Samsung’s Moon photos are fake — but so is a lot of mobile photography. Samsung’s faked Moon photos are a small step for smartphone photography — not a giant leap.

As you can see above, it's still quite easy to see the difference between a moon image produced by the Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra, and a moon photo taken with a real camera and telephoto lens.

With this lens, users can even take pictures of the moon with their phone. But this has become a controversy as some users have questioned whether these photos are in fact real. And I say they are.

A new test shows how aggressive the AI for Samsung’s moon photos on the Galaxy S23 Ultra is, but the photos aren’t completely fake. ... yeah, those pictures are almost certainly not real.

To back up the claim, the user known as u/ibreakphotos created an intentionally blurry photo of the moon, displayed it on a computer, and then snapped a pic of it with a Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra.

When you think of Samsung’s Galaxy lineup, you might picture the Moon—specifically, those gorgeous Moon shots the Galaxy S23 Ultra and its smartphone siblings are supposed to help their users ...

The moon may have more than just gray colors, new photos show. Getty Images Different tints of blue and red colors are seen in preliminary photos from a European Space Agency craft.