Much like the best smartphones of 2025, any list of the best smartphone cameras of the year needs to lead off with one fact: We’re still waiting on the really good stuff.
Samsung’s Unpacked event is coming in July, and that’s when we expect to see the new Z Fold 7 and Z Flip 7. And then we don’t expect the iPhone 17 (and hopefully the iPhone 17 Air) until the fall.
Flagship phone releases tend to be concentrated in the back half of the calendar, with one major exception that we’ll get to in a minute. That means this lineup will look very different in six months. Still, there have been a few handset shooters worthy of our praise in the first half of 2025. From budget devices that produce surprisingly nice results, a bona fide flagship, and another one that sits in between, here are the four best smartphone cameras of 2025 so far.
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