Honor Magic 6 Pro vs. S24 Ultra: The ULTIMATE Camera Battle!

I'm breaking down the ultimate camera showdown, comparing these two flagship beasts across many scenarios. Join me as I put their cameras to the test in:
- Front camera photo and video (daylight and low light)
- Portrait mode (front and rear)
- Rear camera video (daylight and low light)
- Slow-motion capabilities
- Zoom range
- Macro photography
Who reigns supreme? Honestly, both are incredible, but each has its own strengths and weaknesses. The S24 Ultra brings impressive portrait mode and higher resolution video, while Honor boasts a super bright telephoto lens. Find out which suits your needs best!
#honormagic6pro #samsunggalaxys24ultra #cameracomparison #smartphonephotography
Captions
00:00 Intro
00:51 Front camera: video
02:24 Rear camera: video
07:03 Slow motion
11:13 Low-light video
16:33 Front camera: photos
19:22 Rear camera: portrait mode
27:58 Zoom range
33:51 Low-light photos
35:06 Macro photography
39:19 Summary

[@danielchristiansen3081]

Great to see a KZbinr doing some of the other phones, really tired of iPhone vs Samsung vs Pixel. You should do the Honor Magic 5 Pro vs the 6 Pro and see the differences ... I know many people would appreciate that ! Nice one mate

[@JMTMarc]

Thank you! With the constantly expanding selection of premium camera phones, comparing them makes perfect sense!

[@yfcvtiybr]

Thanks for your review! Really helpful.

[@JMTMarc]

Thanks a lot! Much appreciated!

[@lanakias1]

I can not believe some serious person chose s24 over honor which has better camera, battery, display, audio and pay much more money. Honor is far away and we should be grateful atm for their quality and the cheaper price. Great video. Thx

[@JMTMarc]

Yes! It's a great phone with a competitive price. Thank you for commenting!

[@perroelectrocutadovalencia3268]

S24 si better 😮

[@cbgaming08]

samsung fanboys fr fr

[@cbgaming08]

They hate reality 😂

[@Minecraftrok999]

@@perroelectrocutadovalencia3268 If you mean AI then both phones have are just boring gimmicks. Im doing my masters in Data Science and AI and let me tell you, the real fun stuff will come in the future. Right now phone companies use it as a marketing buzzword, nothing more.

[@jurica76]

Hi Marc! Thank you for your great work. Thanks to videos like yours, I've just ordered Honor Magic 6 pro. Could you please tell me how would you compare it to S24 Ultra in terms of just daily usage and what is your main reason for searching other phone over S24 Ultra?

[@JMTMarc]

Thank you! I had to main reasons: 1.) In contrast to most reviews I wasnt quite happy with the image quality and found that the processing of the S24 Ultra is sometimes to harsh. 2.) I also wasn't really happy with battery life (also in contrast to most reviews). Battery life is substantially better on the Honor. Last but not least I wanted to test the Honor also for the channel :D

[@jurica76]

Thank you for the answer! You are doin' great job on your youtube channel!!!

[@thesnowmanMHH]

Great review and thank you for actually doing an in-depth comparison. I feel like more time could be spent on pro mode comparisons for manual focus in recording video and raw captures as the s22/3/4 ultra has such a great system. I am actually keen to switch from my s22u to the magic 6 pro so would love to see this tested. Also one of the biggest problems with the s22/3/4u is capturing fast moving subjects. Even after the camera assistant and intelligence options the Samsung still struggles. Would be interesting to see the magic 6 pro motionsense as it produces full resolution images.

[@JMTMarc]

Shutter lag is indeed an issue, especially noticeable when photographing my little one. Thanks for the comment about pro mode. I've been thinking of trying to capture the best possible photos with the phones tested in future videos, considering every flagship offers some kind of pro mode for comparison.

[@wboy30]

Gran video...como siempre 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻😁

[@JMTMarc]

Thanks a lot!

[@jwan_1193]

Super Vergleich! Unfortunstely still waiting for my 6 pro from MediaMarkt for over a week now

[@JMTMarc]

Thats bad! I think I read you post on Android-Hilfe. Is that possible? Or was it Reddit? I forgot. Fingers crossed that you will receive it asap!

[@Mohammed-tz5tn]

Congratulations for this excellent comparison 🎉

[@JMTMarc]

Thank you so much!

[@thedarkness3080]

Which camera preset did you use? Natural or vivid?

[@JMTMarc]

I used vivid. But in my opinion the difference between vivid and natural is negligable on the 6 Pro.

[@david-markthomlinson7928]

Great video and review. What setting are you using for macro on the s24 Ultra. I had the Honor Magic 5 Pro prior to s24 ultra. Honor nailed it every time. I must be missing something with the s24 ultra. Thanks in advance.

[@JMTMarc]

Thank you! No specific settings.

[@petermupandawana4548]

You are doing great brother keep up with the good work. Try reviewing more devices but you are one of the reviewers who does a very detailed review

[@JMTMarc]

Thank you for your kind words. I think I'm not the one who does 5 minute reviews. Could be due to me scientific background :D

[@hamada100200100]

Amazing job man keep up💪💛 big love from 🇩🇿🇩🇿🇩🇿😎

[@JMTMarc]

Thanks a lot! Appreciate you comments and support!

[@melihguzel17]

​@@JMTMarc😮

[@SDav21]

Honor went for this zoom lens for the better. As you see at night, 5x zoom cameras just can't manage. The honor is so much better at mid zoom ranges. Anything over 20x to 30x isn't usable anyway let alone 100x. With the honor, the aperture at 2.5x is much wider so it let's on more light. But they've made the mp count higher to get reasonable zoom by being able to crop more. Moving the exposure slider on the Samsung won't do anything because it's camera doesn't have as much info because the aperture is so small on a 5x.

[@JMTMarc]

Absolutely! The 6 Pro is an excellent phone, and I'm extremely satisfied with its camera. About your comment on the exposure of the S24 Ultra, especially in reference to the night scene video, it's important to note that exposure involves more than just aperture settings. I anticipated that the S24 Ultra would adjust its ISO to increase exposure, thereby brightening the image. However, it seems it didn't make any adjustments at all...

[@SDav21]

@@JMTMarc I'm assuming it wouldn't adjust ISO because it would introduce even more noise and lower the image quality.

[@JMTMarc]

Might be.

[@marcelontech]

Nice comparison video buddy. I ahve been wathing your work and you are smashing it well done. To me the Magic 6 pro seems better almost everytime. I am testing out the 6 pro too at the moent and the camera really impresses especially the front facing camera.

[@JMTMarc]

It's a fantastic phone, yes! I also prefer it over the S24 Ultra. Even when using camera assistant and toning done the sharpening, sometimes images turn out quite unnatural.

[@marcelontech]

@@JMTMarc Nice I have been enjoying the 6 Pro too. Been finding some odd after shot processing but otherwise very happy

[@mohamedshawmei6802]

What should i take for photos and videos of both?

[@JMTMarc]

Honestly you can't go wrong with both. The S24 Ultra might have a slight edge when it comes to video (8K recordning, higher frame rates, better stabilization).

[@tahmidahmedsiam]

​@@JMTMarcMagic $200 cheaper remember that

[@JMTMarc]

That's definetly worth considering!

[@dieschnellekatze]

Love this comparison

[@JMTMarc]

Appreciate it 🤗

[@gethealthy7413]

The Honor needs to improve on the selfie and zoom, the rest I prefer it better than the S24, and overall the phone feels better in the hand and the display has a leading PWM so it helps my sensitive eyes. Last time I had the S22 Ultra I get eye strain and headaches all the time but after changing to a higher PWM phone I never felt that discomfort again.

[@jesusrosmengarciasosa1697]

What display is better between these two phones?

[@JMTMarc]

Both are great, but I like the display of the Samsung better, because of the anti-reflective glass. It's almost magic, how little it reflects light.

[@fendykusumohadi]

Please compare honor magic 6 pro versus vivo x 100 pro

[@JMTMarc]

I decided to sell the Magic 6 Pro.

[@fendykusumohadi]

@@JMTMarc oh why

[@JMTMarc]

I can not keep every phone and there was no justification to keep it next to the S24 Ultra and Xiaomi 14 Ultra.

[@jarekjarek4396]

Dziękuję ci ślicznie za świetne porównanie bardzo profesjonalna praca to potwierdza że honor zasłużył na pozycję jaką osiągnął 😀

[@JMTMarc]

Dziękuję za komentarz! To naprawdę świetny telefon!

[@misstornton3848]

I currently have honor mp6 and thinking to switch to ultra 24 cause some photos are too bright, or when I zoom the photo in my gallery which is already taken, I see that face looks horrible, it's like honor draws smth on my face. However the phone is good, but maybe ultra camera would be better

[@jasonrivera7163]

All chinese phone tend to face beautification , alot of then don't let u turn them off all the way. And as too the brightness the honor like alot of chinese phone use much larger sensors which come with it own pros and cons one con is u end up with brighter some time too bright photos especially if software didn't correct for it ,on the reverse u end up with generally cleaner lowlight photos because the software doesn't need to process it as much because it naturally taking in more light .that why the 5x night shot was darker on the s24u then the honor

[@JMTMarc]

That's true, in China, face optimization in photography seems to be a big deal. The Xiaomi 14 and Vivo X100 Pro have it too, but you have to activate it and there are many customization options.

[@gunduz0537]

Honor's stabilization is not good at 5x. and thanks for the video🙏🏻🖤

[@JMTMarc]

Absolutely! And its even worse in low light, introduces some nasty jitters!

[@SDav21]

On the slow Mo the Honor was way better. What are you seeing? Or what am I seeing. Lol. Because the honor was definitely a much more pleasing slow motion video in my opinion.

[@JMTMarc]

Certainly. I personally have a preference for the Honor's Slow Motion capabilities as well. When recording at Full HD 120p, the S24 Ultra produces slightly sharper images, whereas the Honor tends to display more artifacts. At Full HD 240p, the S24 Ultra's footage appears overly sharpened, while the Honor encounters some issues with sky depiction and exposure. Despite these technical differences, my subjective opinion leans more favorably towards the Honor's performance.

[@rayjam7099]

Great

[@JMTMarc]

Thanks!

[@kiyochan2342]

photos must be zoomed in. If not, its just a social media photo comparison

[@JMTMarc]

I showed 100% crops of the images.

[@rolins3279]

Oddly enough, when it comes to the Honor, you know that you have to/can lower the exposure manually, or change the tone of the colors, but when it comes to the S24 Ultra, you behave like you don't know you can do that too, that you can choose the natural tone for selfies, that you can use Camera Assistant to tone down the oversharpening... Pff 🤦🏽‍♂️

[@JMTMarc]

Indeed! I chose not to use a camera assistant because I wanted to compare the "out-of-the-box" quality. For a comparison video, you have to make a decision. Once you start to fiddle with the settings of one phone, it's not fair anymore. With every phone, you can drastically improve the quality once you start to get the hang of it and play with the settings.

[@eiyt]

Honor 10x zoom video is like doing a dance, ha!

[@JMTMarc]

Its basically 4x digital zoom. Even with a 180MP sensor this means compromises...

[@hamada100200100]

We want to see Magic 6 pro vs s24ultra Moon zoom please mak it happening 🥳🥳🇩🇿💛

[@JMTMarc]

Too cloudy for that ;) But thanks for the recommendation :D

[@SibTiger33]

Honor really did make a backwards step with that zoom. A real shame. Magic 5 Pro is a better deal at its current price

[@JMTMarc]

I agree! It's puzzling why it received such high ratings on various sites.

[@farhanshah5966]

Bro s24 ultra vid is so smooth why was the honor magic 6 pro was jittery?

[@JMTMarc]

No idea. I just used standard settings 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@davidadams5116]

Just got my Honor magic 6 pro, coming from the s23 ultra. The Honour is far better than the s23, i cant say against s24 though.

[@JMTMarc]

It's a great phone. I just which the camera was a little better (or the post processing of the images).

[@gueck77]

Really liked S24

[@JMTMarc]

Great camera, yes!

[@eaglehunter1802]

I'm sick of Samsung now after years of using them. I'm looking to buy new phone any day now (got xiaomi 14 ultra but sent it back after 1 day) and wanted it to be the honor magic 6 pro, But I think the s24 ultra is beating this hands down... Am I wrong?? ... Any other recommendations of handsets I could look at?? ..... Budget £1500

[@JMTMarc]

What about the vivo X100 Pro? Great camera, great performance. But software is not that great. Or Google Pixel 8 Pro?

[@maranzaubawkofficial]

Look Samsung phone is front camera is very good but back camera is Honor is the best❤😊

[@JMTMarc]

Thank you for your comment and oppinion!

[@rkmncontenardi]

OMG Not even my m5pro is that jerky in videos... what have they done on the m6pro?!

[@JMTMarc]

Stabilization is pretty bad under suboptimal conditions, yes.

[@ukr28]

👍

[@JMTMarc]

Thank you!

[@alexdenton6586]

It’s sad because I love android but it seems that iPhones are at the top right now in terms of photo and video quality

[@JMTMarc]

I wouldn't say that! Android has some really powerful camera phones that are better than the iPhone. For example Vivo X100 Pro, Xiaomi 14 Ultra, Oppo Find X7.

[@kamalbismi7558]

Samsung more into natural color while honor tend to saturation

[@JMTMarc]

True! Honor uses to mich saturation and contrast in auto mode.

[@kpehe100]

The front camera is better on the Honor but the back cameras are better on the S24 Ultra. To be honest, I love the Honor when it comes to human subjects, both front and back cameras

[@JMTMarc]

Thank you for your comment. A lot of that comes down to different processing.

[@samkorzun2670]

​@@JMTMarcу хорошая трава более сочная и зелёная обработка влияет а у самсунга чётко блекло трава выглядет но то как видит человек прям

[@MunasibHuseynov1]

Honor magic 6 pro winner 🏆🏆

[@JMTMarc]

It's really interesting. It seems that many people are torn between the S24 Ultra and the Magic 6 Pro. In my opinion, they are very comparable, with each having its own areas of strengths and weaknesses.

[@dotochnyychelovek1279]

На самсунг к зум куда лучше видео и фото, хотя еиу уже мин лет 7-8.

[@JMTMarc]

???

[@YoutubeStoryYT]

I don't like the design of the s24ultra, if I get an honor, the camera is much weaker than the s24 or stronger

[@JMTMarc]

The camera of the S24 Ultra is definitely better.

[@dominikgorzelak5481]

Ale drewno

[@JMTMarc]

???

[@user-tt1ed6ny2d]

Honor Magic 6 pro portrait mode's bokeh is a bit unnatural. probably it looks good for non-professional photographer. lol.

[@JMTMarc]

Yes. Thats my main gripe with portrait mode.

[@lucaspanasski331]

Honor waaay too saturated

[@JMTMarc]

Yes. It tends to apply to much saturation, even in natural profile.

[@1981Ararat]

Samsung s24 ultra 👌

[@JMTMarc]

Both are very capable camera flagships!

[@JeromeAndRizaVibes]

iphone 13 user here... I think its time to change phone right now... I like the design and sleek camera at the back... All in all i like the specs. Im tired of IOS for real for real.

[@JMTMarc]

The world of Android phones is really exiting. Used iPhones from iPhone 4 until 14 Pro Max and now completely switched to Android.

[@User51813]

And once switching to Android I don't think so we can go back to iPhone again 😂.

[@JeromeAndRizaVibes]

@@User51813 you can tell now that phones are not the same as 10yrs ago when we wait for it every year not like now.🤣 I mean every month has a new cellphone release.. Oh iphone sucks by the way im an iphone user!!! Yah yah right we know it already...