Two periscopes and a one-inch sensor
Samsung’s Ultra phones tend to have fantastic cameras, with the Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra topping our list of the best camera phones. But in 2024 Samsung might have some serious competition from the Oppo Find X7 Pro.
This phone – which is likely to land in early 2024 – will have a quad-lens camera according to leaker Digital Chat Station, writing on Weibo (via GizmoChina). All four of these cameras will apparently be 50MP, and they’re said to include a one-inch main sensor, an ultra-wide snapper, and two periscope cameras, with one offering 2.7x optical zoom and the other reaching 6x optical zoom.
There are a lot of things to unpack here. First off, a 6x optical zoom would have most phones beat, other than the 10x optical zoom of the Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra. This would also rank among the very few phones that has two zoom cameras, and it would be the first to sport two periscope cameras.
Periscope cameras use a prism to bend light, in a similar way to a submarine’s periscope, and this design means they don’t have to stick out of the phone as much as typical telephoto cameras.
