Galaxy S20 Ultra selfie camera secures podium in DxOMark review

Last updated: May 5th, 2020 at 19:44 UTC+01:00

Although the Galaxy S20 Ultra's principal camera setup failed to secure a podium in DxOMark tests, the smartphone'southward selfie shooter was received more positively and managed to necktie for 2nd place in the publication'southward latest review. There, it was bested only by the Huawei P40 Pro but scored 100 points, same equally the Huawei Nova 6 5G.

The largest smartphone from the S20 serial has a unlike selfie module compared to the standard Galaxy S20 and S20+. Instead of a 10MP sensor like the ane you'd find on the aforementioned two models, the Galaxy S20 Ultra boasts a 40MP selfie shooter with an f/2.2 aperture, a 22mm wide lens, and PDAF (Stage Detection Motorcar Focus).

'The S20 Ultra is a good pick for selfie enthusiasts'

DxOMark praised the Galaxy S20 Ultra'south selfie camera for delivering good performance consistently. It has no meaning flaws, though image quality is non vastly improved over the Galaxy Note 10+ selfie shooter sitting on 4th place with 99 points.

According to the source, the flagship'due south 40MP sensor delivers authentic exposure, wide dynamic range, reliable autofocus, well-controlled dissonance, great bokeh and particular, but suffers from white residue casts, slightly inaccurate color and skin tone rendering, and some visible baloney in group pictures.

Meanwhile, the selfie sensor can tape 4K videos at 60fps (yous tin can check our guide for details), and recordings have high detail, vivid colors, and accurate exposure. But at that place are some autofocusing issues when recording selfie videos, as well equally a white residuum cast and visible noise, according to the benchmarking website.

In the end, the Galaxy S20 Ultra'south 40MP selfie sensor scored 104 and 95 points in the Photo and Video categories, respectively, averaging the concluding score to 100 points. Check DxOMark'southward full review for more details and sample shots. Y'all tin also check our own Galaxy S20 Ultra review for more details about this device across its camera capabilities.