OPPO Find X9 Ultra: Go Further with Your Next Camera

In professional DSLR or mirrorless camera systems, the “Holy Trinity” is widely considered the gold standard for quality and zoom coverage, typically consisting of three versatile zoom lenses: a 16-35mm wide-angle lens for capturing expansive landscapes and architecture, a 24-70mm for everyday subjects from wide views to portraits, and a 70-200mm telephoto for close-ups, sports, and wildlife.

However, for smartphones, it’s always been a different story. Despite rapid advancements in mobile imaging over the past few years, including larger sensors, higher resolutions, faster apertures, and breakthroughs in computational photography, smartphones still fall short of the “Holy Trinity” in a few key areas. The most glaring gap is the absence of a true 200mm-equivalent super-telephoto lens.

Even with periscope designs, the physical size constraints of a smartphone make housing a 200mm-equivalent telephoto exceptionally difficult. Some previous devices attempted a 10x (roughly 230mm) optical zoom, but at the cost of severely limited light intake and low pixel counts, resulting in a noticeable drop in image quality. Consequently, the industry generally fell back to 4x or 5x optical limits.