Snap up the best camera phones in 2024

Our top three picks of the best camera phones today.
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If you love your photography, but don't want to carry a weighty DSLR around with you all day, the best camera phones offer high-end image technology with supreme portability. But which one should you go for? We're here to breakdown the pros and cons of all the top camera phones currently on market. 

We've picked out our 10 favourite handsets based on our reviewing and testing experience and detailed comparison of the specs. Be warned: a lot of the phones we've featured are the flagships of their lines, meaning they come at a considerable price. We've made an effort to also include some cheaper options, but please check out our guide to the best budget camera phones if the phones below - which often hover around the $1,000 mark for sim-free handset – are out of your price range. 

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Basil Kronfli

Basil is a trained graphic designer and photography expert who geeks out over anything to do with digital imaging and sketching. Now a tech journalist and content director at a creative comms agency, he covers tech through a real-world lens, contributing to titles including Creative Bloq, Digital Camera World, Metro, T3, TechRadar and WIRED.


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