In 2021, your flagship phone needs a superzoom camera
(Android Central)

If high-end phones continue to demand $1000+ price tags, superior zoom capabilities are a non-negotiable requirement. It`s been almost two years since phones like the Huawei P30 Pro brought superzoom capabilities to the mass market. Paired with decent wide and ultrawide cameras, superzoom lenses can transform the way you think about taking pictures with a smartphone. Before 2019, there was simply no way to capture a good-looking photo of something reasonably far away using your phone. Even with a 2X telephoto, of the kind found in most iPhones, anything captured past 4 or 5X would be a blurry, illegible mess. Phones like the P30 Pro, and eventually Samsung`s Galaxy S20 Ultra, changed that, with optical 5X zoom cameras. Suddenly there was an alternative to `leg zoom` or mushy digital cropping. Though it may sound excessive, true 5-10X optical zoom in a phone camera has countless real-world use cases — everything from shooting wildlife or pets without getting close enough to spook ...