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.
Apple's Vision Pro isn't even available yet (in fact, no one has even seen a single Apple employee wearing one) but Qualcomm is already prepared to power a competitor with the announcement of the XR2+ Gen 2 chipset.
Qualcomm has showcased the ability to generate images made with artificial intelligence (AI) in just 15 seconds locally on an Android device, the fastest ever on a phone.
Even Qualcomm, the company that makes the near-ubiquitous Snapdragon brand of smartphone chips, doesn't think many people are going to be buying smartphones -- at least not in the first half of 2023.
Today's smartphones have become the biggest competitor for DSLR cameras. And Qualcomm's VP believes that artificial intelligence (AI) technology will help smartphones to surpass DSLR cameras completely within the next three to five years.
Qualcomm has released video captured by the world's first smartphone capable of shooting 8K HDR footage. The 1.5-minute video above was shot up and down the west coast, on state beaches from California to Washington.
Qualcomm has announced its latest generation processor, the Snapdragon 8, Generation 1. It features a host of firsts, including the first 18-bit image signal processor (ISP) made for mobile devices.
Qualcomm today announced the Snapdragon 888, what the company says is the biggest architectural leap forward in AI. The Snapdragon 888 promises a plethora of additional options for the next generation of smartphones, including a new triple image signal processor for photography.
Qualcomm has officially unveiled its next generation smartphone chipset--the Snapdragon 865--and if the specs are to be believed, smartphone cameras are going to get a whole lot more powerful next year.
Qualcomm thinks dual cameras are the future of smartphone photography, and they'd like to get on the train before it picks up too much steam. Enter 'Clear Sight,' the company's new dual camera module that's probably gonna start popping up in smartphones all over the place.
Qualcomm is the driving force behind a number of smartphones with its Snapdragon brand of mobile processors. Soon, however, Qualcomm will be powering quite a bit more. The company has announced their new high-end Snapdragon-powered performance platform aimed at advancing consumer drones.
Leica announced the Leitz Phone 3, it's third smartphone that brings enhanced imaging, unique features, tons of photo modes, and more. Unfortunately for most of the world, the smartphone will only be available in Japan.
The Xiaomi 14 may very well be the kind of phone most should experience, in part because it brings the Leica camera hardware and software to the fore. Previously, Xiaomi only included all Leica features in its Pro or Ultra models, but has now done it for this, the smallest of the bunch. This time, the 14 Pro is a Chinese market exclusive, leaving the 14 and 14 Ultra as the two global options.
A new advanced neuromorphic system designed to eliminate blurring in smartphone photos is now ready for production, using a mix of AI and existing processing power to freeze action in ways not seen on current smartphones.
As seen from the Perseverance Rover as it drives away, NASA's Martian helicopter Ingenuity sits alone amidst windswept sand dunes, its mission complete.
Apple CEO Tim Cook revealed the company is working on bringing users generative AI software features, which he expects to come later this year.
Earlier this week, OnePlus fully revealed its latest flagship smartphone, the OnePlus 12. While PetaPixel continues to work on a full review, which will deliver a deep dive into the phone's photo features, it is worth taking a closer look at the Hasselblad-branded camera system.
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.
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.
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.
CES is in full swing, with announcements popping out right and left. A regular participant at CES, Sony has announced a mixed-reality headset explicitly built for spatial content creators.
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.
Apple is reportedly interested in building on the success of the M-series processors and bringing the design of multiple other components in-house, including camera sensors.
After months of mystery and intrigue, a wearable AI pin that is partially controlled by lasers projecting onto the user's hand was launched today at a cost of $699.
Qualcomm announced its new Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 mobile platform on Tuesday and smartphone maker Xiaomi wasted no time in launching its first smartphones to utilize Qualcom''s new, super-fast chip.
When it comes to image capture, Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 is all about leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) to its fullest which allows it to push the boundaries of what is considered possible on mobile platforms.
Only months after launching the V27 Pro and V27, Vivo comes back with the V29 as yet another option, giving its V-Series a fair bit of attention. Releasing successive models within the same calendar year is unusual for any brand, but Vivo seems to think pumping them out in shorter cycles is serving a market that wants them.
Humane, a startup founded by ex-Apple execs that has hyped itself by intentionally veiling the brand in mystery has revealed the name of its intelligent wearable coming later this year: Ai Pin.
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.
Google's upcoming Android 14 update is going to allow smartphones to capture a a new "Ultra HDR" mode which is a new format that captures in JPEGs but with more dynamic range than the the typical 8-bit limitation the file format currently records.
French startup Prophesee is teaming up with Qualcomm to deliver a new type of image sensor that they say would enable smartphones to capture and freeze fast action better than anything currently available.
On the eve of Mobile World Congress 2023 in Barcelona, Xiaomi has finally unveiled its plans to launch its 13 Pro flagship to markets outside of China, where the device first debuted in December 2022.
It was Sunday morning January 25th, 1998, and I was in The Associated Press’s trailer in the parking lot at Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego. Last-minute preparations were underway for coverage of Super Bowl XXXII between the Green Bay Packers and the Denver Broncos – Favre vs Elway. Perfect!
The OnePlus 11 isn’t a debut by any means. OnePlus has been selling phones in various markets for years, but this one marks a shift in approach to being fashionable and credible -- not to mention cheaper -- while also dealing with its branding challenges in a place where Apple, Samsung, and Google reign.
In two videos published to its Weibo account in China, Samsung has teased both high resolution and improved low light sensitivity in its coming Galaxy S23 smartphone.
Carrying on a tradition we started last year, PetaPixel has gathered its staff together to discuss the things they know, not just think, will take place over the course of the next calendar year. We're ready to be very, very wrong.
Smartphones have gotten to the level of quality they are at not just because the sensor hardware is improving, but also because software and processing has gotten a whole lot better. So why aren't camera makers taking advantage of this technology?
Qualcomm has announced its new Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 mobile processor, a chip it says will significantly enhance the computational photography capabilities of the upcoming smartphones.
Leica has announced the Leitz Phone 2, a successor to the Leitz Phone 1 that it launched in 2021. The new model has more than twice the resolution, which the company claims is the largest sensor ever in a smartphone.