Dual-camera phones are very trendy lately! From HTC, Huawei, Xiaomi, to even the rumored iPhone 7 are powered by this wonderful invention! But before you bring home such smartphones, please take a look at this article to see the pros and cons of smartphones with dual-camera setup!

Dual-camera phones: The advantages of having two lenses

The first advantage of dual-camera phones is that they can shot photos with better depth perception. To be more specific, the dual-cam setup is able to capture two images of the same scene which are viewed through a special viewer. The results of the viewer comes in as a picture with a great perception of depth, greater than the common smartphone cameras. Moreover, with better depth perception, the photo looks really long and you don’t have to sit down to capture the whole body of a person or a tall building.

The second advantage of dual-camera phones is that they allow users to take photo first and focus later! Very awesome right? After taking the photo, you can choose which one you wanna bring to focus by simply tapping on that area on your smartphone’s screen! Moreover, because the photo you take is actually a combination of different layers of depth, you can add another object between two objects located on different layers of the photo. So these are the advantages that we find the most interesting in smartphone photography. Now let’s move on to the drawbacks!

Dual-camera phones: The drawbacks

The first drawback of the dual camera is that it takes more space than a single camera. And that means there’s less space for other hardwares under the hood. Sometimes, to feature such camera, the company even has to add smaller RAM or smaller battery to create more space. There are still dual-camera phones with powerful specs, but many of the mare often thicker in size.

Another disadvantage of dual camera phones is that it still has to depend mostly on the main camera. If the main camera sucks, then the pictures taken still suck! And mostly, dual-camera phones use contrast detection autofocus, which means they performs quite badly in low-light condition photography or when taking photos of moving objects! It would much better if the main camera in the dual-setup is equipped with laser autofocus or phase detection autofocus!