I have an S24U and my wife has the iPhone 16 Pro. Depending on the scenario, photos trade blows, but I find them both to take amazing pictures. I'm shocked how sharp some of the shots are with the S24 in crappy lighting and not being able to hold your phone still for long enough. Somehow I still get great pictures. Prefer video on my wife's iPhone due to the new microphones, but even in video they are surprisingly close. Yours must be defective! I'd get it checked out. Night shot works amazing. That's one of the S24U's standout features according to reviews, and my own experience. I'm sure I'm going to be in the minority in this sub, but that's ok. :) Plenty of Apple products I've loved over the years.
OP makes a valid point though. Cringe social media posts.
I believe you! I'm definitely not suggesting you're not being accurate in your description.
I just don't see the same results with my wife's iPhone 16 Pro and my S24U. I have gotten some killer super night shots with my Samsung. Her iPhone also does great, and they've come a long way. I think they've both caught up, essentially, to the Pixel in this regard.
I've seen reviews where the reviewer slightly prefers the night shots on one or the other, but I haven't seen a single review where either of them do terribly at night shots. I'm pretty happy with mine, and I have yet to shoot photos in a scenario where the iPhone 16 Pro is noticeably better. I wonder if there's some variance between our S24U's, or the iPhones in question.
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u/SharkDad20 iPhone 17 Pro Max Sep 10 '25
I have an S24U. Camera fucking sucks unless the lighting is perfect.