 aperture and dual-LED flash, which has been praised by many Apple fans over the last couple of months.
It remains to be seen if the Galaxy S7's camera can perform so good in real life conditions as Samsung wants us to believe.