Samsung Galaxy Camera vs Nokia 808 PureView – Camera Samples

I had the Samsung Galaxy Camera in my hands, and I own a Nokia 808 PureView. How I could *not* put them against each other, right?

As you can see, the Galaxy Camera is a lot larger than the PureView. Just that camera bump is as thick as the entire 808.

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Now the Galaxy Camera is a camera, that has a phone OS running things. The 808 PureView is a phone, with a camera, with another phone OS handling things there as well. For the last point alone, there are going to be comparisons made between the two, even though they’re both very different devices.

So we figured, why not? Someone has to put these two together. Here we go. The Galaxy Camera is on default settings because I couldnt figure out how to change things, and the PureView is on PureView mode at 8 Megapixels. As always, click to see the full resolution image on Flickr (you’ll have to right click on the image on the Flickr Page to see the available sizes).

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Zoomed all the way in across the show floor:

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Nokia 808 PureView (at 720p):

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From my brief hands-on with the Galaxy Camera, I thought that it had a lot of trouble focusing when fully zoomed in, compared to the PureView. Ofcourse this is early software on the Galaxy Camera but it’s worth noting. It zooms in a lot further than the PureView does, but it’s also a lot rougher and slower to zoom in compared to the PureView, which makes it generally feel clunkier. Otherwise the new Samsung Android UI is nice, and while it doesnt let you tinker with the camera’s settings as much as the PureView does (suprisingly) there’s fun stuff like onboard filters that you can use. You can also install Instagram which might be an advantage to some folks out there, heh. Camera quality is okay, though overall operation is a little slow, even compared to the PureView which only has a single core vs the quad core on the Galaxy Cam. *Shrug*

Coming around, Sharing images is easier on the Galaxy Camera because of Android’s nice implementation in the gallery, while on the PureView you’re somewhat limited to Facebook and Flickr from the gallery, but obviously there are ways to get your pictures off your camera if you really want to.

I’d still say the PureView is the best camera phone you can get right now, because it is. The Galaxy Camera is nice and all, but for the price you could get an actual camera with way better specs instead of opting for this one, which you have to admit, has okay/average results at best. If you choose a PureView, you probably want a slim (ish) phone that is always there with you, that you can take out and take a picture of your friends any time, any where.

With the Galaxy camera, you still have a bulky camera, that is another accessory to carry along with your phone. The only advantage it has is that it’s easier to share images, and zoom in more, maybe. You also have apps like Instagram, and Google Hangouts, and maps, S-Voice, Google Now, yada yada. But it’s still another thing that you’re carrying around, so it removes the whole convenience factor. Do you really want to carry around a smartphone, tablet and camera? *shrug* I’m not entirely sure how it’ll do, and whether people really do want an Android Camera, but here ya go.

But that’s just what I think. Which one do you think is better?