France, Italy, and Spain are on lockdown as governments and individuals in those countries try to slow the spread of the coronavirus and COVID-19 and “flatten the curve” so that as the virus does spread, it does so slowly enough that it doesn’t overwhelm health care systems. Over the past week or so, the United States […]
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Vivo X30 smartphone to sport 60x zoom
Most smartphones have some sort of digital zoom feature, and for the most part they’re not very good. So over the last few years we’ve seen a number of phone makers add telephoto lenses that let you get around 2X to 5X closer to the action using an optical zoom-like feature. And then there’s the […]
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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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Motorola One Zoom quad-camera smartphone coming soon for $450 or so (leaks)
Motorola phone leaks appear to be dropping like flies these days. One of the more interesting smartphones the company has in the works is an upper mid-range model with a focus on camera features. The Motorola One Zoom is a smartphone with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 675 processor, 4GB of RAM, and 128GB of UFS storage plus […]
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Report: Google Pixel 4 to feature 90Hz display, telephoto camera
Google’s Pixel smartphones have always had some of the best cameras of any smartphones thanks to a combination of high-quality sensors and some nifty software. But no matter how good Google’s “super-rez zoom” feature is when compared with other digital zoom specs, it can’t match the quality of a telephoto zoom lens. So while some […]
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OnePlus 7 Pro to have triple cameras, including 3x zoom
Phone maker OnePlus plans to unveil its next flagship in May, but the folks at Wired got a chance to try one out a few weeks early in order to evaluate the phone’s 3x zoom camera. So that’s one thing we know about the upcoming OnePlus 7 Pro: the phone will have a 3x zoom […]
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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 […]