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Best Wide Angle Selfie Smartphone

Alex Yuktanon

The camera on the smartphone is one of the main selling points; some people even ask a question about whether we buy a phone or a camera. The rear camera of the smartphone is very competitive since flagship phones of 2024 are equipped with more than one camera and most of them have the ultra-wide angle lens. However, the selfie camera on the smartphone is another story. There aren’t a lot of smartphones in 2024 equipped with an ultra-wide angle front camera for a selfie that allows you to have a selfie with a group of people and still see a landscape in the background. Google has already started the trend with its Google Pixel 3 / 3 XL equipped with a 97° field of view (FoV) front camera in 2018 and it is one of the widest selfie cameras. With the latest release of Google Pixel 9 Pro / Pixel 9 Pro XL in 2024, Google set a new record again for ultra-wide angle selfie camera by having Google Pixel 9 Pro / Pixel 9 Pro XL equipped with a 103° FoV with 42 MP front camera with an autofocus. Additionally, Google Pixel 8a is equipped with a 96.5 FoV front camera and Google Pixel 9 / Pixel 8 Pro is equipped with a 95° FoV front camera with an autofocus. In 2024, apart from using the front camera, there are foldable phones with a super ultra-wide angle rear camera that can be used to take a selfie like Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold, Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5, and Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 5.

So, if you like to take a selfie with a group of people or with scenery, here is the list of smartphones with the best wide-angle front camera (with a main or an external display) in terms of FoV that you can get in 2024 (as of August 15, 2024):

  1. 128° FoV with 48 MP ultra-wide angle rear camera (with a 1.1-inch rear display as a selfie viewfinder) or 78° FoV with 20 MP wide-angle front camera — Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra

  2. 127° FoV with 10.5 MP ultra-wide angle rear camera with autofocus (with a 6.3-inch cover display as a selfie viewfinder when unfolded) or 87° FoV with 10 MP wide-angle front camera (folded) or 87° FoV with 10 MP wide-angle inner camera (unfolded) — Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold

  3. 123° FoV with 12 MP ultra-wide angle rear camera (with a 6.2-inch cover display as a selfie viewfinder when unfolded) or 85° FoV with 10 MP wide-angle front camera (folded) or 80° FoV with 4 MP wide-angle under-display front camera (unfolded) — Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 5, Z Fold 4

  4. 123° FoV with 16 MP ultra-wide angle rear camera (with a 4.6-inch cover display as a selfie viewfinder when unfolded) or 80° FoV with 10 MP wide-angle front camera (folded) or 80° FoV with 10 MP wide-angle front camera (unfolded) — Samsung Galaxy Fold

  5. 123° FoV with 12 MP ultra-wide angle rear camera (with a 6.2-inch cover display as a selfie viewfinder when unfolded) or 80° FoV with 10 MP wide-angle front camera (folded) or 80° FoV with 10 MP wide-angle front camera (unfolded) — Samsung Galaxy Z Fold2

  6. 123° FoV with 12 MP ultra-wide angle rear camera (with a 6.2-inch cover display as a selfie viewfinder when unfolded) or 80° FoV with 10 MP wide-angle front camera (folded) or 80° FoV with 4 MP wide-angle under-display front camera (unfolded) — Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3 5G

  7. 123° FoV with 12 MP ultra-wide angle front camera (folded) or 85° FoV with 10 MP wide-angle front camera (unfolded) — Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5

  8. 123° FoV with 12 MP ultra-wide angle front camera (folded) or 80° FoV with 10 MP wide-angle front camera (unfolded) — Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 4, Z Flip 3 5G, Z Flip 5G, Z Flip

  9. 121.1° FoV with 10.8 MP ultra-wide angle rear camera (with a 5.8-inch cover display as a selfie viewfinder when unfolded) or 84° FoV with 9.5 MP wide-angle front camera (folded) or 84° FoV with 8 MP wide-angle front camera (unfolded) — Google Pixel Fold

  10. 108° FoV with 13 MP ultra-wide angle front camera (folded) — Motorola razr+

  11. 105° FoV with 8 MP ultra-wide angle front camera — OnePlus Nord

  12. 103° FoV with 42 MP ultra-wide angle front camera (with autofocus) — Google Pixel 9 Pro / Pixel 9 Pro XL

  13. 97° FoV with 8 MP ultra-wide angle front camera — Google Pixel 3 / 3 XL

  14. 96.5° FoV with 10.5 MP ultra-wide angle front camera — Google Pixel 8a

  15. 95° FoV with 10.5 MP ultra-wide angle front camera (with autofocus) — Google Pixel 9 / Pixel 8 Pro
    95° FoV with 10.5 MP ultra-wide angle front camera — Google Pixel 8
    95° FoV with 13 MP ultra-wide angle front camera — Google Pixel 7a

  16. 94° FoV with 11.1 MP wide-angle front camera — Google Pixel 6 Pro

  17. 92.8° FoV with 10.8 MP wide-angle front camera — Google Pixel 7 / Pixel 7 Pro

  18. 90° FoV with 32 MP wide-angle front camera — ASUS Zenfone 11 Ultra, OnePlus 12
    90° FoV with 8 MP wide-angle front camera — Google Pixel 4 / 4 XL

  19. 84° FoV with 11 MP wide-angle front camera — Microsoft Surface Duo
    84° FoV with 8 MP wide-angle front camera — Google Pixel 6a, Google Pixel 6 / Pixel 4a / Pixel 3a / 3a XL, Sony Xperia 5 II, Sony Xperia 1 II, Sony Xperia PRO

  20. 83° FoV with 12 MP wide-angle front camera — Sony Xperia 1 V, Sony Xperia 1 IV
    83° FoV with 8 MP wide-angle front camera — Google Pixel 5 / Pixel 5a / Pixel 4a (5G)

  21. 81° FoV with 32 MP wide-angle front camera — Samsung Galaxy S21 FE, OPPO Find X3 Pro

  22. 80° FoV with 40 MP wide-angle front camera — Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra, S21 Ultra, S20 Ultra,
    80° FoV with 32 MP wide-angle front camera — Samsung Galaxy S20 FE
    80° FoV with 12 MP wide-angle front camera — Samsung Galaxy S24 / S24+ / S24 Ultra (2024), S23 / S23+ / S23 Ultra
    80° FoV with 10 MP wide-angle front camera — Samsung Galaxy S22 / S22+, S21 / S21+, Note20 / Note20 Ultra, S20+ / S20, Note10 / Note10+, S10e / S10 / S10+

For Apple iPhone devices including iPhone 16, iPhone 16 Plus, iPhone 16 Pro, iPhone 16 Pro Max, iPhone 15, iPhone 15 Plus, iPhone 15 Pro, iPhone 15 Pro Max, iPhone 14, iPhone 14 Plus, iPhone 14 Pro, iPhone 14 Pro Max, iPhone 13 mini, iPhone 13, iPhone 13 Pro, iPhone 13 Pro Max, iPhone 12 mini, iPhone 12, iPhone 12 Pro, and iPhone 12 Pro Max, Apple doesn’t publish their FoV of their front camera so they aren’t included in this list. (Personal note: According to my testing, iPhone 16, iPhone 15, iPhone 14, iPhone 13, and iPhone 12 series have FoV of the front camera a little bit more than 80° when they are compared with the Samsung Galaxy S21 series.)

Since many phone manufacturers don’t disclose the FoV of their front camera, there is no FoV data for many smartphones. Thus, this best wide-angle front camera list is based on available data only. As there is more information, the list will be updated. In the meantime, enjoy the phone with wide selfie functionality!

Apart from smartphones in the list above, there are other phones with a wide-angle front camera as well but they are outdated such as:

Example of an Ultra-wide Selfie

To compare a regular wide selfie image and an ultra-wide selfie image, a good example is a selfie from Google Pixel 3 or Pixel 3 XL. You can see the group selfie mode from the ultra-wide selfie camera (right image below) can capture more people and landscapes in a single selfie shot than the regular selfie mode (left image below).

Regular selfie angle from Google Pixel 3 / 3 XL – Credit: Google

Ultra-wide selfie angle called “Group Selfie” from Google Pixel 3 / 3 XL – Credit: Google

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