I won't buy an Android phone in 2026 without this feature
Android Police••technology
Key Points:
- The author switched from Samsung Galaxy and Google Pixel phones to Chinese Ultra phones due to better camera hardware, faster charging, and bigger batteries, discovering the telemacro feature as a game-changer for macro photography.
- Telemacro differs from traditional macro photography by using the telephoto camera's longer focal length to capture close-up shots from a comfortable distance, avoiding the difficulties of getting too close with ultrawide cameras.
- The Xiaomi 14 Ultra introduced the author to telemacro, making macro photography easier and more enjoyable, a feature they have continued to use on subsequent phones like the Xiaomi 15 Ultra and Vivo X300 Pro.
- Major smartphone brands like Samsung, Google, and Apple still rely on ultrawide cameras for macro shots and have not
