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While I don't use the camera features that heavily, I have noticed for a few years that PhoneArena consistently ranks Samsung at the top, even when it appears to be outperformed by other major tech outlets. For example, when I compared the S25 Ultra against my iPhone 16 Pro Max last year, the Samsung didn't stand a chance. It’s strange because my personal experience aligned with the findings from sites like DXOMARK, which contradict the rankings I see here. It’s just surprising to see such a consistent discrepancy.
I’ve alos noticed a recurring discrepancy between your benchmarks and my own real-world testing. Specifically, when comparing the iPhone 17 Pro Max and the Galaxy Fold 8 Ultra, my own testing consistently shows the iPhone outperforming the Samsung in CPU benchmarks, yet your articles frequently claim higher multicore performance for the Snapdragon-powered Galaxy. As someone who owns and tests both devices, these results feel inaccurate; could you clarify your testing methodology or explain why your findings consistently differ from both user experience and other industry benchmarks?
Of course, we have separate pages for just our benchmarks that you can find from the "Benchmarks" section on the website. For example. this is the Performance Benchmark page and at the bottom you can see how we run our tests: https://www.phonearena.com/phones/benchmarks/performance
We have similar pages explaining our testing process for battery life, display quality, camera quality and how our review rating is formed.
For performance benchmarks, it's really strange that you are seeing different results. We usually run the benchmarks on a cold phone at room temperature and I think the results are quite consistent.
Camera testing is more complex, and it's incredibly difficult to test everything in a camera, but you can find the detailed explanation at the camera test page here: https://www.phonearena.com/phones/benchmarks/camera
Of course, we have separate pages for just our benchmarks that you can find from the "Benchmarks" section on the website. For example. this is the Performance Benchmark page and at the bottom you can see how we run our tests: https://www.phonearena.com/phones/benchmarks/performance
We have similar pages explaining our testing process for battery life, display quality, camera quality and how our review rating is formed.
For performance benchmarks, it's really strange that you are seeing different results. We usually run the benchmarks on a cold phone at room temperature and I think the results are quite consistent.
Camera testing is more complex, and it's incredibly difficult to test everything in a camera, but you can find the detailed explanation at the camera test page here: https://www.phonearena.com/phones/benchmarks/camera
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While I don't use the camera features that heavily, I have noticed for a few years that PhoneArena consistently ranks Samsung at the top, even when it appears to be outperformed by other major tech outlets. For example, when I compared the S25 Ultra against my iPhone 16 Pro Max last year, the Samsung didn't stand a chance. It’s strange because my personal experience aligned with the findings from sites like DXOMARK, which contradict the rankings I see here. It’s just surprising to see such a consistent discrepancy.
I’ve alos noticed a recurring discrepancy between your benchmarks and my own real-world testing. Specifically, when comparing the iPhone 17 Pro Max and the Galaxy Fold 8 Ultra, my own testing consistently shows the iPhone outperforming the Samsung in CPU benchmarks, yet your articles frequently claim higher multicore performance for the Snapdragon-powered Galaxy. As someone who owns and tests both devices, these results feel inaccurate; could you clarify your testing methodology or explain why your findings consistently differ from both user experience and other industry benchmarks?
Of course, we have separate pages for just our benchmarks that you can find from the "Benchmarks" section on the website. For example. this is the Performance Benchmark page and at the bottom you can see how we run our tests: https://www.phonearena.com/phones/benchmarks/performance
We have similar pages explaining our testing process for battery life, display quality, camera quality and how our review rating is formed.
For performance benchmarks, it's really strange that you are seeing different results. We usually run the benchmarks on a cold phone at room temperature and I think the results are quite consistent.
Camera testing is more complex, and it's incredibly difficult to test everything in a camera, but you can find the detailed explanation at the camera test page here: https://www.phonearena.com/phones/benchmarks/camera
Of course, we have separate pages for just our benchmarks that you can find from the "Benchmarks" section on the website. For example. this is the Performance Benchmark page and at the bottom you can see how we run our tests: https://www.phonearena.com/phones/benchmarks/performance
We have similar pages explaining our testing process for battery life, display quality, camera quality and how our review rating is formed.
For performance benchmarks, it's really strange that you are seeing different results. We usually run the benchmarks on a cold phone at room temperature and I think the results are quite consistent.
Camera testing is more complex, and it's incredibly difficult to test everything in a camera, but you can find the detailed explanation at the camera test page here: https://www.phonearena.com/phones/benchmarks/camera
Wait. Am i reading this right. Both the Samsung Galaxy Ultra and Pixel beat an Iphone? Scandalous!