At the risk of jumping to conclusions before we give the phone our full review treatment, it's pretty clear to me that the P20 Pro has probably the best
telephoto camera on any phone to date.
Not exact matches
In terms of
cameras on the Nokia 8 Sirocco, there are two lenses
on the back of the
phone featuring a main 12 - megapixel, wide - angle
camera, along with a secondary 13 - megapixel
telephoto lens.
The Razer
Phone comes with two 12 MP
cameras on the rear, one wide and one
telephoto, similar to other modern flagships.
LG has stuck with its wide - angle
camera over the
telephoto one
on other flagship
phones, so there's still no portrait mode.
Specifically,
on the rear of the
phone, the S9 + has the 12MP, dual - aperture «wide angle»
camera Samsung is making a big deal about, along with a 12MP «
telephoto» lens with a f / 2.4 fixed aperture.
Apart from the software, another highlight of the Mi A1 is its dual
camera setup
on the back, with the
phone coming with a 12 MP + 12 MP wide angle lens and
telephoto lens combo.
The
phone features two shooters
on its rear; a
telephoto 12 - megapixel f / 2.4 lens and a wide - angle 12 - megapixel f / 1.7
camera, both with optical image stabilization, a move Samsung says is a first for the smartphone industry.
The
telephoto lens is the only one that's optically stabilized
on the P20 Pro, though I can't say I've seen any hand shake in the hundreds of photos I've shot with any of the
cameras on this
phone.
Like with the iPhone's
telephoto lens, the 20 - megapixel
camera on the OnePlus only works if the
phone detects there's enough light for it to capture a decent photo.
On the camera front, the phone has a dual camera setup on the rear with a 12 - megapixel wide angle lens supported by a 12 - megapixel telephoto len
On the
camera front, the
phone has a dual
camera setup
on the rear with a 12 - megapixel wide angle lens supported by a 12 - megapixel telephoto len
on the rear with a 12 - megapixel wide angle lens supported by a 12 - megapixel
telephoto lens.
The
phone has a second
telephoto lens that achieves 2x optical zoom, which means it zooms into subjects without sacrificing picture quality like digital zoom does
on most smartphone
cameras.
Turning our attention to the backside of the
phone, the Note 8 will feature two 12 - megapixel rear
cameras with optical image stabilization (OIS)
on both the wide - angle lens and the
telephoto lens.
It gets even better given the
phone has a dual - lens 12MP
camera on the back with the same setup as the flagship Xiaomi Mi 6 — a wide - angle and
telephoto lens with up to 2x optical zoom.
The luxury new
phone also «borrows» the P20 Pro's phenomenal triple rear
camera, but for some reason, the 8MP
telephoto lens is positioned above the 40MP RGB and 20MP monochrome sensors, with the whole thing centered
on the back of the Porsche Design Huawei Mate RS, joined by a fingerprint reader.
Portrait mode, which debuted
on the iPhone 7, uses the
phone's rear
cameras — two 12 - megapixel sensors, one with a 56 mm «
telephoto» lens — to separate foreground subjects (i.e., a person) from the background (everything else) with a subtle blur.
The Apple 7 Plus brings a faster A10 processor, water resistance, stereo speakers, more RAM, more internal storage capacity for the same prices, best LCD available
on a
phone, improved front - facing
camera, secondary
telephoto camera lens, and more battery capacity.