How different is the 5x optical zoom on the 15 PM vs whatever the 15 Pro has?

I’m considering the 15 Pro so I can pass down my XS to my mom. The one thing that sucks about the XS is the inability to take low light night photos. I can’t take pictures of the moon or night sky. Zoomed phots look pretty bad too.

How much better are the 15 Pro cameras in low light? How do the cameras on the Pro vs PM compare? I don’t understand all the jargon with camera lenses and lengths.

This will be the phone to replace my iPhone 12 Mini.

Don’t care, chilling with 8+

I honestly don’t want 5x. I very very rarely shoot further than 3x… and a 5x zoom lense means that 3x zoom picture is going to worse quality.

Woah - how does this compare to Samsung / Pixel flagship cameras?

Not having a quality 3x-5x is a real bad decision.

Looks like the S24 Ultra will be making a change. Keeping the 3x. But switching to a 5x 2nd zoom with a much larger sensor. Allowing them to keep 12mp cropped 10x images but giving much better pictures in that 5-10x range. I think this is the best path. 3-5x is simply too useful to throw to the side.