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TL;DR
- There are contradictory rumors concerning the Galaxy S25 Extremely’s zoom cameras.
- Two sources assert that the S25 Extremely will provide three rear cameras, ditching the 3x digital camera.
- Two established leakers insist that Samsung will hold 4 cameras, although.
The Samsung Galaxy S25 collection remains to be far-off from its anticipated January launch window, however we’ve already seen a number of preliminary rumors. Now, the Galaxy S25 Extremely has turn into the topic of a number of conflicting claims.
A number of leakers on X have made contradictory claims concerning the variety of cameras on the Galaxy S25 Extremely. Tipster Sperandio4Tech was the primary to say that Samsung will solely provide three cameras as an alternative of 4 cameras just like the S24 Extremely. The person — who doesn’t appear to have a big monitor report to talk of — particularly claimed that the Galaxy maker will drop the 3x digital camera.
Sperandio4Tech went on to say that Samsung will use a 200MP principal digital camera with the identical sensor dimension as earlier than (however with improved mild seize) to generate 3x pictures. In addition they alleged that the S25 Extremely may have a periscope digital camera with variable zoom and a big sensor. This isn’t believed to be steady variable zoom however moderately switching between ~4x to ~5x and ~6x to ~7x. This idea can be in keeping with the Sony Xperia 1 III, which had a variable telephoto digital camera able to taking pictures at both 3x or 4.4x optical zoom, with hybrid zoom used to fill within the interstitial zoom ranges.
In the meantime, leaker @BennettBuhner additionally claimed that the Galaxy S25 Extremely can be getting three cameras as an alternative of 4. He asserts that Samsung will provide a ~50MP variable telephoto digital camera with “choose zoom ranges.” The tipster additionally speculated that we might see 14x “lossless” zoom if it tops out at 7x optical zoom.
The leaker added that the S25 Extremely will pack an upgraded 200MP ~1-inch sensor and a 50MP ultrawide lens.
S25 Extremely to drop a digital camera? Not so quick
Extra established sources weren’t so fast to say that the subsequent Extremely telephone will abandon the 3x digital camera, nevertheless. Tipster Revegnus asserted that the S25 Extremely certainly has 4 rear cameras, suggesting that the 3x lens will stay to combat one other day.
Famous Samsung leaker Ice Universe has additionally claimed that the Galaxy S25 Extremely will nonetheless provide 4 rear cameras and that Samsung received’t take away the 3x lens. Nevertheless, he added that an upgraded 3x digital camera is “very doable.” He additionally refused to rule out the chance that “everything will be the same.”
Samsung’s monitor report means that it’s very conservative with Extremely digital camera upgrades. So it ordinarily stands to purpose that the 3x digital camera would stick round in some capability, though we’d cross our fingers for an upgraded sensor.
It’s value noting that these latest variable zoom rumors didn’t come out of the blue. Leaker Revegnus posted an obvious Extremely digital camera roadmap again in December, mentioning a folded telephoto digital camera with “variable capabilities.” However we’ll have to attend for extra leaks nearer to the S25 line’s launch to see how this pans out and if the S25 Extremely will stake a declare as probably the greatest digital camera telephones of 2025.
