Since optical zoom entered the mobile market, conversations about zoom technology in smartphones have become more common. Smartphones can now implement all three types of camera zoom: optical, digital ...

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 ...

Dual camera smartphone technology certainly isn’t new anymore, but we are seeing a new trend emerge whereby manufacturers are offering “optical zoom” capabilities inside their smartphones. Two notable ...

Intended for use in high-end camera phones, the LZ0P3738 debuts as the industry?s first 2-Mpixel CCD, frame interline transfer (FIT) camera module with a 2x optical inner zoom lens that is easily ...

With a few notable exceptions, most smartphone cameras zoom either digitally or via a few optical zoom presets. That could soon change, however, as LG Innotek has announced its new Optical Telephoto ...

Samsung might have everyone mesmerized by its foldable Galaxy Fold phone (for now), but if you really want to see weird and wonderful phone innovations, you need to look at what Chinese tech companies ...

California-based accessory maker Sandmarc has launched a new Tetraprism 72mm Lens for iPhone that adds 3x optical ...

LG may not make smartphones anymore, but it's still building components for them. The company's LG Innotek arm just unveiled a periscope-style true optical zoom camera module with a 4-9 times ...

Huawei officially announced the Huawei P30 Pro smartphone today. While it has a new Huawei-made SoC, an in-screen optical fingerprint reader, and lots of other high-end features, the highlight is ...

We compared photos from the iPhone 11 Pro, Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra and Huawei P40 Pro Plus. See for yourself. When he's not testing the latest phones or phone cameras, Andrew can normally be found ...