For a while, the 2-megapixel camera was the most pointless, least-liked addition to a new phone's camera system. The 8MP wide-angle camera is taking over from the macro camera as the biggest waste of space on a phone.
I should tell you that I am not campaigning against wide-angle cameras in general. The wide-angle camera is one of the most important parts of the camera system. It gives us more flexibility when taking photos and adds another perspective. I want a wide angle camera.
An 8MP wide-angle camera is what I don't want. A 2MP macro or depth camera allows manufacturers to put a multi-camera system on the back of a cheap, or moderately priced, phone to get people to buy it. Basic 2MP cameras are useless. It looks like the iPhone 14 Pro. Even though they are terrible, these cameras are often used with 8MP wide-angle cameras.
If you looked at a new phone and the main camera had eightMP, would you like it? You should stop and think about the low-quality photos it will take if it costs $500 or more. That is what you are being sold when a phone has a wide-angle camera. The wide-angle should be treated like the main camera and not an add-on.
The size of a wide-angle photo taken with an 8MP wide-angle camera is less than the size of a wide-angle photo taken with the 12MP wide-angle camera. When there isn't enough space to play with in the first place, detail disappears and performance suffers in different light.
Andy Boxall is a digital trends expert.
Some photos will do the talking. There are wide-angle photos from the Honor 50 and the Realme 10 Pro+. A selection of phones that use an 8MP wide-angle camera have disappointed me over the last year or so. There is no encouragement to use the camera at all, and the shots are woefully lackluster.
It doesn't seem like a manufacturer can tune a wide-angle camera's performance very well They are noisy and pixelated when you zoom in on them. There isn't any consistency between it and a phone's main camera. It has been quietly going on for a while, but now is the right time to stop.
What needs to be done. We need to get rid of the macro and depth cameras. Eliminate the wide-angle camera and spend the remaining budget on either a really good main camera or a great wide-angle camera. If only one camera is good, the mid-range phones don't need more than that. No one is fooled by these marketing techniques anymore.
Joe Maring is from Digital Trends.
It's not possible. The three-camera systems are the worst we can expect. It is nonsense and I have examples to back it up. The Nothing Phone 1 has a 50MP main camera and a 50MP wide-angle camera. Better than fine. There is a wide-angle camera next to the main camera on the A53, as well as a 5MP macro and depth camera. There is a wide-angle camera on the phone.
The cameras on these phones are either good or great, and the prices are less than $500. Adding a useless 8MP wide-angle camera to the spec sheet is a lazy decision because it doesn't provide you with a better camera.
Either the phone makers put a decent wide-angle camera on the back of the phone or they don't. I would rather see a good camera than a bad one.
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