Weekly poll: are periscope cameras the future of smartphones?

17 March 2019
Traditional phone camera designs are optimized for size, which really limits focal length. First-gen periscope designs reach 5x zoom.

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  • AnonD-731363
  • SH3
  • 17 Mar 2019

Nokia 9 pureview is best camera out yet.
Imagine it will comes with 5x 100 MPIX cameras plus the 6th TOF.
It will be marvelous taking anything by that kind of phone.

    Yes its the future hope more OEMs go beyond 2x zoom

      They would be ready for primetime IF:
      1. They had a constant f-stop of f2
      OR
      2. Or a constant f-stop of f2 and an excellent low light sensor.

      Plus sensor development needs to make even more capable sensors.

        I'll take minor improvements over none at all. So yes, it is a commendable improvement IMO.

        Once more manufacturers adopt the tech, we'll see rapid improvements to it.

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          • Anonymous
          • LQu
          • 17 Mar 2019

          Anonymous, 17 Mar 2019The future of front-facing camera is that they go under-scr... moreThey said 2021 only ..... Transparent oled costs much more.

          Other brands have patents for it too. Even before Samsung

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            • Anonymous
            • LQu
            • 17 Mar 2019

            Imx586 cost $27 ..

            I hope more brands use it ...

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              • m2k
              • gWE
              • 17 Mar 2019

              If the results are truly lossless like optical zoom, than yes.. At least it beast stuffing 6 camera modules in the back looking like bee hives! Lol!

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                • Anonymous
                • Ssj
                • 17 Mar 2019

                Where did come the understanding that phone should be slim?
                I personally like to have a much thicker phone with big sensor and optical zoom.
                The rest of room would be useful for bigger battery.
                Owning One+ 6 currently and 3x thicker phone would be better fit to my palm.

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                  • Anonymous
                  • rJx
                  • 17 Mar 2019

                  The future of front-facing camera is that they go under-screen. Samsung should come up with this sooner rather than later

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                    • Anonymous
                    • LQu
                    • 17 Mar 2019

                    No , the solution of that israeli company needs a smaller sensor to prevent more space being used.

                    Fake optical zoom aka +50mm/2x digital zoom usually has 1/3.4" or smaller. With even smaller, photos will be ever worse than already are.

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                      • Anonymous
                      • pQr
                      • 17 Mar 2019

                      Periscope cameras are not always zoom lenses. Oppo's periscope camera has a tele prime lens, probably Huawei will also have a tele prime lens. Huawei's tele camera is said to be equivalent to 125mm, not 160mm.
                      But by the way, a higher physical focal length only has a noise advantage in perfect light conditions. When the aperture diameter isn't larger, you would get bad sharpness (due to diffraction) and bad low-light performance. I don't know whether periscope cameras also allow for a larger aperture diameter, maybe not yet.

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