Browsing: Smartphone Cameras

The Pixel 11 and Pixel 11 Pro share the same Tensor G6, the same 30W charging, the same 25W Qi2.2 wireless, the same seven years of updates, and they finish within one minute of each other on battery life. The $200 gap buys a sharper LTPO display and a camera system that is genuinely in a different class, led by a telephoto with roughly 2.7 times the sensor area.

Every spec of the iPhone 17 Pro and 17 Pro Max camera, what each 48MP lens is good at, how it scored in testing, and whether the iPhone 18 Pro camera is worth the upgrade.

The vivo X500 Pro Max accepts a Zeiss teleconverter that turns its 85mm telephoto into a 400mm equivalent lens, roughly 17.4x against the main camera. The G2 Ultra costs 1,999 yuan, uses 15 elements in a Kepler layout, and needs the phone to flip the image in software. Here is how it works and where it falls down.

Nikon is re-reviewing the winner of its 2026 Small World in Motion contest after scientists flagged artifacts and a SynthID watermark hit. Dr Ning Xu says AI only colored his data. Nikon’s own profile of him, published before the row, described exactly that workflow.

The Oppo Find X10 is lined up for a global launch around October 21 with two 200MP cameras, an 8,000mAh battery in an 8.4mm body, a 144Hz LTPO panel and IP69. It runs a Dimensity 9600M rather than the 9500 many spec pages list, and leaks put Europe at roughly 900 euros against 1,600 for the Pro Max.

Leaker Ice Universe says the Galaxy S27 Ultra will ship with three rear cameras instead of four, with the 3x telephoto being the one that goes. Run the numbers on light gathering and depth of field and the cut looks far more defensible than the spec sheet suggests. The part worth worrying about is the camera Samsung is keeping.

The Xiaomi 18 Pro and 18 Pro Max launched with a hardware level privacy display that narrows the screen’s viewing angle in the panel itself, two 200MP Leica cameras, rear screens that now run AI built mini apps, and batteries up to 8,500mAh. They are also the first phones to split Qualcomm’s new two tier flagship chip.

Motorola’s Signature 27 arrives with the Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6, a 200MP periscope camera with 5x optical reach, a 6,000mAh silicon carbon battery and seven years of Android updates. It lands in the US in November. Motorola has not said what it costs.

Oppo has confirmed a September 22 launch for the Find X10E, Find X10 and Find X10 Pro Max. The top model is expected to carry three 200MP Hasselblad cameras and an 8,000mAh battery. Here is what is official, what is still a leak, and what all those megapixels actually buy you.

The iPhone 18 Pro’s main camera has a real variable aperture with six moving blades, running from f/1.48 to f/4. It also has Apple’s first 2nm chip and a $100 price rise. Pre-orders open September 12.