Cameras are one of the biggest selling points in the modern smartphone market, and it makes sense as to why. The powerful hardware included in modern mid-range and flagship devices allows users to ...

The new camera includes a telephoto lens with up to 9x zoom and takes the "bump" out of smartphone cameras. Bree Fowler writes about cybersecurity and digital privacy. Before joining CNET she reported ...

A groundbreaking new optical zoom camera module, scheduled to debut at CES in January 2023, could revolutionize future smartphone cameras for photos and especially for video recording. Offering a ...

The smartphone camera bump is for some, a terrible design choice yet also a necessary one, however may have just solved that issue with its new telephoto smartphone camera module. Ahead of CES 2023, ...

With a few notable exceptions, most smartphone cameras zoom either digitally or via a few optical zoom presets. That could soon change, however, as LG Innotek has announced its new Optical Telephoto ...

Xiaomi has mostly made a living from copying everything coming out of Cupertino, but it’s lately done a couple of things I wouldn’t mind seeing Apple copy. First there was the design of its 15 Ultra ...

Forward-looking: LG is no longer manufacturing branded smartphones, but the South Korean tech giant continues to develop components for other handset makers. Its latest creation won't be fully ...

LG Innotek announced a new camera module that will allow 4-9 times magnification. LG claims the size of the optical zoom sensor should be small enough to remove the camera bump on smartphones. LG ...

Apple has filed a new patent that outlines a future device where a phone can transform into a full-fledged camera system by attaching a dedicated camera module, marking a major departure from current ...

Entering 2024, there have been changes in Samsung Electronics' smartphone camera module supply chain. Semco maintains its spot as the sales leader while Partron has risen to second place. Notably, ...

The Xiaomi 17 Ultra isn’t just chasing higher megapixels. It’s rethinking how smartphone zoom should feel with a physical zoom ring wrapped around a massive 200MP periscope camera.

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