The Galaxy S24 Ultra will still have 100X zoom with its downgraded telephoto lens

We’re all getting leaks and rumors surrounding the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S phones. A lot of the buzz is around the Galaxy S24 Ultra, and there’s a bit of bittersweet news about this phone’s zooming capabilities. According to WCCFTech, the Galaxy S24 Ultra will retain its 100x zoom range.

This news is significant because we heard rumors that the Galaxy S24 Ultra will have a downgraded telephoto camera compared to the S23 Ultra. This latter sports a 10x telephoto camera, but the Galaxy S24 ultra is tipped to have a 5x zoom camera. This, you can imagine, will reduce how far it can zoom into its subject optically.

Despite this, the Galaxy S24 Ultra could still offer 100x zoom

Now, this is a rumor based on another rumor, so you’ll want to take it with a grain of salt. Anything could change between now and the official launch of this phone.

Earlier rumors say that Samsung will use a downgraded telephoto sensor, and this made us all scratch our heads. Of all the phones on the market, Samsung is truly the Zoom king. Its phones come with far-reaching zoom cameras, and it has refined its digital zoom to give amazing results. Its 100x zoom trumps much of the competition while it’s mostly digital.

So, we were all wondering why Samsung decided to lower the range on its upcoming phone. There are reports that state that it did this so that it could have 4K recording across all of the cameras.

So, the question is whether the 100x zoom will be worth it at half of the range. The phone will have to rely even more on digital zoom, which sounds like a nightmare.

What are the rumored Galaxy S24 Ultra camera specs?

We have enough information to paint a fair picture of this phone’s camera specs. you’ll just need to know that these aren’t confirmed by the company. It looks like there will be a 200MP main camera with a 1/1.3-inch sensor size. Along with that, there could be a 12MP ultrawide camera.

Along with that, there could also be a 10MP zoom camera with a 3x zoom. This could accompany the 5x telephoto camera. We’ll have to wait and see how the camera will perform with this downgraded zoom camera. It shouldn’t really affect people outside of the folks who really love to zoom into their subjects.