Chinese brands now produce the most impressive camera phones - it's time enthusiasts ditched Apple and Samsung

Oppo Hasselblad 300mm Explorer Teleconverter.

If you're in the market for a new high-end camera phone, three brands are likely to spring straight to mind: Apple, Google and Samsung. Thanks to their huge marketing might, they enjoy unrivalled brand recognition. It's therefore easy to assume that these industry titans must produce the best camera phones on the market - after all, how could a smaller brand possibly compete?

Look familiar? Samsung's design language for its flagship phones is at best consistent, and at worst stagnant (Image credit: Future)