Now before we dive any deeper, let’s stop for a moment and remember that it’s been less than two months since Samsung released the Galaxy S23 Ultra. For what it counts, that phone is still brand new, and we have nearly ten months until the rumored S24 Ultra comes out. In other words, it’s way, way too early to have any substantial leaks of any kind. So take this with a grain of salt and the gossip that it is, just keep in mind that it comes from a well-connected insider.
Will Samsung use the same 10X periscope zoom, or go with a shorter zoom range?
Samsung has been at the center of the fake Moon shot scandal recently
Another big question that arises then is – if true – will Samsung keep the same 10X zoom periscope camera? Or will it use a different camera? Maybe a 5X periscope zoom camera would then make more sense to fill in the void in the 3X to 10X zoom space.
All of these phones definitely take their cameras seriously and all of them go with a shorter zoom range.
The advantages of a 3X to 5X periscope style camera is that you can use a lens with a faster aperture (usually around f/3.0), while the 10X zoom camera on the Galaxy S23 Ultra has an f/4.9 aperture, which makes this camera far less useful in low light.
Going back?
Interestingly, if Samsung indeed kills the 3X zoom camera and goes back to a shorter range periscope camera (all merely a gossip at the moment), it would mean going back.
Samsung started focusing on zoom quality first with the Galaxy S20 Ultra, but that phone shipped with a 5X zoom periscope camera.
But just three years ago, Samsung obviously thought that a single zoom camera solution was good enough. The Galaxy S20 Ultra and also the Note 20 Ultra, the last in the Note family, both used the 5X zoom solution instead.
Or is it that Samsung is finally hearing the complaints of some users that the Galaxy Ultra series have just become way to bulky and heavy devices, and is doing something to change that?
Whatever it is, we will keep informing you how this rumor develops.
