There is nothing good in “moving telephoto lens” (i.e. variable aperture). That’s another part to break over time. Even Samsung stopped adding this to their flagships, because it is redundant. And believe me I’ve had it on my old s10+, it didn’t serve any utility, couldn’t see any sorts of sharpness increase that Samsung was bragging about.
But what am I talking about… instead of cutting the crap they are adding it, and sensor shift OIS stabilization proves that. Few drops (even in rugged UAG case) and your camera will start wobbling like a subwoofer when you listen to Skrillex.
Mobile camera should stay mobile, “KISS” formula. Right now they are trying to cosplay already non-existent point-and-shoots. But it is not needed since point-and-shoots had real optical zoom systems and components that could work for decades. They had digital zoom only for “out of zoom” range, not in-between camera sensors. Nowadays there is a huge gap between 1x and 5x sensors on iPhone, and 8x will only increase it. It would be ridiculous for Apple to add fourth camera unit.
In smartphones where every millimeter counts it is much harder to control consistency and quality. For example in s25 ultra there is a wide issue of “loose camera” as users call it. But things are much worse: many units have faulty OIS and AF systems. Increasing complexity of elements often backfires in faulty units
But what am I talking about… instead of cutting the crap they are adding it, and sensor shift OIS stabilization proves that. Few drops (even in rugged UAG case) and your camera will start wobbling like a subwoofer when you listen to Skrillex.
Mobile camera should stay mobile, “KISS” formula. Right now they are trying to cosplay already non-existent point-and-shoots. But it is not needed since point-and-shoots had real optical zoom systems and components that could work for decades. They had digital zoom only for “out of zoom” range, not in-between camera sensors. Nowadays there is a huge gap between 1x and 5x sensors on iPhone, and 8x will only increase it. It would be ridiculous for Apple to add fourth camera unit.
In smartphones where every millimeter counts it is much harder to control consistency and quality. For example in s25 ultra there is a wide issue of “loose camera” as users call it. But things are much worse: many units have faulty OIS and AF systems. Increasing complexity of elements often backfires in faulty units
