Introducing dual lens camera with a 12 megapixel lens and a 2 megapixel lens, Honor 6X is going the iPhone 7 route.
Not exact matches
Many smartphone manufacturers
introduced dual -
lens setups to enable advanced
camera features, such as portrait mode, but Google mastered the feature solely with software optimization.
The big
camera hardware upgrade has been reserved for the P10 Plus, which
introduces dual f / 1.8 Leica Summilux
lenses — significantly brighter than the smaller model's
lenses, for improved low - light captures.
Image stabilisation is confined to the wide - angle
lens as with the iPhone 7 Plus, but the
dual camera on the iPhone X will also
introduce it to the telephoto
lens (as we saw on the Samsung Galaxy Note 8).
HTC will certainly be using the two
lenses for things like a portrait mode - just as it did when it
introduced the first
dual camera lens on the HTC M8 in 2014.
With the S9, Samsung is
introducing a new Super Speed
Dual Pixel
camera, and in the case of the S9 +, it's adding a second
lens.
The Huawei P9 that preceded it also had a
dual camera on the back a few months before Apple
introduced its own
dual -
lens camera system.
This year's seem to be centered on photography (
dual -
lens cameras on at least some iPhones) and moving toward wireless audio (losing the headphone jack and possibly
introducing new wireless earbuds).
While it's looking increasingly likely the new iPhones will look familiar, and that Apple will
introduce a
dual -
lens camera, the Smart Connector and headphone jack are still up in the air.
Apple is
introducing with iOS 10.1 a special portrait mode that is exclusive to the iPhone 7 Plus and its
dual -
lens camera module.
Vivo was one of the first smartphone vendors to
introduce dual lens system for front
camera.
However we expect the Galaxy S9 to adopt the
dual -
lens rear
camera first
introduced with the Galaxy Note 8.
The Galaxy Note 8 could possibly
introduce to Samsung's devices a
dual -
lens camera and a 3D touch mechanism.
9to5Mac also found a new
camera feature called Portrait Lighting, which is an enhancement to the depth - of - focus feature Apple
introduced with last year's Portrait Mode on the
dual lens iPhone 7 Plus.
Amid rumors a
dual -
lens camera will be
introduced in the iPhone 7, Apple recently submitted a patent application published in January which gives us rare insight into what Apple thinks a
dual -
lens camera interface could look like on future iOS devices.The patent outlines a
dual -
camera system that consists of one standard wide - angle
lens similar to what's in the iPhone today and a second telephoto
lens capable of capturing zoomed - in video and photos.Both
lenses can be used simultaneously to take separate photos or videos, with Apple's software able to merge the images together in unique ways.
The Galaxy Note 8 is expected to
introduce to Samsung's premium line a
dual camera setup, which may include a 1 2 - megapixel optical
lens with f / 1.7 aperture and 12 - megapixel telephoto
lens with f / 2.4 aperture and 2x optical zoom.
When the iPhone 7 came out less than two years ago, Apple
introduced the first
dual -
lens camera for iPhones.
Now, the ZenFone 4 series is one of the first series ever
introduced by ASUS to fully support
dual camera lenses in the whole range.
Also, with the release of the Galaxy Note 8, Samsung
introduced a
dual -
lens rear
camera for the first time on one of its phones.
Most iPhone 7 Plus rumors indicate that the upcoming phablet will have a
dual lens rear
camera that should
introduce interesting new features that haven't yet been uncovered.
The Galaxy Note 8
introduces to Samsung's premium line, a
dual camera set up, featuring a 12 - megapixel wide - angle
lens and a 12 - megapixel telephoto
lens, both with optical image stabilization.
These days the smartphone manufacturers are cashing in the trend of the
dual -
lens camera, which was started by none other than Huawei as they
introduced Honor 6 Plus with
dual 8MP
lens on the rear side.
A new report claims Apple is only planning to
introduce a single iPhone 7 Plus / Pro model with a rear
dual -
lens camera.
This, along with
dual -
lens cameras, have become main smartphone features over the past year, with Huawei, Honor, and other brands all
introducing something very similar.