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Is a zoom camera better than wide angle?

The Galaxy Note 8 has dual 12MP cameras on the back. Samsung is using the second camera for a telephoto lens instead of the wide angle like LG does. What do you think about zoom vs wide angle? Which is more useful?
I've only really used the wide angle lenses on LG phone and they come in handy sometimes. I feel like zoom might be a little more useful. I don't know.
 

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