Last week, Samsung unveiled its new Galaxy S24 Ultra that had some hardware improvements, but leaned much more heavily on software and the addition of AI-powered features. It got us thinking, does a new smartphone need more than just AI to be compelling?
OnePlus is celebrating its 10th anniversary in style by launching its latest flagship smartphone, the OnePlus 12. The new handheld boasts the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 mobile platform, the 4th generation Hasselblad Camera for Mobile, a new display, and a beautiful design, among other novel features and improvements.
Like the majestic Canada Goose, I escaped a particularly brutal winter by flying south. As temperatures back home plummeted to a balmy -40 degrees, my plane landed in San Jose, California. San Jose is the West Coast convention center capital of the tech world, and Samsung was there for the brand new Galaxy S24 series of smartphones.
Samsung often touts its ecosystem of devices as a boon to productivity, especially when you combine its smartphones, tablets, and laptops together. But how truly effective is it? And is it too intricate to be more adaptable?
While there is a lot of buzz for the new Samsung Galaxy S24 series of smartphones, including their most significant feature, Galaxy AI, some fine print concerning the potential cost of some of these AI functions has dropped some rain on Samsung's parade.
An International Data Corporation (IDC) report shows that Apple has grabbed the top spot from Samsung in global smartphone shipments. This marks the first time since 2010 that a company other than Samsung has held the position, and the first time Apple has ever been number one.
Another year means another trio of Samsung flagship smartphones. This time, the Galaxy S24 lineup is headlined by the AI-driven Galaxy S24 Ultra. The Galaxy S24+ and Galaxy S24 are also getting the AI treatment, but after spending some time with all three, it’s obvious where the primary focus lies, especially as it relates to mobile photography.
Announced at Samsung Unpacked on Wednesday, it will now be possible search almost anything without having to switch apps with as little as a mere gesture.
The strategic partnership between Qualcomm and Samsung has borne more fruit with today's announcement of the Samsung Galaxy S24 series smartphones. The trio of new handhelds are powered by Qualcomm's most advanced chipset yet, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 Mobile Platform.
At its Unpacked event today, Samsung announced the Galaxy S24 series of smartphones, including the new S24, S24+, and flagship S24 Ultra.
Although this year's CES has ended, there is still plenty left to come this month, including the much-anticipated Samsung Unpacked event next week. So, what is the Korean tech giant expected to announce?
Belkin's Auto-Tracking Stand Pro with DockKit turns a user's iPhone into a pan/tilt video camera.
While there is, naturally, a lot of overlap between Google and Android, there have always been some compatibility issues for those who use non-Google devices. But Google announced it is working to bridge those gaps, making Android devices work together better regardless of the brand.
Smartphone maker Oppo has unveiled its newest flagship handheld, the Find X7 Ultra. Despite only being announced for release in China at the time of publication, the phone is still worth looking at because it features four 50-megapixel rear cameras and sports the biggest telephoto sensor in any phone, according to Oppo.
Samsung will host an Unpacked event on January 17 focused on "Galaxy AI," which likely means a mobile-focused launch with an emphasis on Galaxy smartphones and, presumably, the company will launch the S24 series.
Despite Samsung, OnePlus, Google, and others heavily emphasizing folding smartphones, the hardware remains widely unpopular and make up barely 1% of the entire smartphone market.
Samsung and SK Hynix, both South Korean-based sensor manufacturers, are reportedly putting heavy emphasis on integrating AI tech directly onto an image sensor.
Globetrotter: Travel Tracker is a new photo app that makes it easy to turn a simple photo library into a scrapbook filled with memories.
Samsung unveiled two new Isocell Vizion image sensors for robotics and extended reality (XR) applications.
In July, telescope company Vaonis announced Hestia, its first smartphone telescope. Ahead of Hestia's scheduled December delivery date, Vaonis has announced Gravity by Vaonis, a beta app for the telescope.
Vivo announced the X100 and X100 Pro flagship smartphones last night. Co-engineered with Zeiss, the new handhelds are designed with photography in mind.
Low-light photography and videography has improved considerably over the last decade, but Visionary.ai says its collaboration with Qualcomm could deliver a generational leap in quality.
Gemini is what Google is calling its "most capable" artificial intelligence model and was trained to recognize, understand, and combine different types of information including text, images, audio, video, and code.
Google's Pixel 8 smartphone series already features some of the best smartphone cameras available. The Pixel 8 and 8 Pro offers lots of light-gathering abilities, and on the Pro version, a slew of special camera tools provide users with even more control over their phone images. A new software update makes the camera even more versatile with an updated night timelapse feature.
Not long after announcing its first foldable smartphone, the OnePlus Open, the company has celebrated its 10th anniversary in style, launching the OnePlus 12 in China.
The co-founder of the iPhone photography app Halide says that it will "never" support video. However, the company is working on a separate video capture app.
Filmic, or FiLMiC as written by the brand, no longer has any dedicated staff as parent company Bending Spoons has laid off the entire team including the company's founder and CEO, PetaPixel has learned.
"Krazy" Ken at the YouTube channel Computer Clan has made an excellent, detailed video on the infamous Light L16 camera.
An international group of researchers has developed a metalens that is able to have its focal length changed and controlled using polarized light.
Nocs Provisions has launched a new, updated smartphone rig that will enable mobile photographers to capture high-quality images on their phones using attached binoculars or monoculars.
