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The best camera phone of 2024: Expert tested and reviewed

We've tested dozens of phones over the past year and taken over 1,000 photos and videos. These are the best camera phones right now.

Thanks to the new 3.4-inch outer display, a gapless hinge design that one Reddit user says is "free of creaking," and improved durability, I noted in my full review that unless Samsung unveiled some form of XR headset by the end of last year (which it never did), the Z Flip 5 would unquestionably be the company's most ambitious product of 2023. With the Pixel 7a, Google took things up a notch by adding a smoother 90Hz refresh rate display, wireless charging support (though it's capped at 7.5W), and its tried-and-tested Tensor G2 chipset for improved machine learning and overall performance. ZDNET's review team spends upwards of a year testing the ins and outs of every major phone release, evaluating the day-to-day performance, camera quality, battery life and endurance, and special features over time.

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