Mobile photography is a touchy subject for a lot of photographers, but you have little choice other than to embrace it at this point. There is still a lot that can't be done on a phone, but what they can do, they can do very well indeed. In fact, we're getting to the point where many images will be indistinguishable from a standalone camera.
The new OPPO Find N3 is a singular phone, not least because of its enormous folding screen. In fact, that folding screen turns into a quasi-tripod too! However, what will catch many photographers' eyes is the name "Hasselblad". One of the old guard of photography, known for their quality and the corresponding price tag! I'm a big fan of Hasselblad and seeing that their involvement in the OPPO Find N3 is more than just providing the tiny lenses has piqued my interest further. I would love to put the Hasselblad portrait mode side by side with the latest iPhone's portrait mode!
What do you think of this phone? Would you use one?
Well like any phone, you walk around holding it out in front of you and stabbing at settings on a touch screen you can hardly see in bright sun. It's aggravating, and you look like a total tool. But no one seems to care about ergonomics anymore.
I don't take calls or text messages on my Z8, and I don't take videos or take stills with my phone!
Well, at last I have hopes for phone photography, especially if they continue to improve sensor size.
I'm pretty ancient, grew up with B&W film, then colour, then slide, then reversal film, 35mm onto 120 film, DSLRs and finally (so far) mirrorless APS-C, FF and digital medium format GFX 100s. So I am pretty well steeped in photography. I have never seen a smartphone shot that I thought came close to a "real" camera shot. I hate the process of holding out a screen to take a pic, although I'm slightly more familiar with it due to tilt/swivel screens now.
However, I have pre-ordered a Oneplus Open as I wanted to try a foldable, which is the same as the Oppo reviewed here but rebranded for EU and USA. If the RAW files (all I ever shoot) are as good as the ones in this review I'll be using the phone a lot as a carry around camera instead of my XT5. I'm STILL considering getting an RX100 VII (have been for a long time) but the RAWs in this review look pretty spectacular so I might hold off and see how it works out despite the smaller sensor.