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Who’s afraid of the dark: testing Galaxy S6 camera’s low-light performance

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Samsung had a dimly lit setup to test the low-light performance of the Galaxy S6‘s new camera. With a Galaxy Note Edge and a Apple iPhone 6 on hand we snapped a couple of shots.

The idea is simple – a dark box with two holes just big enough to poke the camera of a phone.

The Galaxy S6 has a Sony IMX240 image sensor like the Galaxy Note Edge, both have OIS, but the new flagship has a wider aperture – f/1.9 vs. f/2.2 – which should give it a leg up. The iPhone 6 also has an f/2.2 aperture, but no OIS (that’s only on the iPhone 6 Plus). Its real challenge is that its camera sensor has half the number of pixels to capture the scene.

Anyway, here’s how the there phones did.

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You can read more about the Galaxy S6 (not just its camera) in our hands on. We handled the Samsung Galaxy S6 edge too.

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