One of the biggest complaints people have about the $1,899 Galaxy Z Fold 8 (myself included) is that it doesn't have a dedicated telephoto zoom lens. You're stuck with just a wide and ultrawide camera. There's just a digital zoom that goes up to 10x.
Meanwhile, the $2,099 Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra packs a 3x telephoto lens with a max digital zoom of 30x. So does having a dedicated optical zoom camera make that big a difference? To find out, I took both of these foldable phones out to shoot a series of photos at various magnifications. And while there's very little difference at 4x, you really start to notice the difference at 10x (in some instances). Here's the results.
