Save up to $900 on the Galaxy S25 family of phones when you trade in your old one or save $300 without trade-in.

Smartphone cameras can’t change their apertures. Well, Samsung changed that when it launched the Galaxy S9. When you’d take a photo, the aperture would shift between f/1.5 and f/2.4. It would depend if the lighting conditions called for it. This is a feature that can make a camera much more versatile.

Fortunately, new reports suggest that gap could be bridged, with a 200MP sensor entering the spec sheet. In fact, the report – which comes from the Dutch blog, Galaxy Club – suggests that the Z Fold 7 will have the exact same sensor as the Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra.

It was first introduced by Samsung with the S9 series in 2018. Samsung was the first smartphone brand to introduce variable aperture cameras with

The Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra is the best phone Samsung has ever made, but that doesn't mean it's the best phone for your next upgrade: You need to pay a relatively high price for the excellent display, top-notch cameras, and slick software on offer here.

According to a reliable Samsung tipster, IceUniverse on Weibo, Samsung may bring back the variable aperture in its camera in its upcoming Galaxy S26 Ultra flagship smartphone. This was last seen in the Galaxy S9 and S10 series.

The Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra could gain a camera hardware feature seen on older Galaxy devices and rival flagships.

Variable aperture is rumored to make an first appearance on a Samsung Galaxy phone later this year, for the first time since 2019.