Have smartphones gone as far as they can when it comes to cameras? While other aspects of phones see ongoing improvements — especially AI — there’s only so many lenses and megapixels you can pack in to today’s models.
Even the data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.tomsguide.com/us/best-phone-cameras,review-2272.html” data-mrf-recirculation=”inline-link” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.tomsguide.com/us/best-phone-cameras,review-2272.html”>best camera phones are having a hard time making yearly advances. For instance, the data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.tomsguide.com/phones/samsung-phones/samsung-galaxy-s25-ultra-review” data-mrf-recirculation=”inline-link” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.tomsguide.com/phones/samsung-phones/samsung-galaxy-s25-ultra-review”>Galaxy S25 Ultra features the same 200MP megapixel rating as the data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.tomsguide.com/reviews/samsung-galaxy-s23-ultra” data-mrf-recirculation=”inline-link” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.tomsguide.com/reviews/samsung-galaxy-s23-ultra”>Galaxy S23 Ultra, even if Samsung did boost the size of the pixels for the S24 Ultra. It sounds as if next year’s data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.tomsguide.com/phones/samsung-phones/samsung-galaxy-s26-ultra” data-mrf-recirculation=”inline-link” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.tomsguide.com/phones/samsung-phones/samsung-galaxy-s26-ultra”>Galaxy S26…

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