AI photography drives trend toward fewer smartphone cameras

How many cameras does your smartphone have? My iPhone 16 Pro, like the Google Pixel 10 pictured above, has four, which is above the current average according to new data from Omdia’s Smartphone Model Market Tracker 2Q25 which shows that the number of cameras in smartphones is falling. Smartphones that shipped in the second quarter of 2025 had (on average) 3.19 lenses, which is down from 3.37 during the same period last year. This number covers both rear and front cameras, and as most phones still only have one on the front, the drop is driven mainly by fewer rear… [Continue Reading]