Quad-Camera Setups on Mid-Range Smartphones: The Biggest Scam in the Smartphone Industry!!

There are quite a few key aspects that one looks into, before buying a new smartphone. A common man usually looks into the cameras and the design of the smartphone. (Few of them, might also check on the processor and the battery life)

A common person never cares about Software, which is one of the most important aspect of image processing. This is the reason why, though smartphones have very bad software, but have 4-5 cameras, wherein only 1 or 2 is REQUIRED, they are quite popular and successful. 

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Almost every mid-range (Sub-20K)smartphone out there has a minimum of 3 cameras and 1 (sometimes 2) is/are of NO USE! 

Some of them though, have 4 cameras, 2 of which will surely be useless. 

A mid-range smartphone with a Quad-Camera setup usually has a 48/64-Megapixel Primary shooter, which does quite good, an 8-Megapixel Ultra-wide 

The primary’s fine. But ‘8’ Megapixel Ultra-wide! It is the ultra wide angle camera that has a higher field of view and it is also the one capturing less detail. The ultra wide angle camera is the one that needs to have higher resolution, at least close to that of the primary. But no, it’s always 1/5th or even 1/6th sometimes. 

The next thing on a ‘Quad-Camera Setup’ is a 2-Megapixel Macro Camera. 

This would be fine, IF you’ve at least got good software to compensate. But no, brands just want to make up numbers. A 2-Megapixel macro camera is surely of no use, with the primary being so good. 

A 2x telephoto would be far more appreciated. Even a higher res Marco camera could do it.  

The last and my favourite [:)] camera on a ‘Quad-Camera Setup’ – DEPTH  SENSOR!!!!!

Why on earth would one want to have a depth  sensor, when all of the background blur / bokeh can be done via software. There are so many Flagship smartphones of the same brand doing it without a depth sensor and they want one on the budget and mid-range to make up numbers.  

The takeaway here is rant brands adding  dept sensors on Quad-Camera setups.

You’ve surely not got to fall for these gimmicks my smartphone brands. 

If a mid-range smartphone has got some aspect that you really require with a really bad ‘Quad-camera setup’ and if you’re someone who never shoot pictures on your smartphone to you just don’t care, you surely can go ahead and get that smartphone. 

But if you’re someone wanting a camera-centric smartphone, then a ‘Quad-Camera’ Setup with two 2-Megapixel Sensors is something you should be away from. 

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