Comment by giwook
5 hours ago
I'd love to have a smaller/cheaper phone but I continue to hold onto my Pro from a couple years ago is for the high end camera, particularly the telephoto lens.
No, I don't need it all the time.
But when you do need it, it's invaluable.
What I would like is a really good single camera. If that's even possible. One thing I find sort of irritating about the multi-camera setup on my iPhone is that using it as a magnifier is often frustrating. Get too close to something and it decides to switch cameras, which then means now you're actually looking at something else entirely. Maybe I'm missing a setting somewhere, I can't be the only person to notice how awkwardly the functionality is implemented.
The latest Xiaomi flagship has this, they call it continuous optical zoom. It's the first time I've seen it on a phone camera.
If they added a lens lock option (like the AE lock) it would fix this problem nicely.
I have the same issue with my Pixel. It's nice to be able to use a real zoom when I need it, but that means I can't get the one that's otherwise what I really need.