It has been somewhat clear now that the Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra will mostly retain the same zoom cameras as its predecessor – a 3x and 10x periscope. So we mostly expected similar image quality, but according to popular tipster Ice universe, the Galaxy S23 Ultra will shoot much better telephoto images.
Citing improvements in color and “some AI algorithms”, he believes Samsung has made strides in image quality. Earlier he made similar claims about the Galaxy S23 Ultra’s new 200MP wide camera.
Sensor size and readout speed are big contributors to image quality, but computational photography is where the biggest gains have been made in recent years.
Outside of the new 200MP main camera, the Galaxy S23 Ultra will rely on the same, on paper, ultrawide, 3x, and 10x zoom cameras as the Galaxy S22 Ultra, which in itself had mostly identical hardware to the Galaxy S21 Ultra.
It’s a winning formula, one that gives users multiple zoom levels and covers the wide and ultrawide with autofocusing sensors.
