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DJI has announced the sixth iteration of its smartphone gimbal series, the Osmo Mobile 6. The company tries to make it stand out from a crowded market by promising an enhanced experience through a combination of hardware, software, and editing features.

For the first time since 2010, more United States customers own Apple iPhones than Android-based phones. According to the data gathered by Counterpoint Research, the iPhone overtook the Android ecosystem this past June with a 50% claim of the U.S. market share.

The European Union has proposed rules to make phones and tablets last longer by mandating manufacturers make at least 15 components available for five years or more after they release a device.

James Eagle created a fascinating data visualization that lays bare the dominance of the smartphone market over the camera.

Sandmarc has launched a new Cloud Diffusion Filter for the iPhone which is designed to provide an ethereal and cinematic look to footage. The diffusion filter creates a soft glowing effect while shooting night photography, golden hour portraits, and video.

A Shopify developer has shown a demonstration of an augmented reality (AR) experience that lets users "reset" a room and remove all furniture, which gives a peek at the power of Apple's recently announced RoomPlan AR API.

Motorola is expected to soon launch a new Moto Edge flagship smartphone device as soon as the next month that will use Samsung's 200-megapixel ISOCELL HP1 sensor. Ahead of the launch, the company has shared a photo taken with it on social media in China.

According to a new report, Apple is ramping up its supply chain to introduce a periscope lens in the iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max phones before expanding to wider integration across the entire iPhone 16 line.

Leica has announced that 2021/22 was its best financial year in its more than 100-year history. It increased revenue by 16% to 450 million euros.

Senator Elizabeth Warren has reiterated her stance that consumers should not have to continue to buy new and different charging cables for their mobile devices.

Sandmarc has announced a compact and lightweight cinema-style camera slider designed for use with the iPhone and action cameras.

A group of United States senators has written a letter to the U.S. Commerce Department advocating that the country should follow the European Union's decision to force all electronics manufacturers to adopt a common charging cable.

In a move that is being called a major blow to Apple's proprietary Lightning port, the European Union has come to an agreement that will require all smartphone manufacturers that sell in Europe to use the common USB-C port.

With the power of the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 processor opening up the mobile world to usable 8K video, larger image sensors are on the horizon, and Motorola is teasing its plans to create a mobile device with a huge 200-megapixel image sensor.

Leica has teamed up with Xiaomi in a new long-term strategic partnership to create smartphones, the first of which will launch later this year.

Matterport positions its new Axis as a way for Realtors to easily provide prospective home buyers a way to digitally walk through a listing without even being there.

Samsung has developed what it claims is the industry's highest performing Universal Flash Storage (UFS). Called UFS 4.0, it boasts speeds twice as fast as the previous generation with read speeds of up to 4,200MB/s and write speeds of up to 2,800MB/s.

The smartphone is perhaps the single most important device in history, wresting the power of news and journalism back into the hands of the everyday person. Data communication is the key enabler, but the camera -- more than anything else -- slakes the thirst for instant visual gratification. So, why is shooting with a smartphone so deeply unsatisfying?