{"id":430814,"date":"2026-05-16T16:41:31","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T16:41:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/430814\/"},"modified":"2026-05-16T16:41:31","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T16:41:31","slug":"selfie-video-blind-test-reveal-the-samsung-galaxy-a37-wins-a-decisive-victory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/430814\/","title":{"rendered":"Selfie video blind test reveal: the Samsung Galaxy A37 wins a decisive victory"},"content":{"rendered":"

A week ago, we asked you to participate in a selfie video blind test<\/a>. We lined up five phones, and we let you vote which one had the best selfie video quality. These five phones were not chosen randomly; we picked those specifically because their selfie videos had already surprised us during review time. And you will see what we mean when you see their names.<\/p>\n

We collected our readers’ opinion on the quality of these videos across several platforms, including our TikTok channel<\/a>, Instagram<\/a>, YouTube<\/a> and a poll on our homepage. The winner and the loser are quite clear now \u2013 and surprisingly, they come from the same brand. Let\u2019s start by looking at the chart, displaying the vote distribution. If you want to see the high quality video go this way<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The Galaxy A37<\/a> took the first spot in our selfie video blind test as voted by GSMArena.com readers. It was the cheapest phone in this comparison with a street price under \u20ac300, but it received the most votes in its favor by a wide margin, scoring a victory over three Ultra-class flagships. <\/p>\n

The term “flagship killer” has never been applied to a Galaxy A-series phone. Yet, when it comes to 4K selfie video taking, the Galaxy A37 clearly has what it takes to take on even the big boys. Its sibling – the Galaxy A57<\/a> – did very well too, taking the #2 spot in the blind vote. Samsung deserves credit for the job they’ve done with this year’s Galaxy A series selfie video quality – it’s really something.<\/p>\n

What happened here? Defying all odds, the Galaxy A37 delivers outstanding 4K selfie videos that put even the best cameraphones to shame. After all, the phone has a modest selfie camera to work with \u2013 a 12MP 1\/3.2\u201d sensor and an Exynos 1480 chipset. And why the A37 specifically, and not the A57, which has the same front-facing camera and a newer Exynos 1680 chipset?<\/p>\n

We don’t have insider information, but the A37 is the fourth phone to feature the Exynos 1480 since this chip made its debut with the Galaxy A55 back in 2024, and Samsung has had since then to polish the image processing. Meanwhile, the Exynos 1680 is brand new.<\/p>\n

The Oppo Find X9 Ultra<\/a> also deserves some applause as it secured the #3 position. However, as we will see in the next chart, the X9 Ultra video processing is a love-it-or-hate-it affair. The phone has a 50MP front-facing camera, though the sensor isn\u2019t particularly big at 1\/2.75\u201d. And the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 may be powerful, but it\u2019s also new, and it seems like image processing hasn\u2019t been dialed in yet. The vivo X300 Ultra<\/a> has very similar hardware \u2013 a 50MP 1\/2.76\u201d camera and the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 \u2013 however, its selfie videos got more \u201chate it\u201d than \u201clove it\u201d votes.<\/p>\n

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This brings us to the loser in this shootout \u2013 the Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra<\/a> received barely any votes in its favor, but a lot of people singled out its video as being the worst of the five phones. This should have been an easy win \u2013 Team Samsung clearly knows how to fine-tune selfie video quality and the S26 Ultra even has the advantage of Phase Detection Autofocus, while the A37 and A57 cameras have fixed focus lenses.<\/p>\n

We won’t even hazard a guess at what went wrong \u2013 the 12MP ISOCELL 3LU (S5K3LU) sensor used in the S26 Ultra is hardly new, it was also used in the S25, S24 and even S23 series. And we don\u2019t mean just the Ultras, the vanilla and plus models have had this same sensor for the last three years. The new chipset probably necessitated a rework of the image processing, but Samsung should have had the hang of it by now.<\/p>\n

Before we wrap up, we want to congratulate the Galaxy A37 once again \u2013 as if winning the positive vote wasn\u2019t enough, this model also had the fewest votes for the worst video quality. As we said, this is a flawless victory over Ultra flagships, some of which cost \u20ac2,000. \n<\/p>\n


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Selfie video stills: Oppo Find X9 Ultra \u2022 Galaxy A57 \u2022 Galaxy S26 Ultra \u2022 Galaxy A37 \u2022 vivo X300 Ultra<\/p>\n

If you want to have another look, head this way for our TikTok channel<\/a>, Instagram<\/a> or YouTube<\/a>. You can also view the stills above or download this high-quality video<\/a> to avoid the usual streaming video compression.<\/p>\n

Thank you for participating in our experiment!<\/p>\n

Samsung Galaxy A37 5G<\/p>\n

Samsung Galaxy A57 5G<\/p>\n

vivo X300 Ultra 5G<\/p>\n

Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra 5G<\/p>\n