Oppo’s Find X7 Ultra pairs a 1-inch sensor with not one but two periscope cameras
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The Find X7 Ultra in black, blue, and brown. | Image: Oppo
Oppo's latest flagship, the Find X7 Ultra, is the first smartphone to include two periscope cameras, the company announced today as it launched the device in China. One offers a 3x zoom and uses a 1/1.56-inch sensor that Oppo says is the biggest telephoto sensor in any smartphone." Large sensors typically make for better low-light photographs, which can be an issue for some phones' secondary cameras. The second periscope lens offers a 6x optical zoom with a 1/2.51-inch sensor.
The zoom lenses make up two of the four 50-megapixel cameras Oppo has built into the rear of the phone. These also include a main camera that's the first in the market to use Sony's second-generation 1-inch-type sensor (the LYT-900), alongside an ultrawide camera...