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The Best Camera Phones 2024

As the cliche saying goes, the best camera is the one you always have on you. That is why smartphones have become essential pieces of kit. They help document our lives and give us a window into what’s happening at any given time.This is the Coolest Galaxy S24 AI Feature That Few Are Talking AboutFor most users, the best smartphone camera has to be ample enough that its photos are shareable on social media or printed out and hung up on the wall with little editing beforehand. Fortunately, this is the status quo, especially…

A new Android phone just beat the Galaxy S24 Ultra in a camera test

The Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra (left) and the Vivo X100 Pro Andy Boxall / Digital Trends The Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra took the telephoto camera crown from the S23 Ultra and managed to take on and beat the Google Pixel 8 Pro, too. Does that make it the undisputed camera zoom champion? To quote Yoda, there is another. The Vivo X100 Pro has a camera and lens system tuned by Leica, and we’ve already seen how impressive its portrait photography ability is, but it also has a clever telephoto camera. To find out if the Vivo…

This smartphone camera sensor could kill blurry photos for good

Google Pixel 8 (left) and OnePlus 12 Andy Boxall / Digital Trends Paris-based Prophesee made waves last year when it showcased its in-house event-based Metavision sensor tech for smartphone cameras. The core idea behind the stack was to make blurry images a thing of the past, demonstrating some impressive results during the development phase. At MWC 2024, it has achieved another major breakthrough in partnership with Qualcomm. The company, which is doing some serious work in the field of neuromorphic vision…

Premium phone with strong camera capabilities – India TV

Image Source : INDIA TV realme 12 pro plus- Camera Realme, the Chinese smartphone brand has recently launched its flagship 12 Pro Plus smartphone in the Indian market. The company aims to deliver flagship-grade features at Rs 33,999. The new smartphone is a blend of design, performance, camera capabilities, and battery life which will be capturing the attention of the…

Watch how this 2001 news item reported the first camera phone

A photo on an early camera phone. BBC There was a time, would you believe, when handsets weren’t smart. A time when pretty much all they could do was make calls, send text messages, and play Snake. At the start of this century, leading cell phone manufacturers of the day, Nokia among them, aimed to boost sales by pushing the boundaries of what a handset could do. Using the available technology of the day (this was, don’t forget, six years before the iPhone showed up), engineers stuffed a camera module into the…

These Classic Phones Live Rent-Free in My Head

Photo: EtsyI know the headline says classic phones, and you’re probably expecting some vintage tech here. I also know you will hate me for making you feel old by making the 2000s sound like prehistoric times. So, before we start, I’d like to clarify that, as a 1997-born, these phones are my earliest memory of cell phones in general. So you’re going to be seeing a lot of Y2K-era stuff here.I was attached to these phones in some way. These were the first phones I owned or dreamt of owning. All of them have different reasons

How to Turn Off Camera Shutter Sound on Your Android Phone

One "cha-chick" from your Android phone's shutter while you are shooting a photo of the local squirrel and it's gone. Meant to be like the camera shutter sounds of the past, it can still be annoying and might even sound if you have your phone's volume turned off. Can you mute an Android phone's shutter sound, though? As it turns out, the technique to turn off the shutter sound depends on what Android phone you have, it's brand, and even where you bought the phone. Here's the best bet for you, depending on your…

How bad is a 2012 iPhone camera in 2023? I found out

Andy Boxall / Digital Trends I really like the iPhone 15 Pro Max’s camera, which performed well in both our review and a recent camera test. But after discovering an old, long-forgotten Apple iPhone 5 in a drawer at home and finding it was still in perfect working order, I wondered just how different photos taken with it would be compared to those taken by its current equivalents. I decided to find out in one of the more unusual camera tests I’ve ever performed. Context and cameras The iPhone 5, iPhone 15 Pro Max,…

Google Pixel Cameras Will Finally Unblur Your Zoomy Pets

Today’s big Gemini AI announcement from Google was inevitably going to suck all the air from any other big Pixel product updates. However, amid all the talk of native AI on Pixel 8 Pros, Google is also dropping a big feature-rich Android 14 update for Pixel cameras that the company claims will enhance your videos while finally letting users sharpen up those blurry photos of their furry companions.Zillow Says You’ll Buy Your Next House With… AI? | AI UnlockedThere’s a fair few new camera options for those with the latest…

I’m still using the Galaxy S23 Ultra for one important reason

Joe Maring/Digital Trends It’s been about five months since the Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra hit the scene. In the time since then, the S23 Ultra has made it obvious why it’s one of the best smartphones money can buy. It looks great, has incredible performance, and has one of the most versatile cameras on the market. Although the Galaxy S23 Ultra isn’t my main Android phone these days, it is one that I love coming back to — and for one reason. The camera! The entire camera system on the Galaxy S23 Ultra has proven its…