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Honor Calls New 200 Pro Smartphone the ‘Portrait Master’
Honor, a spinoff of Huawei, calls its new 200 Pro smartphone "the portrait master," but what does this mean in terms of specs and features?
Honor, a spinoff of Huawei, calls its new 200 Pro smartphone "the portrait master," but what does this mean in terms of specs and features?
A new report alleges that Apple will start using Samsung sensors in its iPhones as soon as 2026, ending the exclusive use of Sony sensors which has persisted for more than 10 years.
Kino, the professional-level video recording app for iPhone from the makers of Halide, is getting its first major update that includes more color grades, toggle-able tap-to-focus, and an overhauled new user experience that makes the app a lot easier to understand.
Google is slated to hold a surprisingly early Pixel smartphone event on August 13. The company has released a teaser video for the occasion, showing what appears to be a big new camera bump on the Pixel 9 Pro.
While it's easy -- and sometimes fun -- to get caught up in discussions of gear and worry about what's the best camera or lens, some photographers are instead laser-focused on how they can use whatever gear they have to create the exact artwork they envision. Fine art photographer and filmmaker Dana Scruggs is firmly in the latter camp.
At a jam-packed Samsung Galaxy Unpacked event this morning, Samsung unveiled the Galaxy Z Fold 6 and Z Flip 6 smartphones, each offering improved camera systems and even more artificial intelligence (AI).
As cameras and lenses have improved, some photographers and filmmakers have begun looking back at objectively "worse" vintage lenses with envy. There is a certain charm to softer lenses, and Sandmarc hopes to capitalize on the nostalgia craze with its new Retro Filter for iPhone.
Insta360's new Flow Pro is a small smartphone stabilizer that is the first to be Apple DockKit-enabled, meaning that it can use Apple's new subject-tracking technology.
At Apple's annual WWDC event in early June, the company announced that a redesigned Photos app was on the way, complete with AI-powered photo editing thanks to Apple's ambitious new Apple Intelligence platform. PetaPixel spoke to three of the many people behind the all-new Photos app to learn more about the team's goals and how the new app will transform the user experience.
Samsung has announced three new image sensors for main and sub cameras in upcoming smartphones. Among the trio of new chips, Samsung unveiled the world's first 200-megapixel telephoto camera sensor for mobile devices.
Google has announced a surprise event, where some suspect the company will announce the new Pixel 9.
A couple of weeks ago, Leica announced the Leica LUX camera app, the legendary German company’s first smartphone app for taking photos. While the company has produced its FOTOS app for many years, this is its first dedicated to smartphone photography.
The Google Pixel 8a offers compelling, worthwhile photography features at an accessible price point. It’s hardly a perfect smartphone, but it gets a lot of things right the moment you pull it out of your pocket and start snapping away.
Some YouTube personalities aren't satisfied with Apple's imaging products and have reiterated their desire to see the company make a standalone camera with interchangeable -- or even fixed -- lenses. Here's why Apple won't do it.
Blackmagic Design is bringing its full-featured, pro-oriented mobile video camera app, Blackmagic Camera, to Android smartphones.
Sandmarc is no stranger to interesting iPhone photography accessories, and the company's newest product is perhaps its most unusual yet, a macro probe lens for iPhone.
During Monday's Cannes Lions International Festival for Creativity, Adobe and TikTok announced a new collaboration that would integrate the social media app's commercial music library into Adobe Express.
Skylum has announced the release of its revamped and expanded Luminar for iPad (and now iPhone) with Luminar Mobile. As of today, the updated apps are available for the iPad, iPhone, and Apple Vision Pro devices.
BeReal, the "anti-Instagram" photo-sharing app that had a brief stint atop Apple's App Store charts in 2022, has been purchased by French app developer Voodoo for a whopping €500 million, approximately $537 million.
As seen with competing artificial intelligence platforms and features, Apple Intelligence will utilize some computational power in the cloud. However, perhaps more than any of the competition, Apple prioritizes on-device processing enabled by the company's robust and efficient silicon. This means more privacy and security, but also that some not-that-old devices will be left behind as Apple steps into the AI age.
Four years after Apple first launched widgets for iOS 14, the feature gets new customization upgrades and sees its effects felt throughout the operating system.
Apple's 35th annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) keynote address, considered by industry analysts to be one of the most important ever, has focused heavily on artificial intelligence (AI).
Vivo has announced the international debut of its X Fold3 Pro smartphone after an initial launch in China in March. The smartphone promises pro-level imaging thanks to Vivo's longstanding Zeiss collaboration.
An iPhone photographer snapped an incredible optical illusion photo that looks like different environments spliced together but is in fact a single picture.
Leica Camera AG announced Leica LUX, a new iPhone camera app. Leica LUX features a Leica-inspired user interface, unique Leica Looks, and meticulously crafted simulations of legendary Leica lenses.
Leica announced that it acquired smartphone app startup Fjorden Electra to lead the development of the newly-announced Leica LUX app. While the acquisition is only being announced today, it closed in December 2023.
Many already know that Sony is a significant player in the image sensor space, but a new Sony Imaging and Sensing Solutions Segment report offers exciting insights into the stranglehold Sony has on the image sensor industry and how the company views the smartphone market moving forward.
Sony announced a significant update to its Monitor and Control (M&C) app, bringing the mobile platform to version 2.0 and adding powerful new features for content creators.
Marques Brownlee was given an inside look at how Apple torture tests its iPhones and other products in its labs, ranging from IP testing, shaking, and dropping.
Third-party repair company iFixit announced an abrupt end to its collaboration with Galaxy smartphone maker Samsung last week.