In the constant battle to provide consumers the best smartphone camera, one area that Apple has yet to innovate is optical zoom, which could use a so-called "periscope lens." We explain what the ...

For years, smartphone zoom meant watching fine detail dissolve into a watercolor smear the moment you pinched past 5x. That era is ending. In June 2026, two global flagships from vivo and OPPO are ...

Last week, we learned that next year’s Galaxy S24 Ultra might drop the 10x telephoto setup Samsung’s used in its past few Ultra flagships in favor of a more restrained 5x option, much like what’s on ...