[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] TheWarKeeper:
1st Picture:

From the first picture of that comparison the Sony Wins in sharpness and dynamic range, colors in shadows are washed out for the isocell, surprisingly the yellow tint is almost invisible in the isocell in this picture which is a major improvement over galaxy s6 isocell.

You can look at the black car license plate on both pictures and ull see isocell is a bit more blurred than the Sony one, as for the shadows you can look at the namaste lounge side of the building which is covered by shadows and ull see that the detail and color is a bit superior on the Sony picture.

Sony: 100% Zoom No Crop

http://cdn03.androidauthority.net/w...03/Samsung-Galaxy-S7-camera-sample-Sony-3.jpg

Isocell: 100% Zoom No Crop

http://cdn02.androidauthority.net/w...Samsung-Galaxy-S7-camera-sample-ISOCELL-3.jpg

2nd Picture:

In this picture the Sony reproduces the color differently than the Isocell colors, although i cannot be sure which one is rendering the correct colors i will take my chances and assume that the Isocell colors are more realistic because they are less saturated on strong light source, although in shadows both look the same color accuracy wise, so theres something different between the two about the light capturing from strong light sources, nevertheless i doubt the bricks in the sony picture is really that yellow so ill assume the isocell is reproducing the most natural colors in this picture, isocell wins this round.

Sony: 100% Zoom No Crop

http://cdn01.androidauthority.net/w...3/Samsung-Galaxy-S7-camera-sample-Sony-12.jpg

Isocell: 100% Zoom No Crop

http://cdn01.androidauthority.net/w...amsung-Galaxy-S7-camera-sample-ISOCELL-12.jpg

3rd Picture:

Sony again wins with image clarity, image clarity is observed very easelly by looking at the small writing of the parking meeter, the difference in white balance this time is not the sensors fault but the picture was taken at 2 different times, Sony with strong sunlight, Isocell with clouded sunlight, so its not possible to check which one produces the most natural colors at this time, however the clarity and detail preservation is much better on Sony on this picture, also i will state that the clouded sunlight has little to no impact on clarity as both lightsources are still very strong.

For People claiming that the Sky shows no clouds, the clouds could be on the other side of the picture, its very easy to see that the sunlight is beying blocked marginally by looking at the shadows present in both pictures.

Sony: 100% Zoom No Crop

http://cdn03.androidauthority.net/w...03/Samsung-Galaxy-S7-camera-sample-Sony-4.jpg

Isocell: 100% Zoom No Crop

http://cdn02.androidauthority.net/w...Samsung-Galaxy-S7-camera-sample-ISOCELL-4.jpg

4rd Picture:

Sony picture produces once more better colors and preserves the most detail of the picture, easelly spoted in cars license plate,

hilton & fox sign, lullabels florist sign and far buildings, the white balance is too blue this time on the isocell, noticeable at the white building on the left blocked by shadow and concrete. Sony wins this round also.

Sony: 100% Zoom No Crop

http://cdn03.androidauthority.net/w...03/Samsung-Galaxy-S7-camera-sample-Sony-7.jpg

Isocell: 100% Zoom No Crop

http://cdn02.androidauthority.net/w...Samsung-Galaxy-S7-camera-sample-ISOCELL-7.jpg

5th Picture:

Portrait mode with Wrong Orientation, not going to include in comparison.

6th Picture:

Difference is almost unexistent, not worth talking about.

7th Picture:

Sunlight reflection is almost impossible to judge because even a decimal angle tilt is enough to produce completely different auto white balance settings and auto iso settings, not worth discussing.

8th Picture:

Portrait mode with Wrong Orientation, not going to include in comparison.

9th Picture:

Slightly better detail preservation on isocell, especially noticeable starting form the dark honda car all the way to the left of the picture, (Possible OIS tilt), colors on isocell are a little bit washed out, Isocell wins this round though.

Sony: 100% Zoom No Crop

http://cdn03.androidauthority.net/w...03/Samsung-Galaxy-S7-camera-sample-Sony-5.jpg

Isocell: 100% Zoom No Crop

http://cdn02.androidauthority.net/w...Samsung-Galaxy-S7-camera-sample-ISOCELL-5.jpg

10th Picture:

When pointing more at sky than ground objects it is always very difficult to get the autosettings to behave exactly the same, having said that isocell has better image clarity and shadows contrasts are less washed out. Isocell wins in this picture.

Sony: 100% Zoom No Crop

http://cdn01.androidauthority.net/w...3/Samsung-Galaxy-S7-camera-sample-Sony-15.jpg

Isocell: 100% Zoom No Crop

http://cdn01.androidauthority.net/w...amsung-Galaxy-S7-camera-sample-ISOCELL-15.jpg

11th Picture:

Sony sensor again produces wrong white balance, the bricks are just too yellow for them to be real, but, while the ISOCell has better color reproduction this time, the Sony has better detail preservation, especially noticeable at the leaves veins and wrinkles.

Sony: 100% Zoom No Crop

http://cdn01.androidauthority.net/w...3/Samsung-Galaxy-S7-camera-sample-Sony-14.jpg

Isocell: 100% Zoom No Crop

http://cdn01.androidauthority.net/w...amsung-Galaxy-S7-camera-sample-ISOCELL-14.jpg

12th Picture:

Difference almost unexistent, not worth talking bout

13th picture:

Diagonal Focus is hard to judge, not worth talking about.

14th picture:

Sony as usual preserves more detail compared to the isocell sensor, especially visible in the building bricks and chimney, however its slightly focused diagonally so it might be an impossible comparison.

Sony: 100% Zoom No Crop

http://cdn04.androidauthority.net/w...03/Samsung-Galaxy-S7-camera-sample-Sony-8.jpg

Isocell: 100% Zoom No Crop

http://cdn01.androidauthority.net/w...Samsung-Galaxy-S7-camera-sample-ISOCELL-8.jpg

Daylight Conclusion: Sony preserves better minute detail and has more saturated colors but sometimes the whitebalance comes a little bit on the yellow side while the isocell makes it right most of the times, in the end though Sony is the better sensor if you want sharper detail and punchier colors, isocell is better only at white balance consistency.

Notes: On Galaxy S6, the isocell suffered from huge white balance issues, very yellow white balance in daylight and purple white balance in low light on photo mode and blue white balance in low light on video mode, but since this comparison has been done only in daylight, i can say that white balance issues at least in daylight has been finally fixed with this newer version of isocell.

In the end the difference is not as big as it was on galaxy s6, however the difference still exists and some who want either sensor are in for a lottery and this is wrong considering the phone price tag.