Samsung Galaxy S9+ has been ranked as the number one smartphone camera by DxOMark. The camera managed to beat industry favourites like the iPhone X and the Pixel 2. According to the camera testsdone by DxOMark, the Samsung flagship received an industry best of 104 in photo tests. However, in terms of video performance, the Galaxy S9+ camera could only manage a score of 91.

DxOMark scores smartphone on the basis of various tests in controlled environments. The tests are conducted on the device's camera ability in brightly lit conditions, dark lighting and pictures using the device's flash.

Their official blog states that "DxOMark's Mobile scores and rankings are based on testing every camera using an identical, extensive process that includes shooting nearly 1,500 images and dozens of clips totaling more than two hours of video. The tests take place in both lab and real-world situations, using a wide variety of subjects."

Samsung's Galaxy S9+ is the bigger of the two flagship devices launched by the South Korean company one day before the MWC began in Barcelona. The smaller Galaxy S9 uses the same primary camera as the S9+ but misses out on the secondary lens that helps the device get bokeh effect that requires a telephoto lens.

The Galaxy S9+ primary camera comes with a 12Megapixel primary lens with a variable aperture of f/1.5 or f/2.4. The option of switching to the extra wide aperture of f/1.5 lets the smartphone capture crisp images even in extremely dimly-lit conditions.

The secondary camera module comes with a 2x telephoto lens along with a f/2.4 aperture. Both lenses get optical image stabilization on the Galaxy S9+. The camera also gets Dual-pixel PDAF on the main camera module.