Compared to better
cameras on flagship phones, you'll notice the lack of dynamic range and the camera's struggles in low light.
Smartphone owners have high expectations about
the camera on a flagship phone.
Huawei is the second company this year to use dual rear
cameras on a flagship phone.
Not exact matches
The Windows
Phone 8 handset offers free navigation and sports the same digital lenses
on its 5 - megapixel autofocus
camera that users enjoy
on the
flagship Nokia Lumia 920.
As usual, I wish I'd brought along a less awesome
phone just to show how far ahead the Pixel and these two new
flagship contenders are from the rest of the Android field and Apple's iPhone X. For now, all I can declare with surety is that Huawei's P20 Pro has one of the top three
cameras on the market and it legitimately tempts me to put down the Pixel for a while and try life the Huawei way.
Huawei at a launch event in Paris
on Tuesday announced the P20 Pro, a stunning
flagship featuring the «world's first» Leica triple
camera system with the highest total pixel count available
on a
phone today.
The Razer
Phone comes with two 12 MP
cameras on the rear, one wide and one telephoto, similar to other modern
flagships.
Apple iPhone X is the
flagship phone from the company with its Face ID function, edge - to - edge Super Retina Display, Animojis, and dual rear
camera with OIS
on both sensors.
Then again, most
flagship smartphones aren't constantly processing data from four always -
on front - facing
cameras — more
on that Fire
Phone feature below — so how the phone's battery performs will definitely be at the front of our minds when we get a chance to really test this m
Phone feature below — so how the
phone's battery performs will definitely be at the front of our minds when we get a chance to really test this m
phone's battery performs will definitely be at the front of our minds when we get a chance to really test this model.
LG has stuck with its wide - angle
camera over the telephoto one
on other
flagship phones, so there's still no portrait mode.
These mid-rangers beat out the
flagships to the punch, though dual front
cameras have been a fixture
on mid-range
phones from other manufacturers.
Hot
on the heals of the news that Asus has announced its very own smartphone with a display notch ala the iPhone X with the arrival of the ZenFone 5, we also have news that another popular Android smartphone maker appears to be set to follow Apple's lead in making a
flagship phone that has a notch at the top of the display, allowing for an almost bezel - free
phone while still having somewhere for all those important sensors and
camera lenses to live.
The a previous update for the Essential
Phone brought portrait mode to the rear - facing
camera, a feature available
on the iPhone X, Pixel 2, and several other Android
flagships.
OnePlus was back with its
flagship killer and the company introduced a dual rear
camera on its
phone for 2017.
Aside from gimmicky new features, the U11 is a solid
flagship phone with top - tier specs — Snapdragon 835, 4 or 6 GB of RAM, 64 or 128 GB of storage — and one of the best
cameras we've seen
on any
phone.
Speaking of price, while the Pixel 2 XL is one of the most expensive
flagships featured, it's the only
phone on the list that doesn't have a dual
camera setup.
However, unlike the Essential
Phone or any of the
flagship devices that came out this year in Canada, Xiaomi placed the
camera on the bottom bezel instead of having the
camera at the top.
The
flagship phone is speculated to feature a 4K OLED display, Snapdragon 845 processor, and a dual -
camera setup
on the back.
According to a leaker, the upcoming HTC
flagship phone will launch sometime in April and it's expected to feature dual
cameras on its back.
The report says both Pixel devices will forgo the kind of dual -
camera setup that's become common
on modern
flagship phones like the iPhone 7 Plus.
There's no dual
camera setup
on the 2017 A series models, so this mode is just a take
on the Selective focus mode seen
on Samsung's
flagship phones.
Google's take
on a
flagship phone: OLED displays, Snapdragon 835, 4 GB RAM, Active Edge, 8 / 12MP
cameras, IP67, USB - C, no headphone jack
Samsung did not justify its decision at the time to come up with a
flagship phone with a single
camera system when all of its rivals were busy prepping and releasing handsets with two lenses
on the back.
Being as 2017
flagship, the
phone also ships with
flagship hardware specs and features, but one disappointment for many will be the single - lens
camera setup
on the back at a time when other serious
flagship phones have already turned to dual - lens setups.
This will come in useful if you use the
camera a lot, and it's something you don't get
on many other
flagship phones.
For a perfect example of this minimalist approach, you needn't look any further than the
camera app
on Motorola's latest
flagship phone, the Moto X Pure.
Google decided to put in just a single rear
camera on the Pixel 2
phones, instead of joining in the current dual
camera trend for
flagship phones.
Indeed, when you consider that the View 10 delivers a 18:9 Full HD screen, a dual - lens
camera system, 6 GB of RAM, 128 GB of storage space (and with room for more via MicroSD), dual SIM capability, and the excellent octa - core Kirin 970 processor with in - built neural processing unit (NPU), it does make you question why you would spend more than # 450 - 500
on a new
phone at all, especially when this Honor handset also comes loaded with some excellent,
flagship - level apps, too.
It's worth noting that HMD isn't the first
phone maker to do this: Both Samsung and LG have used similar double -
camera modes
on flagship phones from years ago.
Honor View 10 puts the focus
on artificial intelligence and comes with a taller 18:9 display, dual - rear
cameras, and facial recognition feature; all crucial for a «
flagship»
phone in 2018.
Like several of the
flagship phones on the market, the Mate 9 utilizes a dual
camera setup, with 20MP monochrome and 12MP RBG sensors that work together to bring depth of field and clarity to images.
Apart from the latest Qualcomm chipset, HTC is also outfitting its upcoming
flagship phone with a 4K display and a dual - lens
camera module
on its back.
I'd love to see Samsung offer a dual
camera on its smaller Galaxy S9
flagship next year, because that size — the iPhone X, Galaxy S8, Essential
Phone — hits the sweet spot for media consumption and one - handed use.
While Samsung did make a number of upgrades to its
camera hardware, don't expect the latest
flagship to have a facial identification feature that matches what you find
on the iPhone X. With Samsung's new Intelligent Scan feature you can unlock your
phone using iris and facial data.
Nonetheless, the 16 - megapixel
camera rumored to be
on the Mate 8 should give us a clue about Huawei's plans for its
flagship phone's
camera.
It's leading the charge with a new
flagship phone — with a top - notch triple
camera — that it hopes can help it take
on rivals Samsung and Apple.
On Tuesday, DigiTimes reported that the chairman and CEO of digital
camera and imaging solution supplier Altek, Alex Hsia, is expecting strong demand for 3D sensing modules in the following years now that Apple has introduced Face ID with its iPhone X
flagship phone.
It is surprising that the dual
camera setup is not available
on this
phone as it is the main trend among smartphones and especially
flagships nowadays.
The
camera is so much of an afterthought
on the M3 that there's no flash and you don't get all the features you do
on a
flagship phone like the Huawei P9.
Even though the «Lite» version of Huawei's latest
flagship phone was rumored to discard the key dual rear
camera selling point, its other specifications made it pretty weird that a formal announcement was put
on hold all this time.
This was especially notable
on the latest Pixel
phones as neither of them came sporting a dual - rear
camera setup, unlike the majority of
flagship smartphones that did arrive throughout 2017 from other manufacturers.
While there is no evidence to prove Samsung is indeed reluctant to bring its dual -
camera technology to its established
flagship phones, it is understandable why the company is seriously contemplating what to include and not include
on its Galaxy Note 8 phablet.
Unlike with other
flagship phones, you won't find dual - lens
cameras or edge - to - edge screens
on these handsets.
Samsung introduced Dual Pixel autofocus to its
phones with the Galaxy S7, bringing an important upgrade to the already excellent
cameras found
on Samsung
flagships back then.
The 2014 Moto X was one of last year's best Android
phones but its
camera still left something to be desired when compared to the
cameras on Samsung's
flagship phones, particularly the Galaxy...
While Samsung has remained completely tight - lipped
on the specifications of the Galaxy S9, the South Korean firm has invested heavily in the hardware side of its
flagship phones, with the
camera in particular receiving substantial upgrades since the release of the Galaxy S7.
It has several
flagship - like features, including a fingerprint scanner and USB Type - C charging, and the same 12 - megapixel
camera that's in the Nexus 6P (Google's other Nexus
phone - made by Huawei instead of LG), a crisp Full HD display, and is rich with standout Android Marshmallow features such as Now
on Tap.
A final note for owners of the original Moto X: The
camera on the new version of Motorola's
flagship phone is improved.
As for the
camera, we're looking at a single - lens
camera on the back instead of the dual - lens configuration most
flagship phones have this year.
(Credit: Samsung) The W2018 sounds like a limited edition
phone, so it's unclear if Samsung could produce that
camera on a scale needed for its
flagship S9 lineup or whether that component is too costly for a mass - market device.