For the first few years of the global COVID-19 pandemic, there had been a chip shortage due to decreased supply and increased demand. Factories shut down toward the start of the pandemic, but demand for computers and other gadgets went up as people were told to stay at home for work and school. Now the […]
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Sony Xperia 1 IV smartphone has an optical zoom camera with 85-125mm continuous zoom
Plenty of modern smartphones have telephoto cameras that let you get closer to the action. But most have a fixed focal length, which means that you have only a few choices for zoom level before you start relying on digital zoom. The new Sony Xperia 1 IV is different. One of the three cameras on the […]
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Oppo introduces a retractable smartphone camera
Chinese phone maker Oppo has developed a retractable smartphone camera that allowed the company to squeeze a high-quality telephoto camera into a slim phone with only a modest camera bump when you’re not snapping photos (and a rather sizeable one when you are). Oppo says the camera provides 2X optical zoom when extended, with an […]
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Lilbits: Xiaomi’s telescopic smartphone camera, Purism’s Linux phone that’s also a PC
In order to keep smartphones thin while still offering versatile camera features, smartphone makers have largely taken the same approach in recent years – instead of using cameras with lots of moving parts, throw a bunch of different stationary cameras on a phone. That way you can have different focal lengths to mimic the kind […]
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Realme X3 SuperZoom smartphone packs a 120 Hz display and 5x optical zoom (60x hybrid zoom)
3 Comments on Realme X3 SuperZoom smartphone packs a 120 Hz display and 5x optical zoom (60x hybrid zoom)Chinese smartphone maker Realme’s newest smartphone gets its name from its camera, which the company says supports up to 60x hybrid zoom (or 5x zoom when using optical zoom only). In fact, the 64MP telephoto camera on the Realme X3 SuperZoom is the phone’s primary camera, although there are also 8MP ultrawide and 2MP macro […]
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Motorola One Zoom is a $450 quad-camera smartphone (including 3X optical zoom)
As expected, Motorola’s newest smartphone is a mid-range model with an emphasis on photography. The Motorola One Zoom features a 6.4 inch, 2340 x 1080 pixel OLED display, a Qualcomm Snapdragon 675 processor, and 128GB of storage. It also has a 25MP front-facing camera and four rear cameras including one with a 3x telephoto lens. The […]
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Huawei might have smartphone with 10x zoom too (or maybe 5x)
This week Oppo announced that it’ll begin shipping a smartphone soon with cameras that support 10x lossless zoom thanks to a telephoto lens that uses a prism and periscope-style design to fit into a small space. But it looks like Oppo might not be the only Chinese phone maker working on a phone with advanced […]
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Oppo smartphone with 10x zoom coming in Q2, 2019
Chinese phone maker Oppo says it’s developed a camera system that will bring 10x lossless zoom to smartphones. But you can’t buy one just yet. Oppo used its Mobile World Congress press event to explain how it’s new camera will work… and to explain that you’ll be able to the first phone with its 10x […]
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Oppo is bringing a phone with 10x zoom to to MWC
Most modern smartphones have a digital zoom feature that lets you get a little closer to the subject of your shot… but the results are usually pretty blurry or pixelated if you zoom too far. Some phones use a second lens with a different focal length to give you the equivalent of a lossless 2X […]
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Asus Zenfone 3 Zoom now available $330
The Asus Zenfone 3 Zoom is a smartphone with a 5.5 inch full HD display, a Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 processor, 3GB of RAM, and 32GB of storage. But the most interesting feature is the camera system: as the name suggests, the Zenfone 3 Zoom has an optical zoom feature thanks to the dual cameras on […]