200MP, AI, or Zoom — What Actually Matters
in a Smartphone Camera?
Smartphone photography has reached a breakthrough moment, and we’re proud to bring that innovation to you. With every new Galaxy flagship, you experience bigger advancements and smarter technologies, such as Galaxy AI, a 200MP main camera, stable Nightography, powerful optical zoom, and Audio Eraser. With so many impressive features elevating your experience, it’s natural to wonder:
Which of these truly enhances your photos in real life?
To make your decision easier, here’s a clear and simple breakdown of what matters most, inspired by the very best innovations across the Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra and Galaxy Z Fold7.
200MP Sensor:
Is More Megapixels Really Better?
What a 200MP sensor does:
• Captures ultra-high levels of detail
• Allows deeper cropping without losing sharpness
• Uses adaptive pixel-binning to deliver brighter night photos
• Preserves textures, colours, and fine elements even in complex scenes
Example: Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra
• 200MP AI sensor
• Enhances clarity even when zooming in on small objects
• Delivers strong performance in both daylight and low-light conditions
AI Processing:
The Hero Behind Modern Smartphone Cameras
What AI brings to your photos:
• Automatically detects scenes such as food, portraits, skies, and pets
• Reduces noise for clearer low-light shots
• Enhances skin tones and dynamic range
• Improves autofocus and tracking of moving subjects
• Refines colours and contrast to match how the human eye sees the scene
Example: Galaxy AI on Samsung S and Z Series
• AI-powered Nightography
• Real-time object enhancement
• Generative editing tools that remove objects, expand backgrounds, and balance composition
Zoom:
Optical vs Digital vs AI Zoom
Types of Zoom:
• Optical Zoom: Real lens movement that preserves natural sharpness
• Digital Zoom: Software-based cropping that enlarges the image digitally
• AI Zoom: A hybrid approach that combines optical clarity with AI reconstruction for stable, clear results
Example: Galaxy S25 Ultra
• Offers 2x, 5x, 10x, and 100x Space Zoom
• Delivers sharper zoom shots with improved stability and colour accuracy
What Actually Matters Most in a Smartphone Camera?
When you look at real-world photography, several key factors consistently deliver better and more reliable results. Galaxy flagship smartphones combine these strengths better than ever.
1. AI Image Processing
This is where modern smartphone cameras truly shine. AI enhances clarity, improves colour accuracy, refines dynamic range, and delivers impressive low-light shots—even in situations that were once challenging for smartphones.
2. Sensor Quality
A well-designed and well-optimised sensor captures more light, more detail, and more natural colours. With the right tuning, even moderate megapixel counts can produce outstanding photos.
3. Optical + AI Hybrid Zoom
This combination unlocks creative freedom. Whether you’re capturing a distant monument or a candid moment across the room, hybrid zoom maintains detail and stability while keeping shots crisp.
4. Software Features
Tools such as Nightography, Portrait Mode, Pro controls, and AI editing give you the flexibility to customise and elevate your photos exactly the way you want.
5. Megapixels
Megapixels add real value to the photography experience. Higher MP counts are especially useful for detailed landscapes and allow more freedom to crop without losing image quality.
The Perfectly Balanced Smartphone
Galaxy S25 Ultra
The Galaxy S25 Ultra’s 50MP ultra-wide camera delivers high-resolution photography across wide scenes and macro distances, capturing intricate details with ease. Its advanced 200MP wide-angle camera¹ produces exceptional clarity, while the 50MP telephoto lens provides 5x optical zoom and 10x optical-quality zoom for remarkably sharp long-range shots. Complementing this setup is a 10MP telephoto lens with 3x optical zoom and a 12MP selfie camera, ensuring every photo turns out to be a masterpiece.
Galaxy Z Fold7
The Galaxy Z Fold7 features a versatile triple rear camera system enhanced by the advanced ProVisual Engine. It includes a high-performance 200MP camera², a 12MP ultra-wide lens, a 10MP telephoto lens, and a 10MP cover camera, enabling exceptionally detailed, high-resolution images. It also supports Audio Eraser³, allowing you to remove unwanted background sounds from videos for clearer, more polished results.
Each part of the camera system plays a meaningful role, and the real difference comes from how well these elements complement one another. A strong sensor provides the foundation, AI ensures intelligent refinement, and hybrid zoom adds versatility for every shooting scenario. When these elements work together seamlessly, the camera becomes more reliable, more innovative, and more capable—elevating everyday photography.
Frequently asked questions
Galaxy S25 Ultra
Galaxy Z Fold7
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1Results may vary depending on shooting conditions including multiple subjects, being out of focus or moving subjects. Optical quality zoom is enabled by the Adaptive Pixel sensor. 3x and 5x distances are optical zoom. 2x and 10x distances are optical quality zoom. 100x Space Zoom includes 10x optical quality zoom and 100x digital zoom with Super Resolution technology. Zoom distances past 10x zoom may express some image deterioration.
2Results may vary depending on shooting conditions including multiple subjects, being out of focus or moving subjects.
3Audio Eraser results may vary per video depending on how sounds present in the video. Samsung Account login required. Certain types of sound can be detected, such as voices, music, wind, nature, crowd and noise. Compatible with common video/audio formats accessible in Gallery, Samsung Notes, Video Player, Voice Recorder and call transcription. The actual sound detection may vary depending on audio source and the condition of the video. Accuracy of results is not guaranteed.