A Call for Meaningful Camera Improvements To Further Signfiy Ultra

[qwer123]

The Need for Camera Advancement

We seriously need camera upgrade and Samsung has just been a lackluster not upgrading their cameras at all, I understand reusing it for 1 or even 2 generation but they are pushing it with 3 or 4, its not always about more megapixek it kinda is but it doesn't tell tbe full story.

Focus on Sensor and Software

Sometimes needing to make the sensor bigger or putting a better sensor is much more needed, it already has 200MP while average human eye is 576MP what possibly could they go 400MP or 600MP its not going to make a 1980 flim or video game look like and fool people that its real lide, instead of gimmicky improvement make more useful improvement while utilizing software.

Color and Sharpening Concerns

Issue with Samsung photos they over sharpen where not everyone likes ocer saturated photo and even with natural it over sharpens the picture and there are people that love true to life, so Samsung should give us the opition for people who want true to life colors like iPhone and pixel, it doesn't do good job with dark colors where it makes the black look grey or messes with skin tones, similar story with tbe sky it over exposes these stuffs can be done using software

Hardware and Feature Suggestions

but image stabilization needs a better sensor, would also like to see 24MP become default like on iPhones, the main camera sensor they should actually use google pixel main camera or vivo these are the best camera on flagship

Selfie Camera Improvements

I feel like what they need to upgrade is the selfie camera and the zoom camera which have been terrible, its been the same as the s23 series the selfie camera where its actually worse the s20 ultra introduced a 40MP selfie and while megapixel doesn't tell the entire story s20 ultra s21 ultra and s22 ultra have better selfie camera and was years ahead of its competitor and with samsung downgrading the s23 ultra camera while upgrading the s23/+ from 10MP to 12MP but also brought the s23 ultra selfie camera in line with the s23/+ and its been the same, where now getting to 2026 and 12MP camera shouldn't even be a thing in a flagship device all cameras should be upgraded to 50MP or more

Telephoto and Zoom Camera Enhancements

The selfie camera should be 50MP on the ultra, where the telephoto camera also needs an upgrade the 3× sensor should be replaced with 4× 64MP or 5× 50MP telephoto camera and bring back the 10× parascope lens while making it 108MP, this can produce optical image like quality from 0.6× to 10× before s24 ultra. 

Many people used to complain the shots between 3.1×-9.9× looked made because the 3× telephoto is still trash and it was cropping in from a lower quality camera amd the 3× telephoto camera is just unnecessary because 2.9× photos look alot sharper because its cropping in from tbe 200MP camera so its better to have the 2× and 3× maybe 4× be optical crop from 200MP sensor that sensor is big enough to give optical quality without the need of 3× and having the 3× be the 5× is a sweet spot between 1× and 10× and then use software where anything is between 1.1×-4.9× than 5.1×-9.9× is treated as a optical crop for protrait shot, even outside the protrait photo fills the gap in between and even for extended zoom like 30× or more would help.

Also add AI to extended zoom like pixel because 100× or maybe even go all ultra with 200× extended zoom and make it useful, its very pratical but still very gimmicky and having AI fill in the missing pixel gives us a more releastic parascope, being able to zoom

Practical Camera Upgrades

that far and see things are very pratical it may not be an everyday use but when it is its very pratical, maybe even go with a larger 200MP and parascope lens where the 200MP is a 1" from the 1/1.3" sensor and similarly with parascope

Macro Lens Enhancement

An addition giving us a macro lens would be a great addition specifically designed for extreme close-up photography.

It allows you to take detailed shots of small subjects like insects, flowers, or textures.

The macro lens has a very short minimum focusing distance, letting you get physically close to the subject and capture intricate details that would be blurry with a regular lens.

I know you could already do that but having it a dedicated lens would take it a notch further and I mean a high quality one not something useless like a low quality 3× telephoto which is just useless.

3D ToF Sensor Revival

Also bring back 3D tof sensor its much better than lesser auto focus sensor.

It's typically a sensor that works in conjunction with the other lenses.

Depth Sensor Functionality

Depth Sensor: A depth sensor, often a Time-of-Flight (ToF) sensor, measures the distance between the camera and objects in the scene.

This data is used to create a 3D map of the environment, enabling a more accurate portrait mode (also known as a bokeh effect), where the subject is sharp and the background is artfully blurred.

It also improves augmented reality (AR) applications.

Monochrome Sensor Capabilities

Monochrome Sensor: Some phones use a monochrome (black-and-white) sensor instead of a depth sensor.

It captures images without a color filter, which allows it to gather more light and record more detail.

This sensor's data is then combined with the main lens's color data to create a final image with enhanced sharpness, contrast, and low-light performance.

It's also used to produce high-quality, true black-and-white photos.

[Urmi]

Hi qwer123,

Thank you very much for sharing your valuable insights. We truly appreciate your feedback and will ensure it is communicated to the relevant team for consideration in future product enhancements.

[SmsungScamsUs]

You're asking too much from Samsung. They'll offer these types of improvements maybe when they become standard in all phones or something. They don't really make enough difference between their base line & flagship anymore. They know they can just do incremental upgrades and downgrades across the board while removing whole features & they'll still sell well enough. No one tries to do things at their best.

[qwer123]

Not true you see apple is making huge progress and catching up

[qwer123]

I think your giving samsung too much credit this isn't asking too much because its been years, yes I understand we don't need new sensor and upgrades every year but its been awhile and the ultra costs so much more its getting to a point the spen will be gone by s27 ultra and s28 ultra and its just an s28 pro max at that point, samsung is upsell us on ultra name while only making it the bigger version. My argument is the price difference should be $100 like between the pro and pro max or $150 more because for now the only difference between samsung pro and ultra is they offer spen, extra telephoto lens and a higher megapixel main camera, the spen is almost gone so the price difference is triple just for a 0.6" bigger display, yes companies don't make enough distinction but then the difference is only $100 more, you look at pixel 10 and 10 pro their is more distinction, you look at iPhone until last year and even this year the distinction between the non pro and pro is still more than samsung, samsung still the loser, hopefully the s26 pro stays $799 because its not in samsung best interest to increase the price considering apple didn't do it and no one ever though apple would catch up because this was something apple users could dream about not too long ago but samsung at this point it feels like apple is paying them