During this year's Samsung Unpacked event, the South Korean tech and electronics titan launched the Galaxy S20 series. The premium-priced model of the current lineup is the Galaxy S20 Ultra, which is not yet released in the market. However, long before the premium flagship smartphone model reaches the consumers, it appears that it has a serious camera issue that Samsung says would get a fix soon.
Galaxy S20 Ultra Camera Issue
Samsung scheduled the release of the Galaxy S20 Ultra on Mar. 13, 2020. But, before the handset becomes available to the public, many reviewers discovered that its camera has a hard time initiating autofocus on subjects. Several reviewers at Input and PCMag claim that the camera of the premium-priced Galaxy S20 model is having a hard time focusing, which results in blurry outputs.
Several others noticed that the camera would not lock on the subject at all. But, it seems that the fix for the troublesome bug is on the way. In a recent statement to The Verge, the South Korean tech and electronics giant says it is currently working on a fix. "The company is continuously working to optimize its performance so it could deliver the best experience to the customers," Samsung adds.
Samsung is currently working on a future update to enhance the camera experience of the Galaxy S20 Ultra. The Seoul-based tech company does not say what caused the issue on the camera of the device. The Galaxy S20 Ultra features a very advanced camera with a whopping 108 MP camera.
The premium-priced Galaxy S20 model also comes with a phase-detect system that should make autofocus more accurate and a lot quicker.
Other Galaxy S20 Ultra Issues
Some reviewers also discovered that the autofocus of the Galaxy S20 Ultra is sometimes inaccurate, slow, and provides out of focus images. The video of the device is also affected since the system tries to look for the focus; it causes motion in the image. Others claim that the image processing of the company is too aggressive, which causes extreme smoothing, particularly when it comes to skin tones.
While the Galaxy S20 Ultra has these camera issues, its other siblings, the Galaxy S20 Plus and the Galaxy S20, do not share the same problem. This is because both models have a different type of phase-detect system that gives more AF pixels into the sensor. It is surprising that the pricier model with better camera configuration is the one having the said camera issue.
