Maybe I'm missing something. I just did a the same test. Fire photo. Shot with the S6. First photo uploaded with Android, second screen shot with the same photo downloaded to my iPhone 6 uploaded to Instagram.
Made the switch from iPhone. Not happy at all
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I don't use Instagram and have not used iOS much recently so I can't comment on how that app functions...
I'm a project manager for several android applications. I can tell you iOS limits a lot more than android does. This really sounds to me like a setting is wrong or Instagram has not done a good job with their own code for their android app. If compression is the problem it's because of something Instagram has done or the library they chose to use with their application.
I'm sorry you're having the issue and I really hope you figure it out. I've had no issue like this with my pictures that was caused by a device or operating system. If a picture doesn't look good it's always been because of where I uploaded it, like Facebook years ago before they allowed full res photos.
I'm a project manager for several android applications. I can tell you iOS limits a lot more than android does. This really sounds to me like a setting is wrong or Instagram has not done a good job with their own code for their android app. If compression is the problem it's because of something Instagram has done or the library they chose to use with their application.
I'm sorry you're having the issue and I really hope you figure it out. I've had no issue like this with my pictures that was caused by a device or operating system. If a picture doesn't look good it's always been because of where I uploaded it, like Facebook years ago before they allowed full res photos.
If you go back to the iPhone, keep your fingers crossed that instagram doesn't get an update that causes similar issues, good luck with your choice.
I'm a 10+ year iPhone user and I came over to the "darkside" when the Edge came out. I will NEVER go back! I love this phone! It takes fantastic pics - better than the iPhone 5C I had. I've sent them to other people thru email and text; had no problem.
How can you be a 10 plus year iPhone user if the iPhone hasn't been out that long?
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Before I get into my comments on this thread, I'm going to start by saying I left Apple after my iPhone 4S, and went right into my Galaxy S4 .. and just got my GS6 3 days ago (and love it!). I'm also not much of a social media person either, so I can't/won't get into Instagram specific issues.
That said, here's what I see ... I see a lot of people here getting their feathers ruffled because they feel the OP is attacking the Android OS and/or the GS6 phone ... and to a small degree, that's true. But my take-away from the originating post of this thread is that the OP is not happy with his Android/Samsung phone because he feels that the quality of the apps for Android are not on par with the quality of the same apps on the iPhone. The OP may or may not be correct - as I said, I don't know Instagram nor do I have an iPhone handy to run my own tests for comparison.
The bottom line for the OP is, one device/OS configuration seems to net him better results than another setup, and he's not happy about it. Perfectly understandable. No matter who's fault it is, the results are the results. Pointing fingers at Samsung, Android or Instagram makes no difference.
After considering all that, and setting it aside ... I looked at the comparison pictures that both the OP posted up, I can clearly see that the top pic (the android/samsung combo) is inferior to the lower pic (apple iphone) ... but skinneejay's pictures seem pretty much same/same to me. That tells me that someone/something is "off" and can be corrected.
So, if I'm the OP, what I'm most likely doing is getting in touch with Skinneejay and asking him to review all settings within instagram on the S6, as well as any camera settings within the GS6 itself ... and going over the way Skinneejay is taking his pics and then posting (ie: is he taking them through instagram, or through the native GS6 camera app?)
I do know this ... or should I say, I do know that I have seen things LIKE this before ... and that is, if the OP has his camera on his S6 set to take the highest quality pics (16MP, 5312x2988) ... and that resolution is too high for the Instagram app ... and Instagram has to compress the pic due to size ... then perhaps the compression in Instagram is what's ruining the picture quality. And, PERHAPS, setting the camera to a lower resolution (ie: set to whatever the max size is for Instagram) will allow Instagram to upload the pic w/out compressing it at all.
I think it would be interesting to see what the max resolution of the iPhone 6 camera is vs the GS6 ... then set the GS6 to the same or slightly lower resolution as the iPhone 6 ... THEN upload the same pic to Instagram from both phones and see if that drastic difference is still there.
There still seems to be a bit of "troubleshooting" left to do before making a determination that the Samsung/Android/Instagram combo is "trash" ...
That said, here's what I see ... I see a lot of people here getting their feathers ruffled because they feel the OP is attacking the Android OS and/or the GS6 phone ... and to a small degree, that's true. But my take-away from the originating post of this thread is that the OP is not happy with his Android/Samsung phone because he feels that the quality of the apps for Android are not on par with the quality of the same apps on the iPhone. The OP may or may not be correct - as I said, I don't know Instagram nor do I have an iPhone handy to run my own tests for comparison.
The bottom line for the OP is, one device/OS configuration seems to net him better results than another setup, and he's not happy about it. Perfectly understandable. No matter who's fault it is, the results are the results. Pointing fingers at Samsung, Android or Instagram makes no difference.
After considering all that, and setting it aside ... I looked at the comparison pictures that both the OP posted up, I can clearly see that the top pic (the android/samsung combo) is inferior to the lower pic (apple iphone) ... but skinneejay's pictures seem pretty much same/same to me. That tells me that someone/something is "off" and can be corrected.
So, if I'm the OP, what I'm most likely doing is getting in touch with Skinneejay and asking him to review all settings within instagram on the S6, as well as any camera settings within the GS6 itself ... and going over the way Skinneejay is taking his pics and then posting (ie: is he taking them through instagram, or through the native GS6 camera app?)
I do know this ... or should I say, I do know that I have seen things LIKE this before ... and that is, if the OP has his camera on his S6 set to take the highest quality pics (16MP, 5312x2988) ... and that resolution is too high for the Instagram app ... and Instagram has to compress the pic due to size ... then perhaps the compression in Instagram is what's ruining the picture quality. And, PERHAPS, setting the camera to a lower resolution (ie: set to whatever the max size is for Instagram) will allow Instagram to upload the pic w/out compressing it at all.
I think it would be interesting to see what the max resolution of the iPhone 6 camera is vs the GS6 ... then set the GS6 to the same or slightly lower resolution as the iPhone 6 ... THEN upload the same pic to Instagram from both phones and see if that drastic difference is still there.
There still seems to be a bit of "troubleshooting" left to do before making a determination that the Samsung/Android/Instagram combo is "trash" ...
I'll quickly say that I took my photo with the max resolution in the stock camera app then uploaded via Instagram. I NEVER use the camera inside Instagram. Maybe that's the difference. I'll test tomorrow to see if the makes a difference.
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So the OP is saying that the iPhone with a lesser camera is doing a better job with compression via Instagram. Well then that is Instagrams fault and IMO no respectable photographer is going to use instagram and blame it on the phone or the OS. If you don't like android then thats fair, I get bored with iOS after 3 months EVERY TIME I buy an iphone which I have done since iPhone 4 thru iPhone 6+. I am happy to be back on Android and witht the S6 I see no reason to change in the future.
I left the Iphone 5 and went to the S5 and now to the S6 which is even better.
It takes a little getting used to the different operating system.
I will say I cheated and took a few Samsung classes at Best Buy to help me progress faster on the change.
But I could never go back to the Iphone.
And I see no problems with the Apps.
It takes a little getting used to the different operating system.
I will say I cheated and took a few Samsung classes at Best Buy to help me progress faster on the change.
But I could never go back to the Iphone.
And I see no problems with the Apps.
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As neutral as I can be about all this, and without bashing anyone or anything...
I would like pictures I upload to the web for other people to view to be as good a quality as they can be. However, if I were using Instagram, SnapChat, Facebook, Vscocam or whatever, I wouldn't be using it as some sort of "professional" or "end-all-be-all" photo program. I'd be using it for its intended purpose - to upload photos for others to see, period.
@stevelam ... in your initial photo comparison pic, about the only real image quality issue is "jaggies" on the diagonal lines in the pic between the boards of the deck. Quite frankly, assuming I'm a friend of yours interested in seeing a picture of you and your friend in Paris, I probably wouldn't have noticed them unless I studied the picture because I would have been enjoying the "moment" you were sharing via the picture. It's not like the picture is all blurry or distorted where you can't see what's going on ... the main focus of the picture is the woman in the image, and the backdrop of Paris - both of which look more than OK on my phone when I first viewed them there. It was not until I got on my PC and saw the larger versions of the pictures that I noticed what you were talking about with the jaggies.
I guess that's the long way of saying, the pure quality of your pictures when posted to Instagram probably should not be a huge matter of concern given the relative quality that both the android and iOS apps offer. And I can only assume that over time, the android app(s) will improve.
And, if you're concerned with sharing "ultra-high quality images" with friends, then just upload them to your dropbox in a given folder and send your friends/family a link to view them there, where there's no compression or image quality loss at all. Unless I'm mistaken, Instagram was never meant to be some "professional picture quality" sharing app ... it's just a social media app for sharing "moments" in the form of images/pictures ... and at the current moment, even with its limitations, it's doing a fine job of that.
Now, Vscocam ... i have never even heard of that until this thread, so I have NO idea what that app's intended purpose is. That may very well be some sort of professional image sharing program ... I dont know.
Hope you're not offended by those comments ... I am just being as objective about things as I can, and am offering a perspective you may wish to adopt using these free social media apps. And, in the end, iOS may be better for YOU ... if your concerns are such that pure image quality in Instagram is that important to you.
I would like pictures I upload to the web for other people to view to be as good a quality as they can be. However, if I were using Instagram, SnapChat, Facebook, Vscocam or whatever, I wouldn't be using it as some sort of "professional" or "end-all-be-all" photo program. I'd be using it for its intended purpose - to upload photos for others to see, period.
@stevelam ... in your initial photo comparison pic, about the only real image quality issue is "jaggies" on the diagonal lines in the pic between the boards of the deck. Quite frankly, assuming I'm a friend of yours interested in seeing a picture of you and your friend in Paris, I probably wouldn't have noticed them unless I studied the picture because I would have been enjoying the "moment" you were sharing via the picture. It's not like the picture is all blurry or distorted where you can't see what's going on ... the main focus of the picture is the woman in the image, and the backdrop of Paris - both of which look more than OK on my phone when I first viewed them there. It was not until I got on my PC and saw the larger versions of the pictures that I noticed what you were talking about with the jaggies.
I guess that's the long way of saying, the pure quality of your pictures when posted to Instagram probably should not be a huge matter of concern given the relative quality that both the android and iOS apps offer. And I can only assume that over time, the android app(s) will improve.
And, if you're concerned with sharing "ultra-high quality images" with friends, then just upload them to your dropbox in a given folder and send your friends/family a link to view them there, where there's no compression or image quality loss at all. Unless I'm mistaken, Instagram was never meant to be some "professional picture quality" sharing app ... it's just a social media app for sharing "moments" in the form of images/pictures ... and at the current moment, even with its limitations, it's doing a fine job of that.
Now, Vscocam ... i have never even heard of that until this thread, so I have NO idea what that app's intended purpose is. That may very well be some sort of professional image sharing program ... I dont know.
Hope you're not offended by those comments ... I am just being as objective about things as I can, and am offering a perspective you may wish to adopt using these free social media apps. And, in the end, iOS may be better for YOU ... if your concerns are such that pure image quality in Instagram is that important to you.
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So, he is saying Instagram works great with his iPhone and it's now garbage with android.
And you suggest
1) don't use Instagram. Instagram sucks
2) Blame Instagram.
Hahah
He is making a valid point about Android overall. You're on iPhone and you have one experience, then you switch to Android and now you have another experience using the same apps.
So he is saying the apps for android suck, the ones he uses, and on iPhone they're great. That's all he is saying. Ok. So blame Instagram. But the fact remains, it sucks on android.
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You've just illustrated another issue with Android for people coming from iOS.
They can't find their apps. They're just not there. It took me 0.5 seconds to find out what Vscocam was
He illustrates very nicely the exact reason why I bought an iPad and not any other android tablet. It basically comes down to the Apps.
I use a professional vector design program called iDraw on iPad. There is nothing even remotely similar to this on Android.
In terms of apps, android is still lagging behind. It's just a fact of life.
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