Apple's iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max bring a lot to the table across the board, from a gaming-ready chip, to USB-C, and -- of course -- photography. It is that last point where we are putting the emphasis, and this review is specifically for those of you who care about the iPhone as a camera.
Visiting Apple Park in Cupertino for the launch of the brand-new iPhone 15 series was quite the experience, and after a day getting to know the Pro and Pro Max series devices, I was left with a few answers and a lot more questions.
Foldable phones are probably going to be a viable part of future mobile devices, but for now, they’re not moving the needle forward in image quality. The Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5 is no different, except it makes a better case that the rear camera lenses are much better off when there’s a larger cover screen all around them.
Did you know that you can capture 48 MP HEIC files, not just ProRAW DNG files, on your iPhone 14 Pro? No? Well, neither did I until I started to wonder about this possibility on a recent vacation to the beach with my family.
If you’re looking for dramatic shifts in image quality from Samsung, its foldable phones aren’t going to give it to you. Instead, you get a combination of incremental changes and far more flexibility in deployment than you otherwise might with a standard smartphone.
Moment has announced six new T-Series mobile lenses as well as a new lens interface and updated accessories to help mobile photographers and filmmakers level-up the quality of their footage.
The MIOPS Spark is a new camera grip for the iPhone that connects via MagSafe and provides not only better purchase but also an array of buttons and controls akin to a full-size camera.
The winners of the 2023 iPhone Photography Awards (IPPAWARDS) have been announced, headlined by the Grand Prize Winner, Ivan Silva of Mexico, for his image, Heroe, showing a boy standing up in a heroic pose on the back of a truck.
One thing Samsung’s new foldables tell us is that the company is reluctant to put its best cameras into any phone that folds or flips open. Should a device that carries such a premium cut a few corners on the camera side?
As is expected around this time of year, Samsung has announced new foldable smartphones in the Galaxy Z Fold5 and Galaxy Z Flip5 at its Unpacked event in Seoul.
The popular iPhone camera app Halide has announced that its artificial intelligence-powered Long Exposure Camera App Spectre will now be free to all users in version 1.5, but it also adds a Pro version for a one-time purchase of $4.99.
Vaonis has announced the Hestia, what it calls the first-ever smartphone telescope for taking photos of the cosmos. It is outfitted with the tools to photograph the Sun, Moon, and stars without complex hardware or extensive knowledge of astronomy.
If there was even a sliver of doubt that Xiaomi wanted the mobile photography crown, the 13 Ultra is the phone to dispel that notion and cement that pursuit. Xiaomi equipped it with the tools to take on the best, no matter who the other brands are.
Huawei sub-brand Honor has launched the Honor 90 smartphone in Europe. The new phone is light on price but heavy on megapixels. The Honor 90 starts at €549, about $670, and sports a 200-megapixel main camera.
Google has entered the foldable smartphone fray with its $1799 Pixel Fold, a smartphone design that very well could be the future. Blurring the line between smartphone and tablet, the Google Pixel Fold not only provides a much larger screen area for multitasking, but a unique change to how a modern smartphone is used.
Vivo saves its best camera features for its flagship X-Series, but some of that trickles down to devices like the V27 Pro. It’s just a question of how much happens to fall into place.
OnePlus has announced the Nord N30 5G smartphone. Equipped with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 695 5G chipset and 108-megapixel main camera, the new Nord N30 5G promises to deliver good performance at a very affordable $300 price.
The Google Pixel 7a is a rarity. It's a mid-range phone that performs above that spec in many areas, making it hard to pass especially when the price starts at $499.
It's a common problem — dozens of nearly identical photos on your iPhone, eating up your storage and making it difficult to find what you're looking for. How does this happen, and, more importantly, how can you delete or merge those duplicate photos?
Last year, Sony said that it had developed a new type of sensor that was capable of gathering double the light of conventional sensors while also reducing noise. That sensor has finally made it into a consumer product, and the company has further explained how it works.
Sony has unveiled its latest flagship smartphone in the Xperia 1 V, targeting both photographers and video enthusiasts as it upgrades some of the hardware while finding other ways to optimize the software.
Following a leak last month, Google has officially confirmed the existence of its upcoming Pixel Fold smartphone.
Pop! is an analog photo and video editor that includes multiple film emulations, filters, and photo editing tools and is aimed at iPhone photographers who don't want to feel forced to pay for subscription services.
ShiftCam's LensUltra smartphone lenses are the world's first to be crafted with fluorite, which the company says provides photographers with "unmatched clarity" and "enhanced bokeh."
Sandmarc has announced a new 100mm macro lens for iPhones that significantly enhances its close-focusing capabilities and is able to capture what the company calls finer details and natural bokeh.
The Insta360 Flow is a gimbal for smartphones that, on paper, looks like the perfect solution for vlogging, YouTube creators, and social media influencers. The Insta360 Flow’s promise is artificial intelligence (AI) tracking in a compact gimbal that can be folded and taken anywhere.
Xiaomi has announced the 13 Ultra smartphone which features a quad-camera array that was co-engineered with Leica. The main camera is particularly special, as it features a variable aperture in front of a large Type 1 sensor.
Super Res Zoom has been a part of the Google Pixel system since the launch of the Pixel 3, but with the Pixel 7 Pro, Google notes it took a big step forward and has explained how the feature works.
Samsung unveiled its new flagship Galaxy S23 smartphones in February, including the extremely impressive S23 Ultra, which PetaPixel describes as including "among the best mobile cameras." However, based on a Redditor's claims, the picture isn't as rosy for Galaxy S23 and Galaxy S23+ owners.
The Vivo X90 Pro isn’t the brand’s top device, given there’s a Pro+ version out there, but this phone isn’t one to take lightly. Vivo isn’t shy about the credibility and relevance it wants in the market, even if its phones aren’t all that visible in North America yet.