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Samsung’s latest 200MP camera takes up less space, focuses faster

It wasn’t that long ago that companies started producing 200MP image sensors for smartphone cameras. But Samsung is already launching a next-gen version that the company says takes up 20% less space, allowing it to be used in thinner phones while still capturing high-res photos or videos. The new Samsung ISOCELL HP3 camera also uses the […]

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Lilbits: Seven screen laptop, yet another smartphone laptop dock, and Android 12 details leaked (maybe)

More than a year ago I wrote about an extraordinarily odd laptop with seven displays called the Aurora 7. Designed by a UK company called Expanscape, at the time it was described as an engineering prototype, although the company said it was willing to sell models to contract buyers before the design was even finalized. […]

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Sony has trouble meeting demand for smartphone camera sensors (due to rise of multi-camera phones)

Sony makes the camera image sensors used in many of the world’s smartphones. But a lot of modern phones don’t just have a camera on the back and another on the front anymore — they have multiple cameras to add support for things like depth-sensing, wide-angle shots or telephoto zoom photos. And it turns out […]

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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 […]

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Samsung’s ISOCELL Plus tech promises better smartphone photography

Rival Korean smartphone maker LG may be developing a phone with 5 cameras, but Samsung is taking a different approach toward helping you capture better photos with a smartphone. The company says its new ISOCELL Plus technology will capture more light, enabling you to snap better shots in low light environments and clearer, more accurate […]