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Samsung’s Galaxy S20 Ultra Has a 100X Zoom Camera. So We Tested It With a Private Eye.

Source: WSJ:
February 29, 2020 at 03:04
Samsung's Galaxy S20 Ultra provides up to 100X digital zoom, but who needs that kind of snooping power? A private investigator, that's who. WSJ's Joanna Stern teamed up with a New York-based detective to test it and compare it to other phon
Samsung's Galaxy S20 Ultra provides up to 100X digital zoom, but who needs that kind of snooping power? A private investigator, that's who. WSJ's Joanna Stern teamed up with a New York-based detective to test it and compare it to other phon

Samsung’s new high-end flagship phone has a camera with unprecedented digital zoom…so is it crazy cool, super-creepy, or both?

That’s definitely me, scratching (not picking!) my nose on the corner of Seventh Avenue and Charles Street. Even though the photo was snapped from inside a car…more than 150 feet away...using a smartphone, anyone who knows me would recognize me.

I would have had no idea it was taken, of course, if I hadn’t put New York-based private investigator Michael McKeever up to it. As you’ll see in the video, I had him follow me around with the new Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra for half a day. How else was I supposed to test the craziest—and...


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