List of longest smartphone telephoto lenses

Smartphones with the highest optical zoom magnification level

This is a list of smartphones with a telephoto lens that offers a focal length (35 mm equivalent) of at least 100 mm or "4× optical zoom" with an imaging area equivalent to a 1/3.5″ (inches) or larger sensor.

Smartphone lenses are often marketed in terms of "optical zoom"[1] relative to the phone's main camera. For example, 120 mm is usually referred to as "5× optical zoom", because the main camera's focal length is commonly around 24 mm. However, only a few smartphones, such as the Sony Xperia 1 IV and V, include a true zoom lens that offers continuous optical zoom, whereas nearly all smartphones feature a collection of prime lenses interpolated by digital zoom. To fit large focal length the 2010s-era Samsung Galaxy Zoom series of phone-camera hybrids use a retractable lens design, while newer zoom-equipped phones mostly use periscope lenses.[2][3]

This is not a list of the "best" smartphone telephoto lenses, because many factors affect image quality. For example, the Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra's telephoto lens outperforms the S21 Ultra's, despite the S22 Ultra's smaller sensor size and shorter focal length, because of hardware and software improvements.[4]

In a fixed space, greater focal lengths further constrain the size of the image sensor. However some manufacturers have recently been able to improve image quality by using a lens with a slightly shorter focal length but a much larger sensor.[5] For example, the Vivo X90 Pro+'s 90 mm lens still has a 60% larger effective sensor area when digitally cropped to match the field of view of the X80 Pro's 125 mm lens.[a]

This list excludes lenses using sensors smaller than 1/3.5″, which seems to be a lower bound for acceptable image quality (most compact travel zoom cameras use 1/2.3″ sensors, which are more than twice[b] as large).

Model  | Sensor
size | Optical
zoom[c] | Focal
length
(mm)[d] | Aperture | Equivalent
aperture[d] | Pixel
count | Release
year

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Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom[6] | 1/2.33"  | 1-10×  | 24–240  | f/3.1-6.3  | \-  | 16 MP  | 2013
Samsung Galaxy K Zoom[7] | 1/2.33"  | 1-10×  | 24–240  | f/3.1-6.3  | \-  | 20.7 MP  | 2014
Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra[8] | 1/3.2"  | 10×  | 240  | f/4.9  | f/37  | 10 MP  | 2021
Huawei Mate 40 Pro+[9] | 1/3.5"  | 10×  | 240  | f/4.4  | f/37  | 8 MP  | 2020
Huawei Mate X2[10] | 1/3.5"  | 10×  | 240  | f/4.4  | f/37  | 8 MP  | 2021
Huawei P40 Pro+[11] | 1/3.5"  | 10×  | 240  | f/4.4  | f/37  | 8 MP  | 2020
Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra[12] | 1/3.5"  | 10×  | 230  | f/4.9  | f/42  | 10 MP  | 2023
Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra[13] | 1/3.5"  | 10×  | 230  | f/4.9  | f/42  | 10 MP  | 2022
Sony Xperia 1 VI[14] | 1/3.5"  | 3.5-7×  | 85–170  | f/2.3-3.5  | f/19-30  | 12 MP  | 2024
Oppo Find X7 Ultra[15] | 1/2.5"  | 6×  | 135  | f/4.3  | f/26  | 50 MP  | 2024
Honor Magic 7 Pro[16] | 1/1.4"  | 3×  | 72  | f/2.6  | f/10.1  | 200 MP  | 2024
Oppo Find X8 Ultra[17] | 1/1.95"  | 6×  | 135  | f/3.1  | f/26  | 50 MP  | 2025
Sony Xperia 1 V[18] | 1/3.5"  | 3.5-5×  | 85-125  | f/2.3-2.8  | f/19-24  | 12 MP  | 2023
Sony Xperia 1 IV[19] | 1/3.5"  | 3.5-5×  | 85-125  | f/2.3-2.8  | f/19-24  | 12 MP  | 2022
Huawei P40 Pro[20] | 1/3.5"  | 5×  | 125  | f/3.4  | f/29  | 12 MP  | 2020
Xiaomi 15 Ultra[21] | 1/1.4"  | 4.3×  | 100(95)  | f/2.6  | f/10.6(10.1)  | 200 MP  | 2025
Xiaomi 14 Ultra[22] | 1/2.5"  | 5×  | 120  | f/2.5  | f/15  | 50 MP  | 2024
Xiaomi 13 Ultra[23] | 1/2.5"  | 5×  | 120  | f/3.0  | f/18  | 50 MP  | 2023
Xiaomi 12S Ultra[24] | 1/2.0"  | 5×  | 120  | f/4.1  | f/22  | 48 MP  | 2022
Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra[25] | 1/2.0"  | 5×  | 120  | f/4.1  | f/22  | 48 MP  | 2021
Xiaomi Mi 10 Ultra[26] | 1/2.0"  | 5×  | 120  | f/4.1  | f/22  | 48 MP  | 2020
Google Pixel 9 Pro XL[27] | 1/2.5"  | 5×  | 120  | f/2.8  | f/17  | 48 MP  | 2024
Google Pixel 8 Pro[28] | 1/2.5"  | 5×  | 120  | f/2.8  | f/17  | 48 MP  | 2023
Google Pixel 7 Pro[29] | 1/2.5"  | 5×  | 120  | f/3.5  | f/21  | 48 MP  | 2022
Apple iPhone 15 Pro Max | 1/3.2"  | 5×  | 120  | f/2.8  | f/21  | 12 MP  | 2023
Apple iPhone 16 Pro | 1/3.2"  | 5×  | 120  | f/2.8  | f/21  | 12 MP  | 2024
Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra[30] | 1/2.5"  | 5×  | 115  | f/3.4  | f/21  | 50 MP  | 2024
Google Pixel 6 Pro | 1/2.0"  | 4x  | 104  | f/3.5  | f/19  | 48 MP  | 2021
Vivo X200 Ultra[31] | 1/1.4"[32] | 3.7×  | 85  | f/2.3  | f/8.8  | 200 MP  | 2025
Vivo X100 Pro[33] | 1/2.3"[34] | 4×  | 100  | f/2.5  | f/14  | 50 MP  | 2024
Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra[35] | 1/2.5"  | 5×  | 111  | f/3.4  | f/21  | 50 MP  | 2025
Sony Xperia 1 VII[36] | 1/3.5"  | 3.5-7.1×  | 85–170  | f/2.3-3.5  | \-  | 12 MP  | 2025

## See also

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* List of superzoom lenses
* List of superzoom compact cameras
* List of large sensor camera phones
* Periscope lens

## Notes

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1. ^ The X90 Pro+'s 90 mm lens uses a 1/2″ sensor, whereas the X80 Pro's 125 mm lens uses a 1/4.4″ sensor, so the difference in area is:  90 125 × 1 / 2 1 / 4.4 − 1 ≈ 0.6 {\displaystyle {\frac {90}{125}}\times {\frac {1/2}{1/4.4}}-1\approx 0.6} .
2. ^ ( 1 / 2.3 1 / 3.5 ) 2 > 2 {\displaystyle ({\frac {1/2.3}{1/3.5}})^{2}>2} .
3. ^ Maximum "optical zoom" relative to the phone's primary camera lens.
4. ^ a b 35mm equivalent.

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