A Silicon Valley startup is developing an optical zoom lens unit that’s thin enough to slip inside of a smartphone and won’t protrude when used. DynaOptics has spent two years working on the device, ...

Founded in 2011, Apexel are an award-winning company who cater for the needs of the ever-growing smartphone market by offering a wide range of lenses. I’d already been impressed with Apexel's ...

One of the top selling points of the new iPhone 7 Plus is its telephoto lens, which lets you get twice as close to the action as the typical smartphone. Other smartphones use a digital zoom to ...

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Oppo has held a “Future Imaging Technology Launch Event” online today to make some camera-related announcements, following the reveal of its “next-generation” under-display selfie camera earlier this ...

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All of the best smartphones today have one thing in common: they have excellent cameras. You can get lost in the DxOMark ratings, the industry standard for camera ratings, and gripe at the minutiae of ...

A Silicon Valley startup is developing an optical zoom lens unit that’s thin enough to slip inside of a smartphone and won’t protrude when used. DynaOptics has spent two years working on the device, ...