2017 is the year of dual-camera phones, but the best cameras are still single
The current craze for dual-camera smartphones was predictable as early as the spring of last year. At the time, only LG and Huawei had added a second lens and sensor to the rear of their phones, but it felt obvious even then that the technology was going to take over. The interesting thing I’m noticing this year is that even as dual-camera systems are becoming more numerous, the phones with the best image quality still have a conventional single camera on the back. That’s liable to change with time, but for now the second camera’s benefits seem to be coming at the cost of the best image quality.
When I say there’s a dual-camera craze, I mean it’s harder to find a 2017 flagship phone without the extra lens than with. Andy Rubin’s E…
