pop-out portrait lens
Tecno's Phantom X2 Pro phone has a pop-out portrait lens for 'pure' bokeh
Many smartphones these days offer artificial bokeh in their portrait photography modes, but with the help of a retractable camera, you can achieve true optical bokeh without missing any edges. Chinese brand Tecno is now bringing such a feature to its latest flagship device, the Phantom X2 Pro 5G, which packs a "world-first" pop-out portrait lens. This is just a little over two years after Xiaomi showed off a retractable 120mm-equivalent wide aperture lens, but it never left the prototype stage. Tecno's intriguing portrait camera has a 50-megapixel resolution with a relatively large 1/2.7-inch Optically, this 2.5x zoom lens offers an f/1.49