Archive: https://archive.is/20250304121005/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-03-04/smartphone-cameras-from-chinese-makers-xiaomi-and-vivo-top-apple-and-google

Far out

Xiaomi Corp. and Vivo are the new champions of mobile cameras, marking the first time in many months that anyone’s had a clear-cut advantage in the smartphone photography arms race.

The reason? Zoom cameras.

I’ve been testing Vivo’s X200 Pro and Xiaomi’s 15 Ultra for over a month each, and the photos their zoom cameras deliver are unprecedented in their sharpness and quality. What had until this autumn been mostly a gimmick — telephoto cameras habitually delivered lesser results than the “main” wide-angle shooters on most phones — is now a genuinely respectable shooting option.

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    7 hours ago

    Has this guy ever used an Xperia phone? That standard has been around since the Xperia I mk I