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Main camera aperture: typical values for phones

Half of phones in the catalog have main camera aperture below f/1.8, and 80% fall between f/1.7 and f/2 (3,592 models with data).

Medianf/1.8
Median 2026f/1.8
Typical rangef/1.7 – f/2
Models3,592
Distribution

How main camera aperture is distributed

06221,2431,8652,4861.51.61.71.81.922.12.21.5–1.6: 961.6–1.7: 4701.7–1.8: 91.8–1.9: 24861.9–2: 02–2.1: 2112.1–2.2: 02.2–2.3: 320Median f/1.8
Percentile10 %25 %50 %75 %90 %
Main camera aperturef/1.7f/1.8f/1.8f/1.9f/2

Lower is better for this spec: the 10th percentile is the top tenth of the catalog.

Trends

Median main camera aperture by year

f/0f/0.5f/1f/1.5f/2201820192020202120222023202420252026
Recent leaders

Lowest main camera aperture

1 Huawei P60 Pro
Huawei · 2023
P60 Pro
6.7″Snapdragon 8+ Gen 14,815 mAh48 MP
f/1.4
8.8
2 Huawei Pura 90 Pro
Huawei · 2026
Pura 90 Pro
6.6″Kirin 9030S6,000 mAh50 MP
f/1.4
9.4
3 Huawei Mate 90 Pro
Huawei · 2026
Mate 90 Pro
6.8″Kirin 90356,600 mAh50 MP
f/1.4
9.5
4 Xiaomi 15S Pro
Xiaomi · 2025
15S Pro
6.7″Xring O16,100 mAh50 MP
f/1.4
9.6
5 Huawei Mate 70 Pro
Huawei · 2024
Mate 70 Pro
6.9″Kirin 90205,500 mAh50 MP
f/1.4
9.4
6 Huawei Mate 50E
Huawei · 2022
Mate 50E
6.7″Snapdragon 778G4,460 mAh50 MP
f/1.4
8.0
7 Huawei nova 14 Ultra
Huawei · 2025
nova 14 Ultra
6.8″Kirin 80205,500 mAh50 MP
f/1.4
9.2
8 Huawei P60
Huawei · 2023
P60
6.7″Snapdragon 8+ Gen 14,815 mAh48 MP
f/1.4
8.7
9 Huawei Mate 60 Pro
Huawei · 2023
Mate 60 Pro
6.8″Kirin 9000S5,000 mAh50 MP
f/1.4
9.2
10 Huawei Mate 80 Pro
Huawei · 2025
Mate 80 Pro
6.8″Kirin 9030 Pro5,750 mAh50 MP
f/1.4
9.4
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