Samsung Galaxy S9+ Beats Google Pixel 2 in DxOMark Rating, Achieves an Overall Score of 99

Samsung unveiled their latest flagship smartphones, the Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+ at their Unpacked event with a promise of a “reimagined” camera experience. Samsung has indeed lived up to its promise as French imaging company DxOMark proclaimed that Galaxy S9+ has the best mobile camera ever. The Galaxy S9+ camera set a new a record in DxOMark’s benchmark tests with an overall score of 99, the highest ever rating for a smartphone. The previous leader was the Google Pixel 2 with a score of 98, followed by the iPhone X with a score of 97. To recall, Samsung older flagship the Galaxy S8 scored an overall 94.

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The new Galaxy S9+ performed very well in all of the DxOMark tests, and they even added that it “is a smartphone without any real weaknesses in the camera department.”

DxOMark praised the Galaxy S9+ camera performance, especially in low light conditions. The benchmarking site said that Samsung had achieved a very good balance between noise reduction and retention of detail on all light levels. The S9+ scored a record 104 in photo taking, while it scored a 91 in the video department.

The Galaxy S9+ is Samsung’s first Galaxy S flagship series to sport dual camera setup. The S9+ comes with a two 12MP sensors, a wide angle and a telephoto lens.

The biggest feature, however, is the Dual Aperture or variable aperture that allows the primary lens to switch between f/1.5 to f/2.4 depending on lighting conditions. Samsung says this allows S9 to capture 28 percent more light than the Galaxy S8’s camera.

The other headline feature of Galaxy S9+ camera is the Super Slo-Mode. This feature allows the S9 to shoot slow motion videos at 960 frames per second at up to 720p resolution. There is also a Motion Detection feature that will detect motion in a selected frame and will automatically record it at 960fps.