Subj : All the gear and no idea my new phone camera is wasted on me, bu To : All From : TechnologyDaily Date : Mon Nov 10 2025 20:15:09 All the gear and no idea my new phone camera is wasted on me, but Google might have already found a solution Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2025 20:00:00 +0000 Description: My Oppo Find X9 Pro's camera is so great it doesnt need an upgrade when the 10 drops I do FULL STORY ====================================================================== If you have a current-gen flagship an iPhone 17 Pro , Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra , a Google Pixel 10 Pro , or one of the many other alternatives out there youll know how hard it is now to take a terrible photo. Heck, even with the non-Ultra/Pro models, a terrible snap is more and more difficult to find. Yes, it can still happen, but with fantastic camera hardware, excellent AI software helping to fix minor and even some major photo blunders, and remembering to take a few extra photos for safety you can walk away from anything with at least one beautiful photo if not several. For me, thats never more true than when Ive tested the Oppo Find X9 Pro , which I got to put through its paces on a press trip to Mexico with the brand to celebrate the devices launch. Simply put, its triple snapper setup of a 50MP main, 50MP ultra-wide, and a 200MP telephoto camera with 3x optical zoom puts my daily driver a Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 to shame, and I think the Samsung already took some pretty great photos. Tack on the Oppos detachable zoom lens developed in partnership with Hasselblad which brings your 3x telephoto snapper up to 10x optical zoom, perfect for long-distance shots and street photography and it feels like theres nothing you cant do photographically speaking. Well, unless youre as much of a novice as I am, then you might feel like a superb camera is utterly wasted on you. This lens is something else (Image credit: Jamie Richards / Future) Im very much a point-and-shoot-style photographer. I see something I like, and I take a picture to document my latest adventure. The Oppo Find X9 Pro is excellent for this kind of photography, dont get me wrong, but having seen how the other members of the media on my trip handled this tool, I know the camera phone is capable of so much more artistically. I did my best to mimic some of the shots my fellow travellers took either asking for photography tips or peering over shoulders to get a sense of what I should be attempting to capture but one week of tutoring wont make me a master. And these lessons focused mostly on framing and lighting. I still have no clue what all the Pro mode settings mean whats ISO? Image 1 of 4 (Image credit: Future / Hamish Hector) Image 2 of 4 (Image credit: Future / Hamish Hector) Image 3 of 4 (Image credit: Future / Hamish Hector) Image 4 of 4 (Image credit: Future / Hamish Hector) All this is to say, the best camera phone hardware is already amazing, and significant hardware advances dont feel like theyll land soon unless more brands turn to external camera attachments. Though while these can be awesome, they can also be kinda clunky as youll need to find somewhere to store the lenses when they arent in use. Instead, I think we will and should see more advances like Camera Coach a Google Pixel 10 upgrade, which has the phones AI direct you to take better photos. Right now, the tool is admittedly quite basic (offering those simple framing pointers novices can grasp quickly), but I would love to see the Coach evolve over time, perhaps even respond like Gemini Live to real-time questions on how to make your shot look like your desired end goal. This would feel like a much more genuine and still useful alternative to the AI phone camera editing tools we already rely on. Phone cameras are already pretty superb to the point that they can be used on film sets or other major productions without people noticing a quality change. The limiting factor now is us, but hopefully that can change. (Image credit: Future / Hamish Hector) Follow TechRadar on Google News and add us as a preferred source to get our expert news, reviews, and opinion in your feeds. Make sure to click the Follow button! And of course you can also follow TechRadar on TikTok for news, reviews, unboxings in video form, and get regular updates from us on WhatsApp too. ====================================================================== Link to news story: https://www.techradar.com/phones/oppo-phones/all-the-gear-and-no-idea-my-new-p hone-camera-is-wasted-on-me-but-google-might-have-already-found-a-solution --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A49 (Linux/64) * Origin: tqwNet Technology News (1337:1/100) .