I tested the four best camera phones to crown a long-range zoom champion

Robert Triggs / Android Authority If there’s one thing I must have in my smartphone camera, it is a robust long-distance zoom that brings me closer to the action. Today’s best Android phones offer a wide range of zoom options, with different zoom levels, lens apertures, and sensor sizes contributing to some rather different capabilities. Just because it has a 5x periscope camera doesn’t mean they’re all the same. To test what this means for actual photos, I’ve grabbed the Pixel 9 Pro, Galaxy S25 Ultra, OPPO Find X8 Pro, and Xiaomi 15 Ultra to showcase the differences these sensor specs can make. The latter has a huge number of megapixels to work with, while the Find X8 Pro has the longest optical zoom. Flagships from Google and Samsung sit somewhere in between. Here’s a quick rundown of how each of these phones’ longest-range zoom options compare. Periscope Zoom Pixel 9 Pro XL Galaxy S25 Ultra Find X8 Pro Xiaomi 15 Ultra Periscope Zoom Aperture Pixel 9 Pro XL f/2.8 Galaxy S25 Ult ... Read full article.