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John Velasco

Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra could drop 10x telephoto camera — here’s why it's a deal breaker

Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra.

Samsung is big on features with its flagship phones and no other model receives the best of the best than its Ultra series. By introducing a 10x telephoto camera back with the Galaxy S21 Ultra, the phone series has always been a best camera phone contender — and it looks the Galaxy S24 Ultra won’t be an exception. Yet, there’s a rumor that’s bugging me about the upcoming flagship that could be a huge deal breaker.

I’m referring to how the Galaxy S24 Ultra may ditch the 10x optical zoom camera in past devices for a 5x optical one instead based on the leaks. That would effectively cut the phone’s zoom range by half, which would be a shock given how Sammy takes pride in leading the specs game. The bigger is better approach has long followed Samsung as far back as I can remember with the Galaxy series, so scaling down would be a huge shock.

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