We tried the crazy smartphone camera zoom you can’t even buy yet

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It’s not uncommon to see companies announce products that aren’t really ready to be used at major trade shows. They can’t even be touched while on the floor, because they might sport unfinished hardware or software. Eventually, these products do get made according to the announced specs, and you get to buy them a few months later. But this year, Chinse smartphone maker Oppo did things a little differently. It announced a massive smartphone camera innovation, one that it teased in the weeks preceding the event -- but that camera has no phone.

I was able to test Oppo’s 5X Dual Camera Zoom at MWC 2017, and I walked away impressed. The company came up with an interesting way of improving optical and digital zoom on a camera phone. The problem is that we have no idea when this invention will be available in a smartphone that you can actually buy.

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