We all want better cameras on our phones, but are we willing to accept the cost? I don't mean financially — I mean aesthetically and ergonomically.
There’s a growing smartphone camera trend that’s going to affect overall design more than any other recent technology advancement, and if what we’re already seeing is representative of the changes to come, phones are going to get a lot more unpleasant-looking.
Related But they are not at the cutting edge of design. Just look at them. The Vivo X90 Pro is probably the least unpleasant, with its mostly standard-looking, symmetrical lens layout. But the module itself is huge and pokes out from the back of the phone by 4mm, which is almost half the thickness of the chassis again, so the angle it sits at when laid screen-up on a desk is insane. But, in this company, the X90 Pro is the least objectionable.
Wait, it gets worse Previous Next 1 of 4 For the Xiaomi 13 Ultra, the company abandoned all attempts at coherent design and just plopped the sensors where they fell in the huge circular module, which sticks out a further 3mm from the back of the phone. Think that’s not too bad? The module is set inside another raised section on the top of the phone, taking its total thickness to 15mm — not far off a closed Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 4.
Remember when we looked at the Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra and thought the camera module was a bit unwieldy, or when we grumbled as it became clear the cameras on the iPhone 14 Pro had grown a little over those of the iPhone 13 Pro? Although the sensor isn’t actually 1 inch in size, it’s still bigger than other sensors. It may not be to scale, but Xiaomi used the graphic above to illustrate the size difference between the IMX989 and other sensors when the 12S Ultra launched.
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