Phones with three or four rear cameras are almost normal these days. But last year’s Nokia 9 PureView is one of the only phones to feature a five-camera system. It was designed in collaboration with Light, a company that makes multi-camera systems that are supposed to offer some of the features of high-end DSLR cameras […]
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Multi-camera madness: Leaks point to 8-camera Sony smartphone, 6-camera Motorola model
The Nokia 9 PureView turned heads when it launched earlier this year, thanks to an unusual camera system that packed six cameras into a single phone (five on the back and one on the front). Now it looks like Sony may be planning to one-up Nokia… or maybe two-up. The company is said to be […]
Nokia 9 PureView penta-camera smartphone coming to the US March 3rd
After making its debut at Mobile World Congress in Spain this week, Nokia’s new 5-camera smartphone will be available in the United States in a few days. The Nokia 9 PureView will be available from retailers including Amazon, Best Buy, and B&H starting March 3rd. While the phone has a list price of $700, you’ll […]
Nokia 9 PureView is the first smartphone with 5 rear cameras
HMD’s Nokia-branded smartphones have earned a reputation for offering solid features at affordable prices. But for the most part they haven’t pushed the boundaries for what we expect from a modern smartphone. The company’s new Nokia 9 PureView is the first example of what it looks like when HMD/Nokia tries to get distinctive. Like many […]
Light and Sony partner on reference designs for multi-camera smartphones
Phones with three rear cameras are becoming common. Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy Fold has six cameras including three on the back, two on the front, and one on the… umm, other front. And HMD is probably going to introduce the first smartphone with five rear cameras next week. So what’s next? Last year we learned that […]
LG V40 ThinQ’s 5 cameras, explained (via leaks)
LG is set to launch its first smartphone with five cameras later this week. The LG V40 ThinQ will have three cameras on the back and two on the front. The company has already issued a press release about the phone’s design and a promotional video. But LG hasn’t explained what all those cameras will […]
Lenovo teases a smartphone with four rear cameras
Chinese phone maker Huawei’s upcoming Mate 20 smartphone is expected to have three cameras on the back, arrange in a square (with an LED flash in one corner to give everything a uniform look). But it looks like Huawei isn’t the only Chinese company working on a phone with a square-shaped camera system on the […]
Light is working on smartphones with up to 9 cameras
Most modern smartphones have at least two cameras: one on the back and one on the front. Some have dual rear (or front) cameras to let you snap wide-angle, zoom, or bokeh-style photos. And Huawei recently introduced the first phone with three rear cameras. But why stop there? Rumor has it that LG is working […]
Report: LG V40 may have 5 cameras (3 back, 2 front)
The LG V35 ThinQ was just announced last month, but the LG V40 rumor mill is already starting to heat up, and Android Police reports the phone may have a distinctive feature… or rather five of them. According to the website, the LG V40 will have a total of five cameras, with three on the […]