In the constant battle to provide consumers the best smartphone camera, one area that Apple has yet to innovate is optical zoom, which could use a so-called "periscope lens." We explain what the ...

Following up on our Galaxy S22 hands-on first look at Samsung's newest flagships, which the company unveiled during its Galaxy Unpacked event last week, we've been putting the two higher end SKUs ...

All the latest AI camera features in the Google Pixel 9 Pro, Google Photos, and a host of other recently launched phones and devices got me thinking. I quite enjoy some of them and can’t deny the ...

Virtually all Android phones have preset zoom buttons in the camera app. For example, the Google Pixel 9 offers 0.5x, 1x, and 2x levels while the Pro models have an extra button for 5x zoom thanks to ...

Most mobile phones set the 23 - 27mm focal length to 1x (1.0x). Thus, the super wide-angle is 0.4x, 0.5x, 0.6x, and the medium telephoto is 2.0x, 3.0x, 5.0x... But this brings about two basic ...

Samsung is reportedly working on a continuous zoom camera system for smartphones. This tech will apparently be supplied to Chinese brands first, with Samsung Electronics following later. This would ...

Bridge cameras – also known as ultra-zoom cameras – are impressive compact cameras that can go from a wide-angle perspective to a super telephoto in an instant – without changing the lens. As such, ...