OnePlus 10 Pro won't be getting periscope telephoto lens

22 November 2021
Oppo and Realme's next flagship phones will miss on the periscope cameras as well.

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What a joke. How disappointing.

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    • Anonymous
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    • 22 Nov 2021

    Camera has always been the Achilles heel of Oppo (and it's subsidiary companies). Decent, but not up to the standard of competitors.

      Jasper5774, 22 Nov 2021What apple is achieve from 12mp will take 3 more years for ... moreLet's not fam boy over apple now, here are the facts:


      The oppo .. which is part of the bbk team released the Oppo RX17 Pro in 2018 (which the then oneplus was modelled after)

      This mid rangers had a dedicated night mode which no iPhone had.. that's one example of these Chinese brands taking the lead......

      Let me remind you apple follows these Chinese brands with the multi camera and pericope cameras...

        I will buy a premium phone only if it has periscope lens,10x being preferred.a As I am an Animal lover, having a zoom camera always in hand will be very nice.

          Jasper5774, 22 Nov 2021What apple is achieve from 12mp will take 3 more years for ... moreMeanwhile, Apple took a decade to reach a level where they could introduce basic widgets and app drawer on what is otherwise a extremely handicapped operating system.
          Even after ten years, their implementation was half-baked and unintuituve.
          Apple is desperately stuck in copycat mode trying to match android.

            Man, you would think we'd be getting an amazing phone for the 10th iteration. Don't know why it seems like we're only getting 9 Pro+...

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              • Anonymous
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              • 22 Nov 2021

              So when they can't compete with others , they are removing a feature
              BBK removing feature isn't a solution, having is always better than having not

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                • Anonymous
                • B}H
                • 22 Nov 2021

                Ivo., 22 Nov 2021Dead on arrival! Next!No even worse
                Dead before announce

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                  • Anonymous
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                  • 22 Nov 2021

                  Anonymous, 22 Nov 2021Problem is calling optical zoom, when it is not. It is mi... moreOnly you care about about this. People aren't mislead, they know 5x optical zoom means we can get lossless image quality at 5x magnification and the in between range will be digital.

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                    • jMx
                    • 22 Nov 2021

                    Dead on arrival! Next!

                      Anonymous, 22 Nov 2021Problem is calling optical zoom, when it is not. It is mi... moreIt is, but it is not the same as you seen on real cameras. It is only fixed optical zoom.

                        Its a shame...oppo introduced periscope in 2019 and the entire design of reno series changed from second iteration itself....they could have continued with sharkfin and periscope camera for reno series and as well come up with new series for the current slim design renos

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                          • Anonymous
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                          • 22 Nov 2021

                          I don't know if this is a bad news or good news. The bad news is that it's not on par with its rival, including its stepbrother Oppo. But on the other hand, since telephoto cameravon smartphone is still pretty much truly dependant on the main camera processing algorithm, this is still a feasible idea.

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                            • Anonymous
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                            • 22 Nov 2021

                            Lagasna69, 22 Nov 2021Do you guys remember?when one plus used to be flagship kill... moreXiaomi is not dead

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                              • Anonymous
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                              • 22 Nov 2021

                              Anonymous, 22 Nov 2021Your Sony variable zoom turned out to be trash This website does not agree.
                              Better than prime lens with 8MP 1/5" omnivision inside yours.
                              Also, sony makes own periscope.
                              Unlike other that need to source it because do not know how to build one.

                              By the way, company that create periscope tech (Minolta) was bought by sony in 2006.
                              Sony is making money out of other phones, again ...
                              LOL ...

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                                • Anonymous
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                                • 22 Nov 2021

                                ABF Media, 22 Nov 2021Don't care, it's getting you closer to the subjec... moreProblem is calling optical zoom, when it is not.
                                It is misleading info.

                                  imo, realme is excused since they offer phones at a much lower price than both of them

                                    Well this is not so great news. I am using my phones 5x optical zoom, and it is of good quality. Now there are phones with even better quality than mine. Optical zoom can be useful(I know there are some trolls here saying it is for amateurs, but that is the joke of the year!).
                                    Soon we will see phones with continuous optical zoom as well, not just fixed zoom(this means you get optical zoom quality at 4x native, or 5x native or 10x native zoom, and in between it is only hybrid zoom).

                                      What apple is achieve from 12mp will take 3 more years for OnePlus to achieve. Thats why all these Chinese brand need some useless colab, giant sensors, numbers etc. They are far behind is camera dept as compared to apple.
                                      Many buyers know this that's why they go for mid range value for money products from one plus. That's where their strength is.

                                        Dunno, why trend goes this way. Im searching for affordable telephoto smartphone, but there is no brand which does it anymore. Sony isnt available amd this digital zoom isnt really lossless and everything more than 2x looks blurry, cropping is bad. I hear OP9pro camera is decent, but phone itself is too expensive and has other shortcoming. Seems only high end phones for 1000+ will have telephoto with periscope and good zoom. So bad.