Question Does your S23 have camera issues? Blurred image? Bananagate? Other problems?

[Racpu_]

I'm opening this topic to get this information to all S23/S23+ users.

We have a serious problem with the camera and Samsung has come to say that it is a feature and so far Samsung has been washing its hands and not pronouncing itself, not even issuing a statement about this problem.

Is your S23 good? Vote!

Almost 6 years separate the OnePlus 5T from the S23+ and still, the 5T gets better definition and focus, despite the fact that the 5T already has enough problems with the Camera.

But Samsung continues to say that it is a function and characteristic of the lens of the S23+ what is clearly seen in the "banana" effect is a circle of blur, perhaps not because of the sensor but because of the poor construction of the lens. I, like many others, feel cheated for having bought the S23.

Look at the photos and draw conclusions.

OnePlus 5T

Samsung S23+

5T vs S23+

 

[The_SloPro]

Yes. Very bad photos if you dont hold the phone completeley still. Also in apps like snapchat, it takes 2 seconds to capture the photo, which is often completely blurred (not out of focus, but a preview of two secs before tapping the shutter button)

 

[Jason379]

S23 (non +) user here. My phone's been suffering from the very same issue and in 90%+ of all the photos I have taken with it so far you can clearly spot the 'banana-spahed' blur at first sight without having to pixel-peep.
The phone itself is amazing.. yet the cameras turned out to be a huuuge letdown. Never seen such inconsistent, over-sharpened and over-processed images before. And then there's the blur which ruins pretty much every image taken (even more). My 2016 LG G5 takes better and sharper images than my S23..

 

[The_SloPro]

Can someone that also uses snapchat confirm my issue please? It can't be just me...

 

[Jason379]

Can someone that also uses snapchat confirm my issue please? It can't be just me...

I just tried it on my S23 and I must say that theres absolutely no delay when taking snaps.

 

[The_SloPro]

I just tried it on my S23 and I must say that theres absolutely no delay when taking snaps.

Can I DM?

 

[Jason379]

Can I DM?

Sure

 

[jvidia]

My S23 256mb arrived yesterday and today I returned it!

It had horrible focus and the bananagate effect too!

My old Honor 8 from 2016 focus better on close subjects than S23.

I refuse to believe this is normal on a 2023 flagship!

 

[Racpu_]

My S23 256mb arrived yesterday and today I returned it!

It had horrible focus and the bananagate effect too!

My old Honor 8 from 2016 focus better on close subjects than S23.

I refuse to believe this is normal on a 2023 flagship!

It's sad to say, but from 2020 smartphones have gotten worse and worse, the S23 is not worthy of a flagship, the camera has issues and Samsung just won't admit it.

 

[Racpu_]

Other examples using my iPhone 12

iPhone 12

Samsung S23+

iPhone 12 vs Samsung S23+

Draw your own conclusions

 

[jvidia]

Yep that's what I've experienced too!

I tested the S23 against my Tablet S8+ / Pixel 6a / Honor 8 and all of them took clean focused pictures of documents. This situation is important to me because I digitalize a lot of documents like this.

The Samsung official position about this is that it is a normal effect and for this kind of utilization we must take the photo using the 2x or 3x option with the phone far from the paper. I refuse to believe this.

But even assuming that the 2x or 3x method solves it, this problem does not end here (on close up shots) because there are reports of image blur in the same sensor place (left side when in landscape) when shooting normal daily photos.

Another report I did read but did not test, is that if we put that same A4 paper on a wall (instead of a table) and take the photo with the phone vertically, the banana effect does not occur! Can anyone test this scenario? If this is true it blows out of the water the theory of 2x/3x and takes it to a mechanical problem due to gravity orientation of the sensor or other camera component.

 

[NM99]

I have been using my S23+ for two months now and no issues on camera like that...

 

[jvidia]

I have been using my S23+ for two months now and no issues on camera like that...

Your unit was made where?

 

[NM99]

Your unit was made where?

How can I check that?
But I believe it was made here in Brazil, where I live.

 

[Racpu_]

Como posso verificar isso?
Mas acredito que foi feito aqui no Brasil, onde moro.

Take the test on a document and put the photo here

 

[jvidia]

How can I check that?
But I believe it was made here in Brazil, where I live.

The country where your device was made is printed on the box, on the sticker where you can also see the IMEI.

PT: amigo está na caixa, na etiqueta onde se pode ver o IMEI

 

[The_SloPro]

Well I don't have that kind of issues. Images are all good and focused (no blur on the side), only in snapchat it has some kind of shutter lag for like 2 seconds.

 

[jvidia]

Well I don't have that kind of issues. Images are all good and focused (no blur on the side), only in snapchat it has some kind of shutter lag for like 2 seconds.

Country of production?

 

[The_SloPro]

Country of production?

I don't know my factory csc is MOT, in device info it says Sales Code: EUX, Sales Country: EEA (Europe) (DE), my 7th and 8th digit of IMEI is 46

 

[jvidia]

The country where your device was made is printed on the box, on the sticker where you can also see the IMEI.