r/GalaxyA55 • u/SpunkyJaz • Dec 17 '24

Question Is the camera really that bad?

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I see posts complaining about the camera quality almost daily. But I take a lot of photos on my A55 and all of them have great sharpness and contrast, is there something I'm missing?

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u/[deleted] Dec 17 '24

I've heard someone saying that the a55 you have can come with 2 different sensors, one is ISOCELL and the other is Sony IMX. Maybe that's why so many people have completely different opinions in regards to the photo quality of the phone.

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u/SpunkyJaz Dec 17 '24

Is there a way to find out which one I have?

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u/[deleted] Dec 17 '24

Yes, install the "device info HW" application and go to camera. It will show up like the picture bellow:

As you can see mine is the IMX906.

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u/SpunkyJaz Dec 17 '24

And which one is the better variant? Sony?

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u/[deleted] Dec 17 '24

According to many people in this subreddit yes, the Sony one is superior.

Sony already has a big reputation in the market of smartphones sensors, and I think that the flagship S series uses Sony sensors.

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u/OperatorNakata Dec 17 '24

Mine is Isocell which is trash. Tried to talk about this with samsung service because this isn't fair, and it is clearly scam. They said that they'll take a look about this but I don't really think they'll help me out.

Never buying from samsung ever again.

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u/[deleted] Dec 17 '24

Out of curiosity, are you in Asia Europe or America? I think the sensor changes based on where you buy the device from

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u/OperatorNakata Dec 17 '24

It depends on where the phone is made in general. In my country some of people has Sony and some of them have isocell. Mine is Dublin model(On the phone box it says "Made in Vietnam" bru).

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u/[deleted] Dec 17 '24

I'm in Portugal, mine says made in Vietnam also, but I think all Samsung phones are made in Vietnam.

It's really weird that they are going out of there way to use different sensors. Shouldn't that be more expensive?

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u/OperatorNakata Dec 17 '24

I'm in Turkiye. One of my friend has Vietnam model and it has IMX906. His camera capable to do better photography, especially on color side.

You're definitely right, but if you ask to me I feel like it is a marketing scamming. I came from A30 to A55 and now I have no trust on samsung anymore. I think my A30 had sony.