The Galaxy A8 Star’s landing page for Malaysia is full of information about the phone including plenty of samples from its various cameras. However…<\/b>
\nSmartphones cameras are getting shockingly great nowadays, but there\u2019s still a clear divide between what they\u2019re capable of compared to a DSLR. It\u2019s not uncommon for companies to stretch the truth in this regard, and Samsung is the latest to be caught red-handed with this sort of camera trickery.
The Galaxy A8 Star\u2019s landing page for Malaysia is full of information about the phone including plenty of samples from its various cameras. However, mid-way down the page, Samsung advertises its background blurring mode and there\u2019s something fishy.
As it turns out, Samsung actually purchased a photo from Dunja Djudjic (who runs DIYPhotography.net) through EyeEm. A few days after the photo was purchased, Djudijc discovered via a reverse Google image search that the shot was being used on Samsung\u2019s website.
This photo was edited to remove the photo\u2019s original background and used to illustrate the background blurring effect that this Samsung camera array is capable of.
Sadly, this is nothing new. In fact, we\u2019ve seen much more blatant cases of this from other OEMs, most famously Huawei. More than likely, this sort of thing won\u2019t stop any time soon, but at least we can say something when it\u2019s noticed to encourage companies to be a bit more honest and maybe actually use the devices they\u2019re advertising for these shots.
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