Every year cameras on smartphones get exponentially better and better.
Not exact matches
In the past few
years, it's become clear that old technologies like vinyl records, analog
cameras, and print books are managing to hang
on in the world of streaming music,
smartphones, and ebooks.
The Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL were launched at an event in San Francisco
on Wednesday, each featuring improved
cameras, specs and water resistance compared to the first Google Pixel
smartphones — the Pixel and the Pixel XL — one
year ago.
Last
year David Crandall, now at Indiana University in Bloomington, analysed the geotags
on Flickr photographs — the latitude - longitude coordinates that most
smartphones and many
cameras add automatically to photographs.
Over the past 40
years, microelectronics have advanced by leaps and bounds thanks to silicon and CMOS (Complementary metal - oxide semiconductors) technology, making possible computing,
smartphones, compact and low - cost digital
cameras, as well as most of the electronic gadgets we rely
on today.
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It is said to be the world s thinnest
smartphone with a 3X optical zoom
camera, and it will go
on sale in Q2 this
year, priced at $ 399 (Rs 25,290 approximately).
As we enter 2012, a 5MP
camera on a top
smartphone, which you will be potentially tied to for two
years is not good enough.
[CES 2016] A couple of
years ago, front - facing
cameras on smartphones were mostly used for video conferencing.
This not only suggests that the device will have a dual
camera setup at the back, but that the
camera itself will have artificial intelligence features which is a trend that many
smartphone manufacturers are jumping
on this
year.
The new Sony Xperia S ($ 99.00
on a 3 -
year Rogers phone plan) aims to impress in every area, with its stunning 4.3 inch display, 1.5 GHz dual - core Snapdragon processor, a whopping 32 GB of onboard storage and a 12 megapixel
camera that shoots 1080p video, it could be a serious contender in the super
smartphone space.
The carrier's fourth Android
smartphone, the Galaxy Spica offers a 3.2 ″ AMOLED HVGA capacitive display, 3.2 megapixel
camera, GPS, Wi - Fi, 3.6 Mbps HSDPA / UMTS, 800 MHz processor and up to 7 hours of talk time and 10 days of standby for $ 79.99
on a standard 3 -
year deal.
In other recent
smartphone camera news, one analyst has said that the iPhone X
camera is two and a half
years ahead of the Android competition — read my thoughts
on that notion at the link.
Samsung had the best
smartphone cameras on the market a few
years ago, but I've felt it's lagged behind Google, Apple, and Huawei the last generation or two.
It packs a speedy processor, the best audio we've heard
on a
smartphone this
year, a great display and
camera, and software that's unobtrusive.
Quality is
on par with
smartphone cameras from more than two
years ago and makes the
camera hardly worth using unless you're into adding heavy filters.
OmniVision has been
on a bit of a tear introducing new mobile
camera sensors this week, and its newest could well have the biggest impact
on smartphones in the next
year.
Pixel Buds debuted alongside Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL
smartphones, Google Home Mini, Home Max, Pixelbook, and an add -
on camera named Clips at Google's biggest hardware event of the
year, held today at the SFJazz Center in San Francisco.
Earlier this
year, HUAWEI redefined
smartphone photography
on the HUAWEI P9
smartphone through its partnership with legendary
camera brand Leica AG.
Years ago, Motorola integrated my favorite gesture to quickly launch the
camera app
on its
smartphones.
One of the more drastic changes to the Note 8 this
year is the addition of dual
cameras on the back, a feature that is becoming increasingly more popular
on smartphones.
Last
year's 3T had a better processor and upgraded front - facing
camera as compared to the OnePlus 3, and with the 5T, OnePlus is going to introduce an 18:9 display for the first time
on any of its
smartphone.
That particular feature won't go live until later this
year, but you can still use the iPhone 7 Plus» second telephoto lens to achieve 2x optical zoom, which means it zooms into subjects without sacrificing picture quality like digital zoom does
on most
smartphone cameras.
2017 will be the
year when Samsung will finally start offering dual
cameras on its
smartphones, and it just won't be with the flagship Galax...
Prior to the unveiling of the Galaxy S8 early last
year, numerous sites and industry sources predicted the
smartphone to come with a dual -
camera setup
on its back.
At the time of its launch last
year, Google's Pixel had the best
smartphone camera in the world, ranking
on the top position in the reference DxO Mark scale.
The second purpose served by the notch is to house Apple's advanced TrueDepth
camera and sensor cluster, which enables Apple's new Face ID technology
on the iPhone X. No other
smartphone on the planet has face scanning tech that's anywhere near as advanced and secure as Apple's, and a new report from Reuters suggest that will continue to be the case until at least next
year.
OnePlus also learned that in order to have a competitive
smartphone, it needs to have an excellent
camera, and the 16 - megapixel
camera on the OnePlus 3 is much improved over last
year's phone.
The Lenovo owned
smartphone maker, announced not one, but two of Moto X
smartphones this
year with a focus
on pricing and delivering an above average
camera experience.
«Following the success and popularity of last
year's Pixel
smartphones, we think customers are going to love the superior
camera, fast charging and long - lasting battery, water - resistant design (up to one metre for 30 minutes) and all - round personalised
smartphone experience
on Australia's best mobile network.»
A 19MP main
camera could be featured
on the upcoming
smartphone, together with a 6.4 - inch AMOLED display with 2540x1440 pixel resolution, while the phone could draw power from a 4,500 mAh battery, bigger than the 4,400 mAh battery
on last
year's model.
Over the past several
years,
cameras on smartphones have gotten quite good at the tasks for which they're meant.
The
camera on the Google Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL is seen as one of the best
smartphone cameras this
year.
Traditionally, LG has offered a single
camera array in its flagship devices, but last
year's LG V10 saw the company release a
smartphone with two
cameras on the front.
We're anticipating HMD Global to release a truly high - end
smartphone within the next
year or two, and with this partnership with Zeiss now underway, there are a lot of expectations set
on the
camera package for that upcoming flagship.
OnePlus
on Monday took the wraps off the
camera features of the One
smartphone, easily one of the most exciting Android handset of the
year, revealing that the company will not engage in...
It sports a 13 - megapixel
camera sensor
on the rear along with laser auto - focus and Optical Image Stabilisation Plus (OIS +) technologies which were debut
on the company's G3 flagship
smartphone last
year.
eBay's Black Friday sale is set to start a day early this
year,
on Thursday, November 28 — and it includes a whole bunch of tablets,
smartphones, consoles, and
cameras.
For a mid-range
smartphone retailing for under $ 400, this is an excellent result considering this
camera would be found
on new flagship
smartphones just a
year and a half ago.
Lenovo may not have won with the best
camera on a
smartphone this
year, but they do literally stomp all over the competition in the tablet category.
It was introduced
on the Samsung W2018 last
year, but the global reach of the Galaxy S series gives the S9 and S9 + the distinction of bringing a
smartphone camera with variable aperture to the masses.
Last
year's Pixel had the best
camera you could get
on a
smartphone, and not just in DxO benchmarks, but in real - world testing.
A decent
camera,
on its own, won't be enough to make any flagship Android
smartphone successful this
year.
A leakster has revealed
on Weibo that several brands like Xiaomi, Oppo and Apple are going to launch dual
camera smartphones this
year.
The biggest change against previous
years however, is that Samsung is offering dual
cameras on a flagship
smartphone for the first time.
Despite strong competition from Apple, Google and LG, the 12 - megapixel
camera on Samsung's Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge ran the gauntlet in 2016, making it this
year's best
smartphone camera.
Dual -
camera setups have become somewhat popular
on smartphones in the past couple of
years.
The upcoming flagship
smartphone is rumoured to sport the same
camera sensor that debuted
on the Nexus 6P last
year.
It's nice to see the dual
camera technology we've witnessed
on flagships for a couple of
years now filter down to the budget end of the
smartphone market - but don't expect top - tier performance here.