Our readers think OnePlus is relying too much on gimmicky cameras

OnePlus phones have many powerful specs and features, but their cameras aren’t the best you can get on the market. For the most part, sub-par cameras are a constant theme of the brand, though prices for their flagship phones are steadily rising.

To spice things up, the company has kept adding more camera lenses to its phones, including some that feel like sheer gimmicks. Take, for example, the color filter camera of the OnePlus 8 Pro, which fulfills a very niche application, or the inconspicuous monochrome lens of the OnePlus 8T. Instead of those extra camera lenses that serve no real purpose, we’d like to see fewer lenses on the next OnePlus phone, and you seem to agree with us.

We recently created our OnePlus 9 wish list on which we asked you if you thought OnePlus relied too heavily on tricky cameras. This is how you voted in our survey.

Is OnePlus relying too much on tricky cameras?

Results

A total of 3,461 readers took our survey and the results are very clear. 86.2% of Android Authority Readers are of the opinion that the additional color filter / monochrome / macro lenses on OnePlus phones are not particularly good and that OnePlus can do without them.

In the meantime, some respondents disagree. 13.8% of respondents voted for OnePlus, which adds these extra camera sensors, and said they actually enjoy using them.

Your comments

• SKJ: Yes, that’s right. Oneplus gives unnecessary cameras just to enlarge the camera modules. There should only be three cameras: the main camera, the ultra-wide camera and the telephoto camera. Instead of a normal telephoto camera, OnePlus should provide a periscope telephoto camera (5x optical zoom) in all variants. If Oneplus plans to give a fourth camera, it should try to give night vision that will help the other three cameras take better shots and videos in low light.
• PowerFast: I like a macro for moderate close-ups. But not single-digit megapixels.
• Ccp Maggots: Less Junkie Camera and Improvements in Photography Software Will Be Very Nice!
• Thom K: The general shit about macro lenses has to stop. Macro lenses are great once they can be paired with a decent sensor.
• Devaesh D: I hope the OnePlus 9 has a popup selfie camera! And definitely a flat screen with a 4500-5000 maH battery !!

also read: The Best OnePlus Phones You Can Buy Right Now