https://wccftech.com/oppo-confirms-10x-optical-zoom/

Lossless zoom on smartphones is a feature that’s been seen since 2015 thanks to the inception of the ASUS Zenfone Zoom. With companies like Huawei taking it one step further thanks to 3x and 5x optical zoom on the P20 Pro and Mate 20 Pro, respectively smartphones do not need to sport a massive a camera hump at the camera to attain such features. OPPO was earlier reported to come up with a 5x optical zoom camera several years ago, and the company is gearing up to reach the next plateau of smartphone photography thanks to a 10x optical zoom camera.

According to the information obtained by The Verge, OPPO has confirmed that it’s developing a camera system that will allow a smartphone user to experience unprecedented levels of lossless zoom and snap images without witnessing a loss in quality. A couple of years ago, OPPO debuted its 5x zoom prototype, but the technology never got commercialized in mobile devices. Things are a lot different thanks to the engineering shift in the industry.