This is good to see, but as Welch notes, the lack of stylus support is a real miss here.
As a Samsung user myself, I’d obviously just look to the Galaxy Fold, although not being able to store the stylus onboard (without a case) does suck.
All that said, I’m very happy with my S23 Ultra for editing photos. Yeah I’ve gotta zoom in a lot, but it’s not that big a pain. I actually start most of my Sony A7RV edits in Lightroom on my phone, only moving to desktop when I need to switch to Photoshop for final edits.
Any mobile photo editors in our growing community here?
I’d go for an even larger display than my S23U without being foldable. I used to start off with LR CC but have been spoiled by DXO PhotoLab 6 and its crazy good noise processing. Also frustrating that LR CC runs significantly better on an iPad Pro M1 than Android or Windows (daily drove various Surface Pro for years).
That’s interesting, I’ve honestly had zero issues with LR on my S23U! It’s been an absolute dream.
LR and Snapseed for color stuff. But for actual photo editing and light drawing I currently use Infinite Painter, as it’s the best at handling layers and masks that I’ve found so far.
I wish I could use Krita, but their Android UI is still too desktop focused, and so doesn’t work very well on anything with a smaller screen, they even block the Play Store listing from anything that isn’t a Tablet. Instead I sometimes use GIMP or Krita inside a Linux VM using UserLAnd and XServer XSDL, if what I want to do just isn’t possible in Infinite Painter, or I can’t get to a Desktop.
I used to edit on phones back in the day, but since I spend most of my time these days in front of a PC, I just edit it directly on there.
I really do like the Pixel Fold though. Interesting device, and is looking to do something new that Pixels (or Nexus) have never done.
When I got my first Samsung tablet I never thought that I’d be using the sylus ever. Boy was I wrong. My next phone will be a Note, just for the stylus.
An Ultra, you mean. 😉
But yep, I went from an S21 Ultra with no stylus, to the S23 Ultra with siloed stylus, and it’s wild how much use I get out of the stylus. Absolute dream phone.
After a few recent photo shoots, edited photos on the go on Pixel Fold, mostly in Google Photos. AI tools and basic adjustments are great (with Google One subscription) and you get ready to share album in the end. Snapseed if I need more detailed edit.
It works, but far from perfect yet. Screen space is not used efficiently, device starts to heat up after long use of internal screen, lack of stylus.
Looking to buy Samsung tablet, waiting for Tab S8 series to be announced to compare.
Nice! I’m pleased to say my S23U holds up to editing lots of huge photos without getting too hot, so I’m stoked with that.
I also use a Tab S8 (did you mean Tab S8 series btw?) and it performs well too.
