Oversized main camera + high pixel ultra-wide angle (preferably equipped with a freeform lens) + periscope telephoto, which is considered by the industry to be the best configuration for smartphone images, three cameras can be used as the main camera, and ultra-wide angle can also be used as macro. But everyone found that no smartphone image has begun to reverse in the past six months or 2022.
The news from the well-known whistleblower @ Digital Chat Station on January 7 shows that many high-priced flagship imaging hardware is shrinking in 2022. For example: cut out five-axis stabilization, freeform lenses, periscope super telephoto, etc., and then start replacing them with a 50-megapixel bottom that is conducive to glory.
After he said this, it is really like this, the simplest example is now preheating the OnePlus 10 Pro does not mention the "freeform lens + super-large bottom sensor", and there is no periscope telephoto lens. You should know that the one-plus 9 series in the same period last year is specifically focused on that ultra-wide angle. This year, it was replaced by an ultra-wide angle of 150 degrees, and naturally there was no freeform lens.
Not only does one plus 10 Pro do this, last year's OPPO Find X3 series has long cut the periscope telephoto; the realme GT2 Pro and iQOO 9 Pro that have just been released not long ago do not have periscope telephoto, and they have begun to play 150 degrees of ultra-wide angle. The iQOO 9 Pro is better, at least Samsung GN5 support, realme GT2 Pro? Further ahead, the Xiaomi Mi 12 Pro also doesn't have a periscope telephoto.
In the future, this may become a trend, we don't know why the brands in the field of smart phones in the imaging hardware began to collectively reverse, you said it is to save costs, it seems that it is not all the reason. After all, some of them didn't sell much money in the early years, you say it's useless, but it's actually very useful.
It can only be said that the inner volume of the smartphone is too serious now, there is a person who does not use it, and the consumer is helpless. However, children's shoes that like to take pictures are not urgent, and some of the top flagships in the future will have some of them, but the price will be higher.