This phone has a pop-out camera unlike anything I've seen before | Digital Trends

The Tecno Phantom X2 Pro is a confusing phone. It has this clever, unusual, and actually very capable pop-out camera that makes you want to know more. Simply put, it’s an enticing package.

What made us pay attention to the Phantom X2 Pro? It has a pop-out camera on the back. Motorized cameras aren’t really anything new, but we’ve not seen one quite like this before. The 50-megapixel camera extends out a short distance from the body of the phone and promises to take portrait photos with a strong depth of field for that desirable blurred background look. The 65mm focal length and f/1.49 aperture certainly make it technically impressive.

What’s special about the camera The camera module may not grab attention due to its design, but the child in me loves to see cameras popping out the back of phones — and the Phantom X2 Pro satisfies that need, but does it actually make any difference to the photos you take? The camera extends when you tap the 2.5x option in the viewfinder, and a gloriously natural depth of field is added to your photos. This isn’t like a portrait mode with artificial blur, it looks more like a DSLR.

Tecno also says the camera is good at taking photos of action scenes in which an object, like a car, is moving quickly. I haven’t had much of a chance to try this out, but in the photos I’ve taken, it’s hard to see any difference over other powerful smartphone cameras. This was in challenging lighting conditions, so what about a daylight comparison? The other sets of photos in the gallery show how the main camera can take a pretty photo with a lovely atmosphere, and then how the wide-angle camera ruins it with edge distortion, poor focus, and all kinds of odd artifacts and errors. The main camera doesn’t escape inconsistency either, and it can badly misjudge colors. The Tecno Phantom X2 Pro’s camera is all over the place.

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