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Do you want to be able to take the most beautiful photos and videos without having to take a heavy camera with you? The camera technology of smartphones has improved enormously in recent times. As a result, the cameras of phones are often good enough for most hobby photographers and videographers. However, there is a huge amount of choice. Each phone has different specifications, which can make it very difficult to choose the right smartphone camera. That is why we have put together a list of the top 4 best smartphone cameras. Each of these phones has an aspect within photography and videography in which they excel.

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1. Best Zoom and Macro Photography Smartphone Camera: Google Pixel Pro 9 XL

Google's Pixel series is known for its good cameras. With the Pro 9, Google has once again succeeded in making a smartphone with an excellent camera. The Google Pixel Pro 9 XL has 4 different cameras.

  • Main camera (50 megapixel)
  • Ultra-wide-angle camera (48 megapixel)
  • Telephoto camera (48 megapixel)
  • Front camera (42 megapixel)

The Google Pixel Pro 9 has a very good ultra-wide-angle camera. It has 48 megapixels, while the competition often only has 12 megapixels. In addition, the ultra-wide-angle camera focuses from a distance of 2 centimeters, ideal for macro photography, for example. Are you planning to photograph flowers or insects? Then this is the smartphone camera for you. Thanks to the 48 megapixel periscopic telephoto camera, you can now zoom up to 5 times without loss of quality. This is fantastic compared to the competition. For example, the Samsung Galaxy S24 can only zoom up to 3 times optically before there is a loss of quality.

The Google Pixel Pro 9 can shoot video with 4k at 30fps. In addition, the Google Pixel 9 phones are also equipped with a good camera app. The camera app has, among other things, a handy Add-me function. This allows you to combine multiple photos with a group photo, so that everyone can choose the photo where they look best and then merge them into 1 photo.

2. Best Smartphone Camera for Video: iPhone 16 Pro Max

The iPhone 16 Pro Max has similar photography specifications to the Google Pixel Pro 9. The iPhone 16 Pro Max has a:

  • Main camera (48 megapixel)
  • Ultra-wide-angle camera (48 megapixel)
  • Telephoto camera (12 megapixel)
  • Front camera (12 megapixel)

The biggest difference with the Google Pixel is the telephoto lens. With the Google Pixel Pro 9 you can zoom up to 5 times without loss of quality, while with the iPhone 16 Pro Max there is already a loss of quality between 2 and 5 times zoom.

Where the iPhone 16 Pro Max really shines is in video. The Pro Max can record 4k at 120 fps, which is by far the highest frame rate a smartphone can achieve.

In addition, the phone can record 4k at 60 fps, where the Google Pixel Pro records 4k at 30 fps. This makes the iPhone 16 Pro Max ideal for vloggers, YouTubers or videographers. In videos recorded with this smartphone, you will hardly see a difference in quality with professional video cameras.

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3. Best Budget Premium Smartphone Camera: Motorola Edge 50 Ultra

Not everyone has 1000+ euros to spend on a good smartphone camera. Fortunately, there are also a number of brands that are still considered premium, but are a bit less expensive.

The Motorola Edge 50 Ultra has a very good camera and costs "only" €650. The Motorola Edge 50 Ultra has the following cameras:

  • Main camera (50 megapixels)
  • Ultra-wide-angle camera (50 megapixels)
  • Telephoto camera (64 megapixels)
  • Front camera (12 megapixels)

The phone scores very well on both photo and video. For example, you can zoom in 3 times without loss of quality. Of course, the phone cannot be compared to the flagship models of Google Pixel and Apple, but for the price this phone performs extremely well.

4. Best Samsung smartphone camera: Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra

One of the "older" models on this list is the Samsung Galaxy S24. The S24 is almost a year old. Given the speed at which technology is developing, the other models in this comparison deliver better performance in many areas. However, Samsung is a smartphone brand that generally always delivers excellent performance. While the other phones excel in specific aspects of photography and videography, the S24 performs very well in general. The S24 has the main camera with the highest resolution on this list, namely 200 megapixels:

  • Main camera (200 megapixels)
  • Wide angle camera (12 megapixels)
  • Telephoto camera 1 (10 megapixels)
  • Telephoto camera 2 (50 megapixels)

The Samsung Galaxy S24 also has the ability to film 1080p at 960fps. This is ideal for filming cool stunts in slow motion, for example. Just like the iPhone 16 Pro Max, the S24 can also film 30/60/120 fps at 4k. In addition, the Samsung S24 is also one of the few smartphones that can currently film at 8k. However, this is only possible at 24/30 fps.

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