![]() The same low-light image, only with night mode manually activated (in both cases). ![]() Original M9 image on top post-update image on bottom. If anything, the light in this garage was actually better on the day of the post-update image - yet the new image looks significantly darker than the original. The all-important low-light test, with the phone's default camera settings. (And in real life, you don't usually take an image more than once consistency and reliability are crucial qualities in a smartphone camera.) I tried taking it several times, too, but each one seemed to turn out worse than the last. No two ways around it: This one did not go particularly well. I wouldn't necessarily say it's bad, but it's definitely a little.odd. There's something slightly strange about the new image - an almost unrealistic painting-like effect, as if the processing was taken a touch too far. Same as the previous image, only with HDR activated (in both cases). Noticeable (though still relatively subtle) improvements in coloring, clarity, and saturation. ![]() Once again, it's nowhere near the Galaxy's level: Samsung's equivalent photo is less washed out and generally superior in its overall composition, but HTC's has progressed from "ugh" to "pretty decent." Wow - definite difference on this one: The new image is far lighter, less murky, and less inappropriately colored. ![]() It's still nowhere near as sharp and color-realistic as the Galaxy S6's equivalent (look back at my original M9-S6 shootout if you want to do some cross-device comparisons) - but in and of itself, it really isn't half-bad. It's subtle, but there is some improvement here: The new image looks a little lighter and less muddied than the original. Let's check things out (and as usual, click on any image to view it in full resolution): But even with that caveat, the comparisons can give us a general idea of the phone's updated imaging capability and how much it has - or hasn't - changed. Now, keep in mind that the new photos were obviously taken on a different day than the originals - so lighting and other conditions (and even my exact positioning and framing) aren't identical. ![]()
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