{"id":109511,"date":"2026-05-09T10:49:53","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T10:49:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/09\/selfie-video-blind-test-davids-vs-goliaths\/"},"modified":"2026-05-09T10:49:53","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T10:49:53","slug":"selfie-video-blind-test-davids-vs-goliaths","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/09\/selfie-video-blind-test-davids-vs-goliaths\/","title":{"rendered":"Selfie video blind test: Davids vs. Goliaths"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"review-body\">\n<p>We may have found a crack in the armor of some of the best camera phones on the market right now \u2013 and we want you to weigh in.<\/p>\n<p>If you prefer the video explanation you can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@gsmarenateam\/video\/7637808686257147158\" class=\"emphasis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">head this way for our TikTok channel<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DYHJEnitaml\/\" class=\"emphasis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Instagram<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/shorts\/YLh9lK6KoU4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"emphasis\">YouTube<\/a>. Otherwise just read on.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gsmarena.com\/vivo_x300_ultra_5g-14388.php\">vivo X300 Ultra<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gsmarena.com\/oppo_find_x9_ultra_5g-14548.php\">Oppo Find X9 Ultra<\/a> are two of the top camera phones of 2026, and although the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gsmarena.com\/samsung_galaxy_s26_ultra_5g-14320.php\">Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra<\/a> can\u2019t quite match them, it has the advantage of a lower price and a wider availability. Everyone\u2019s focus is mostly on the rear cameras, but their selfie modules are respectable as well \u2013 the vivo and Oppo have 50MP sensors on the front, while the Samsung sports an optimized 12MP sensor.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve been working on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gsmarena.com\/samsung_galaxy_a37_5g-14378.php\">Samsung Galaxy A37<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gsmarena.com\/samsung_galaxy_a57_5g-14379.php\">Galaxy A57<\/a> reviews and we were struck by just how good the selfie videos from these two mid-rangers turned out. Both use 12MP sensors, but lack autofocus, not to mention the flagship-class image processing hardware of the three flagships above (all three of which use the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5).<\/p>\n<p class=\"image-row clearfix\">&#13;<br \/>\n<a onclick=\"javascript:ShowImg2(&quot;news\/26\/05\/selfie-videos-blind-test\/camera\/gsmarena_001.png&quot;);return false\" href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Stills from the selfie videos: Phone 1\" width=\"126\" height=\"224\" src=\"https:\/\/fdn.gsmarena.com\/imgroot\/news\/26\/05\/selfie-videos-blind-test\/camera\/-126\/gsmarena_001.jpg\"\/><\/a>&#13;<br \/>\n<a onclick=\"javascript:ShowImg2(&quot;news\/26\/05\/selfie-videos-blind-test\/camera\/gsmarena_002.png&quot;);return false\" href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Stills from the selfie videos: Phone 2\" width=\"126\" height=\"224\" src=\"https:\/\/fdn.gsmarena.com\/imgroot\/news\/26\/05\/selfie-videos-blind-test\/camera\/-126\/gsmarena_002.jpg\"\/><\/a>&#13;<br \/>\n<a onclick=\"javascript:ShowImg2(&quot;news\/26\/05\/selfie-videos-blind-test\/camera\/gsmarena_003.png&quot;);return false\" href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Stills from the selfie videos: Phone 3\" width=\"126\" height=\"224\" src=\"https:\/\/fdn.gsmarena.com\/imgroot\/news\/26\/05\/selfie-videos-blind-test\/camera\/-126\/gsmarena_003.jpg\"\/><\/a>&#13;<br \/>\n<a onclick=\"javascript:ShowImg2(&quot;news\/26\/05\/selfie-videos-blind-test\/camera\/gsmarena_004.png&quot;);return false\" href=\"#\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Stills from the selfie videos: Phone 4\" width=\"126\" height=\"224\" src=\"https:\/\/fdn.gsmarena.com\/imgroot\/news\/26\/05\/selfie-videos-blind-test\/camera\/-126\/gsmarena_004.jpg\"\/><\/a>&#13;<br \/>\n<a onclick=\"javascript:ShowImg2(&quot;news\/26\/05\/selfie-videos-blind-test\/camera\/gsmarena_005.png&quot;);return false\" href=\"#\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Stills from the selfie videos: Phone 5\" width=\"126\" height=\"224\" src=\"https:\/\/fdn.gsmarena.com\/imgroot\/news\/26\/05\/selfie-videos-blind-test\/camera\/-126\/gsmarena_005.jpg\"\/><\/a>&#13;<br \/>\n<br \/><span><strong>Stills from the selfie videos: Phone 1 \u2022 Phone 2 \u2022 Phone 3 \u2022 Phone 4 \u2022 Phone 5<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>This is where you come in \u2013 we have shot selfie video samples with all five phones that you can watch on our TikTok, Instagram and YouTube channels. You can also look at the stills above or download this <a href=\"https:\/\/fdn.gsmarena.com\/imgroot\/news\/26\/05\/selfie-videos-blind-test\/5-selfie-just-sample.mov\">high-quality video<\/a> to avoid the usual streaming video compression.<\/p>\n<p>Note that this is a blind test, so the clips will play in random order and we won\u2019t reveal which video came from which phone until later. For now, we\u2019ve just labeled them Phone 1 through 5.<\/p>\n<p>Okay, while the videos are fresh in your mind, pick the one that you liked the best. If you want, you can also share your thoughts in the comments.<\/p>\n<p><!---Begin SurveyPlanet survey embed--><iframe frameborder=\"0\" width=\"728\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/s.surveyplanet.com\/69fdd133ff3d9c1a0d33beaf\"><\/iframe><!--- End SurveyPlanet survey embed --><\/p>\n<p>Just to put things into perspective, the vivo X300 Ultra has an MSRP of \u20ac2,000, while the Samsung Galaxy A37 only costs less than a sixth of that \u2013 \u20ac300. And that\u2019s the MSRP, the street price is already lower than that.<\/p>\n<h4>vivo X300 Ultra 5G<\/h4>\n<p>We will share the results from the blind test and reveal which video came from which phone soon.<\/p>\n<h4>Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra 5G<\/h4>\n<h4>Samsung Galaxy A57 5G<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gsmarena.com\/selfie_video_blind_test_davids_vs_goliaths-news-72740.php\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We may have found a crack in the armor of some of the best camera phones on the market right now \u2013 and we want<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":109512,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[164],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-109511","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mobile"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109511","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=109511"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109511\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/109512"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=109511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=109511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}