The Craziest Smartphone of 2025

You know it's going to be exciting every time you get a smartphone that shows up in a box like this

Like, look at the scale of this box. You know you are getting extra stuff

And in this case, pretty cool extra stuff. Because this is the X300 Pro photographer kit

So this has that wild zoom lens inside. So if you're into smartphone photography and video, this might be appealing

Now, of course, you don't need to purchase a photographer kit. You could just buy an X300 Pro, but this makes it extra special

Oh, wow. So this pull tab, this is like a lifty, this is a lifting pull tab

Very luxurious, like a suede-like material. Uncover the photographer within. X300 Pro

Brown in color with a dual SIM, 16 gigs RAM, 512 gigs ROM

So that is number one. And then we pull our drawer here

And inside here we're going to find our imaging grip, phone strap, decorative ring, filter adapter ring, lens adapter ring and telephoto extender

This thing is wild. Look at this. Whoa. First things first, this is the telephoto adapter

I mean, that's crazy. Zeiss Vivo co-engineered. It has a bayonet style mount which is going to allow it to clip onto this

This is the adapter that's going to fit onto the case portion and then allow the lens to mount

and it's going to give you tremendous optical reach. The other thing that this is going to do for you

is it's going to give you that depth of field. So if you're using it for portraits or something that's closer to you

it's going to blur out the background in order to isolate your subject

and give you an image that doesn't look like it came from a smartphone. So this is the case

It has sort of a soft touch material in the center. It has a kickstand as well, which opens up like that

And then maybe more importantly, it's able to act as an attachment point

for your camera controls. And this is going to slide on like this

And it clicks into place. This is going to give us a much more comfortable grip as well

especially when we're supporting the weight of the telephoto adapter. The ring actually locks into place

See this little dot? It actually has a satisfying click. Nice. This is actually going to be your filter adapter ring

if you want to put an ND filter or something like that. And this is another decorative ring

if you want to have a different color. I don't know if you guys can spot that difference. This is like a slightly brighter metallic color

As you can see, this is a pretty robust camera strap. I mean, not just for this device, but for any camera, really

You got the carabiner clip, got the braided styling, couple of orange accents, and a quick release as well

Nice. So that's the photographer kit. If you buy just the X300 Pro

this is what that unboxing experience will be like. Ooh. Cool. So they're calling this brown, it's like more of a tan, very boxy design

You see the flat edges and obviously your substantial camera section which already has quite a camera array including your periscope style zoom lens but that goes to a whole different level with the optical zoom adapter Type C on the bottom you got your dual SIM card tray there power volume rocker

They've also got their own dedicated customizable button. Also in this package, you will receive a SIM tool, a case

It's nowhere near as elaborate as the one that comes in the photographer kit

but it matches, it's a color match and it's something to get you started. And then, of course, a USB-C cable is in there

I just want to see what this whole thing is like. A case, which goes on fairly easily

You can see that extra button is mapped to the outside of the case. A metallic style of paint to it

Our kickstand here allows us, obviously, to prop the phone up in a couple of different orientations, which is nice

We have a cutout for our flash as well. And then, of course, you can see the attachment points for the strap

If we would like to put the grip on, you'll notice that it's connected via Type-C directly to the phone

And when you insert it, it's guided by these channels on the case. So it lines up perfectly and clicks

So it's not going to fall off. And now we have something that's way more comfortable already, even without any kind of adapter, just for shooting in general

You know, it can be a little bit uncomfortable pinching your device in these awkward ways

Like this is, if you've ever used a real camera, you're feeling a lot more comfortable in this situation

It's just a couple of clicks. Oh another satisfying one. Here we go

Beautiful so you could leave that on too and use your smartphone like that

But they give you these decorative options in case you prefer to have a more minimal kind of setup

Once you have that on there, then we're gonna bring our lens in and things are about to get wild

I'm a little sensitive bringing it up But as soon as I heard that we were shooting this video today, I was thinking man

This would have been so cool to have at the jays game I was at the jays game six

I had pretty good seats to begin with but if you had this thing mounted up You're at home plate and with tremendous clarity and something that's kind of unbelievable on a phone

This is going to fit in like this and then just twist into place. Also satisfying. And then it has its own release button in order to free it

And I like how it has the marking on there as well. So you know roughly where to start it

And then it clicks. Once you have this thing mounted, it makes a lot of sense to have a handle on there

Because now you've got some weight. You have some legitimate optics on here

It's pretty wild. It's a lot more like a camera than a smartphone at this point. But obviously, the vast majority of people are using their smartphone as their camera these days

And if you want to get some sort of a hybrid or closer to that world of interchangeable lens systems

this lets you do that while maintaining the flexibility of shooting on your phone and posting immediately without any SD cards, without any USB cables necessary

I mean, it is kind of surprisingly sturdy. I still would prefer to have two hands on it if I'm going to be shooting with this

Now, there is all kinds of cool stabilization that goes on when you're shooting

because anytime you've got a zoom lens and it's a lot of reach going on, it can be hard to stay steady

This to begin with is a comfortable grip, but then there's also your optical image stabilization

at play that's gonna allow you to get those stabilized distance shots. Oh, one more thing before I completely set that up

and start shooting. There's also a standard X300 non-pro and this one in pink so that could be interesting Now the spec sheets here are pretty similar The battery slightly larger on the pro and the pro has some imaging specific features including the pro imaging chip and the ability to shoot in 10 log so yeah this one really comfy to hold they call it pink

but it's more like pearl it changes colors slightly i don't know if mo's gonna be able to

pick that up a rainbow effect on the ring around the camera section inside the package they're also

going to give you a case to get started a sim tray this case is definitely pink more towards

the pinkish hue and then they're also going to include like a serious power brick and usb cable

this is a flash charge 90 watt unbelievable so they're going to give you a 90 watt charger in

the package if i was comparing this to an iphone yeah this would be sort of like the pro versus

something closer to like the pro max when it comes to scale you're looking at 6.7 inches on the x 300

pro and 6.31 on the x300 so the x300 has 2 000 nits of global peak brightness plus one nit

minimum brightness you can get that gentle viewing experience even if you're in a completely dark

room so at the core of the x300 series is the dimensity 9500 flagship platform now this is

developed with mediatek and built on tsmc's n3p process now this dual chip integration is going

have benefits for that camera in portrait video, faster capture response, and stable performance

under demanding tasks. So they both have a 200 megapixel APO telephoto camera. So that's the

telephoto section without the adapter, obviously. They both also have a 50 megapixel wide angle

camera there as well. That's pretty crazy. 50 megapixels for the front facing camera. And

they're both 90 watt flash charge capable and 40 watt wireless flash charge capable. No

This is really cool. This would have been amazing when I was at the Jays game. And the bokeh is just, look at that

Obviously, we have our software versions of this, but that is just squeaky clean

Look at that. Mo's been shooting with the device to show you what you can do with it

So we're going to start with the ultra wide. So this is 0.6

What we can evaluate here is the flatness in the corners. Obviously, you're always going to get some small amount of distortion

Ultimately, we end up with a POV experience here. So here we have our 1x by comparison, a much flatter image

And now we're starting to see some bokeh in the background. This is 24 mil. Since there's such a focus on the zoom lens

it'll be interesting to compare a standard 1x to some of these zooms

So here we're at 2x and this looks great. Now we still have some blur in the background

Now here we are at 3.5. So this is 85 mil f267

This is their portrait mode. As we increase our zoom level, we get this flattening of the image

And then it also kind of changes attributes of, say, a human, for example

And that's where zoom lenses come in when you're shooting portraits. And people think there is some sort of optimal 35mm equivalent in order to make a human look the most aesthetically pleasing

10x look at these little chocolate chips Now we in the 200 megapixel mode And this is at 85mm And we got like a lot of detail outdoors now we have more light that a hell of an image here is an example of 4k 30 video but here you can

see the close focus is pretty amazing and this is on the 1x camera i presume

the video is almost as impressive if not more what is this stabilization that was amazing so we have now attached the external lens and we're at

800 millimeters 4k 30 you start to see a little bit of noise going on but totally usable and this

what is this 200 mil 1080p 30 this is incredible this image and you might be saying well 1080p why

does it look so good like what's going on a lot of this has to do with the isolation in the frame

and the ability to blur that background to draw your attention to the subject

Even if this is 1080p, it seems like that spec is almost less relevant in this scenario

than the ability you get with the optics. For you, this feels more premium

For me, this feels more premium. And it directs the eye. And we also have some tracking

The thing for me is the stabilization. Are you on a tripod? No. That's crazy

I mean, I'm sitting down. You're sitting down. The stabilization is wild at 200 mil

that's the power of image stabilization it's really amazing handheld pure cinema like it looks like

it's on a tripod honestly that's in your hands whoa fibers so a little bit of slow motion going

on here totally usable 4k 120 with the birds the canada geese check it out handheld is ridiculous

i can see a little bit of motion blur but holy handheld is ridiculous here's the thing you might

look at this and be like what are you doing what's going on here this is insane and it is and that's

was cool about it. But the real thing that ends up happening as you sort of expand your toolkit

from a creative standpoint is that you just start to experiment a little bit more. All of a sudden

you're like, yeah, I do have some reach. Let me point this at those geese. Yeah, this shot here

is even better. There's a little, I can kind of see the stabilization at work. It's funny. I was

in Florida recently. I had another scenario where I was trying to do what you're doing right here

We were on the ocean and there was a cruise ship going by. And one of the guys was like

is that a cruise ship? And I'm like, it's got to be a cruise ship. What other ship is all lit up

like that? And so I pulled out my phone and I tried to zoom in on it and it just looked like a blob

Honestly, it looked like a blob. Just based on what you were able to achieve with these Canada

geese, I'm convinced I would have been able to get a more detailed image. There is still a place

for optics. We know it on a daily basis. We shoot on a variety of lenses and they all do different

things. You will reach for different tools for different jobs as if you were a craftsman. And

And if you want to shoot Canada geese or you want to get that really smooth and buttery bokeh look

there's nothing that's going to operate the way that the proper optics will operate