Huawei Mate X3, Samsung Galaxy Fold4, Honor Magic Vs, Xiaomi Mi Mix Fold2 Camera Blind Test Results

Hello.

For the first time, they conducted an experiment in which they did not name the names of the models that we compare, which did not create

intrigue, but, on the contrary, repelled some people - theyit was not interesting to compare obscure models (yes, about a dozen people wrote to me about this, thank you very much, your opinion will be taken into account for future materials of this kind).

The selection of models for comparison is not accidental, I wasIt is interesting to compare smartphones with flexible screens and their main cameras, with two devices coming out at the end of the summer of 2022 (Fold4 and Xiaomi Mi Mix Fold2), two models are just appearing on the market - Mate X3 and Magic Vs.

Blind photo quality test - four smartphones with flexible screens

Which of the four flagships has the best camera module? We compare the most expensive smartphones on the market, but you will find out their names later.

Let's look at a small table, it describes the resolution of the cameras and the modules used.

Model	Resolution, MP	The main module
Samsung Galaxy Fold4	50	Samsung GN3
Honor Magic Vs	54	Sony IMX800
Huawei Mate X3	50	Sony IMX766
Xiaomi Mi Mix Fold2	50	Sony IMX766

The table perfectly demonstrates that the comparison onpaper will always suffer from inaccuracy, since the final result in terms of image quality, their perception directly depends not only and not so much on hardware, but also on software, the ability to work with a picture.

For me, the dark horse was the Sony moduleIMX800, which replaced the 766th. On paper, it completely outperforms its predecessor, but in practice, we have not yet seen this happen. Even more interesting is that the engineers of both Huawei and Honor went through the same school, have the same tools, and the final result should be at least close. Add Xiaomi here, which has a sloppy approach to software, and we get a full range of approaches, although, of course, the module from Samsung is also important here, which provides an alternative to Sony solutions and acts as their direct competitor.

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Let's take a look at what happened.

1. Monument to Academician Prokhorov. We look at the foreground, the sky and the trees behind.

Very close estimates for such a simple shot,but there is also an outsider - this is a model from Xiaomi, the white balance has flown to incomprehensible edges, the monument looks dark. And the whole picture is clearly lower than on other devices.

Mi Mix Fold2

Magic Vs

Fold4

Mate X3

2. Scooters on Sparrow Hills. Color rendition, background detail, fonts on scooters.

The detail of the picture on the Mate X3 is much higher,it looks clean and reads well on most scooters. And this perfectly demonstrates the capabilities of the Mate X3 and how the module from Sony has been finalized. The picture from Fold4 looks darker, the details are worse - but in terms of perception they are close, the estimates also do not differ too much. This situation will be repeated in several shots later.

Magic Vs

Mate X3

Mi Mix Fold2

Fold4

3. Bridge over the river. Working out the details and the mood of the picture.

Once again, we see the Mate X3 win, but let's pay attention to Honor - poorly developed color reproduction of the sky and water. It's understandable why the Magic Vs shot is rated so low.

Fold4

Mi Mix Fold2

Magic Vs

Mate X3

4. Duck and background, river and buildings opposite.

Quite a complex shot for automation, itmust understand that there is a duck in the foreground (she was moving), at the same time capture the background and draw it (water, sky, buildings on the other side of the river). Xiaomi is a complete failure here, just like Honor, these two manufacturers simply failed.

The Fold shot is noticeably touched up, less natural, which brought it to second place, while the voices went to the Mate X3 by a very small margin.

Mi Mix Fold2

Fold4

Magic Vs

Mate X3

5. Buildings and the dome of the church.

The geometry of the building is preserved in the image from the Fold, the color rendition also looks advantageous. Other devices did much worse.

Magic Vs

Mate X3

Mi Mix Fold2

Fold4

6. Under the bridge. As transferred to water, the texture of the stone.

Side light, paths on the water, stone texture.Difficult picture, automation should evaluate it correctly. And here the first place belongs to Fold, the second is Mate. The two remaining devices simply did not cope with the task.

Mate X3

Mi Mix Fold2

Fold4

Magic Vs

7. River, clouds, greenery. The mood of the picture, distortion at the edges.

Again, the task is on the details of the picture, how it is perceived as a whole. Fold is inferior to Mate due to color reproduction, greater image brightness. But Mate looks good, balanced.

Fold4

Magic Vs

Mi Mix Fold2

Mate X3

8. "Jump into the water", sculpture. What does the foreground and background look like?

The sculpture is one-color, black color eats away the details.And here the tinting of the image from Fold plays into his hands, it turns out well-marked contours and details, plus the sky is worked out. But the same Mate is very close. The other two devices are noticeably behind.

Mi Mix Fold2

Fold4

Mate X3

Magic Vs

9. Flowers in the park. Detail, mood, image processing.

Exactly the same situation as before.In the picture, the Fold works well both foreground and background, making the picture brighter (but not acidic, not flashy). The picture from Mate is very close to it, and the flowers here are just brightly colored, the emphasis on them is increased, which makes the picture a little unbalanced. The scores for these two shots are close.

Mate X3

Magic Vs

Mi Mix Fold2

Fold4

10. Gingerbread houses. Color rendition, sky.

With a huge advantage, Fold4 comes forward, snapshotwell balanced, it has a sufficient amount of detail. In general, the Fold does these kinds of shots well when there is a foreground and background, each of which needs to be worked on separately.

Magic Vs

Mi Mix Fold2

Fold4

Mate X3

11. Posters in the park. Font readability.

Here is the unambiguous leader Mate, small print onThe poster is clearly visible, you can read it in its entirety. Other smartphones are far from being so good. This is what processing algorithms do when they break the frame correctly and find objects that are familiar to them.

Fold4

Mi Mix Fold2

Magic Vs

Mate X3

12. Evening, majolica on the fence of the church. Glare, depth study

Very curious about this picture.The most natural is the Fold shot, as it's evening and dark, but it also got the lowest scores. Most people want to see the details, lightening the picture. And here in the first place Mate.

Magic Vs

Mate X3

Mi Mix Fold2

Fold4

13. Church through the fence. How plans are worked out.

The fence comes to the fore, the question is how exactly the grating is worked out, what the mood of the picture looks like. Best of all, he came out on Mate, all the rest look worse.

Mi Mix Fold2

Magic Vs

Mate X3

Fold4

14. Clean ponds. Reflections in the water.

Worst rated Fold, the picture is darker thanthe rest (again, it's more natural, but like above, don't like it). The other three devices gave approximately the same image quality - the scene itself does not look complicated.

Mate X3

Fold4

Magic Vs

Mi Mix Fold2

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15. House with animals, bright lights.

A rare case, but here the shot from Honor is much better, the signboard, ornament details, and lighting devices are well-designed. All the others are noticeably worse.

Mate X3

Magic Vs

Mi Mix Fold2

Fold4

16. Shop window with TVs

The picture from Fold wins in terms of mood and detail. The rest are much easier.

Magic Vs

Mate X3

Fold4

Mi Mix Fold2

17. "Central Children's World"

The votes for Huawei and Honor were almost evenly distributed, they are really more interesting, pay attention to the backlighting of the store name and the lack of aggressive tinting of the walls.

Fold4

Mi Mix Fold2

Magic Vs

Mate X3

18. Fountain at the Bolshoi. We look at the mood of the picture, color reproduction, highlights of individual pieces of the frame.

Water pouring in the dark - what could be worse for automation? But there is still a background, Mate wins here.

Fold4

Mate X3

Mi Mix Fold2

Magic Vs

19. Photo without Portrait mode.

The picture of my beloved came out best on Mate: detail and general mood, no image compression defects.

Magic Vs

Fold4

Mate X3

Mi Mix Fold2

20. Photo with Portrait mode.

In the "Portrait" mode, the Magic Vs gave a noticeably better result, while the Fold remained an outsider.

Mi Mix Fold2

Mate X3

Fold4

Magic Vs

21. Flower close-up.

Here, the automation was supposed to limit the “tinting” of the flower, work out the background or blur it. Huawei and Honor coped best with the task.

Fold4

Mi Mix Fold2

Magic Vs

Mate X3

22. Tulip in a flower bed from above.

For automation, this is a difficult shot - a bright flower,you need to color it, find the focus on it, leave the details. Both Honor and Xiaomi just couldn’t handle it, instead of a tulip, some kind of porridge. Mate did a good job, with Fold in second place.

Mi Mix Fold2

Fold4

Mate X3

Magic Vs

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Summing up and drawing conclusions

In addition to hardware, for a smartphone camera todayочень важны умения софта, без них качество снимков оставляет желать лучшего. И в нашей истории так и вышло, IMX800 от Sony должен в теории выиграть у своего предшественника — но пока софт под этот модуль, мягко говоря, сырой. Со временем качество снимков будет расти, но в данный момент оно уступает предыдущим моделям. И поэтому ровно такие же инженеры Honor не смогли вытянуть качество на уровень того же Mate.

Xiaomi remains overboard, the company is clearan outsider as a photograph, despite the fact that it uses exactly the same hardware, it claims to work with Leica. This is not enough, you need to be able to work with image processing algorithms, invest in the development of this area. And the results clearly show that this was not done.

It must be kept in mind that two models fromcomparisons came out at the end of summer 2022 (Fold4, Mi Mix Fold2). New devices in 2023 will have advantages in the quality of photos on the main camera (the question is how much and how, but this is the subject of further study of the devices).

Let's look at the table with the final results for all cameras.

Model	1 place	2nd place	3rd place	4th place
Fold4	7	7	3	5
Magic Vs	3	5	8	6
Mate X3	11	8	3	0
Mi Mix Fold2	1	2	8	11

Many people want to get an honest comparison, whatwhatever that means. The problem is that on a different set of photos we will always get a different result. And the results will always depend on which shots you choose.

However, this does not mean that we cannotmake a choice - the clear winner is the Mate X3, the pictures from this smartphone almost always look better than those of competitors. Second place goes to Fold4, cameras are close in many scenes, Fold wins somewhere, somewhere Mate. The level of solutions is comparable, but the advantage is for Mate.

Honor Magic Vs stands apart, it falls shortto Huawei and Samsung, but still gives more or less expected quality, this is a good average. But no more. But Xiaomi acts as one continuous disorder. I did not expect that this device would give such pictures (I even took a second device to exclude the possibility of marriage, but no - they shoot equally badly).

I hope this comparison gives you an idea.about a number of device capabilities, I’ll add on my own that so far smartphones with flexible screens are inferior in terms of photos to ordinary flagships, for example, the same Galaxy S23 Ultra.

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