The answers are pretty simple. First, I always have my cell phone with me. As camera wisdom goes goes, “The best camera is the one you have with you.” Second, my big camera is heavy and bulky.

To find out which cell phone camera you should buy, we gathered the top four competitors and put them to the test. We’ve listed our results below, but before we start, a couple quick notes.

It also has a high-end 12MP selfie camera. Meanwhile, the CMF Phone 2 Pro has a much weaker hardware system. Its 50MP primary camera is smaller and lower resolution than the Galaxy S25 Ultra’s.

Xiaomi ’s 15 Ultra might be the most overbuilt camera phone in existence, and that’s a compliment. With a 1-inch type 50MP Leica main sensor, an ultra-wide, a 3X floating telephoto, and a mind ...