I never imagined that a smartphone camera would be able to capture the scuff marks on a LED-lit glass surface, and that too, at 6x zoom level in Night Mode. But that's exactly what the Oppo Find ...

However, it wouldn’t be the first time a smartphone has punched well above its weight. Let’s see how it does against the best phone camera I’ve used in 2024. Main camera 1. Oppo Find X8 Pro 2.

So, when the OnePlus 13 boasted about an updated 3x telephoto sensor, I expected more of the same. I figured it would be good up to about 10x zoom and fine up to 30x zoom, but no more. I was wrong.

The Galaxy S24 Ultra has the most reliable camera in this section — not overly surprising as zoom is part of its key promise — while the rest of the phones produced photos that I wouldn’t use.