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The world’s first under-display selfie camera isn’t very good

The Verge

From in-display fingerprint sensors to pop-up selfie cameras, we’ve seen phone manufacturers take creative approaches to achieving the highest possible screen-to-body ratio. While in-display fingerprint sensors are commonplace now, doing the same for selfie cameras has proven to be more difficult.

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Sony Xperia Pro-I is a camera first, 5G phone second

The Verge

Sony is ready to throw-down with a new camera-first 5G phone — the Xperia Pro-I — in the battle for smartphone camera supremacy. The star of the show is obviously this device’s camera technology, so it’s totally fair to think of the Xperia Pro-I as a camera that happens to come with a phone attached. Image: Sony.

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Google Nest’s latest security cameras are now on sale

The Verge

Google Nest’s first floodlight security camera is available to buy today. Following its announcement of an all-new Nest Cam lineup this summer, Google has made the last of the four cameras it announced available in its Google Store : the Google Nest Cam wired ($99.99) and the Google Nest Cam with floodlight ($279.99).

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Glass rethinks the smartphone camera through an old-school cinema lens

TechCrunch

Smartphone cameras have gotten quite good, but it’s getting harder and harder to improve them because we’ve pretty much reached the limit of what’s possible in the space of a cubic centimeter. It may not be obvious that cameras won’t get better, since we’ve seen such advances in recent generations of phones.

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Google’s new Nest cameras and doorbell have lower prices and more smarts

The Verge

Google has announced a new line of home security cameras and a video doorbell under its Nest brand. The new models, which include an indoor-only camera, an indoor / outdoor camera, a floodlight, and the video doorbell, replace the older Nest IQ cameras and Nest Hello doorbell. The new Nest Cam | Photo: Google.

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OnePlus 9 software update pays homage to the Hasselblad XPan camera

The Verge

OnePlus is finally putting its camera partnership with Hasselblad to good use — by bringing the look and feel of Hasselblad’s cinematic XPan camera to the OnePlus 9 and 9 Pro, via a software update. This update adds an XPan Mode for the OnePlus 9 Series camera, alongside some much needed practical patches.

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Sony’s Xperia 1 II ships in the US on July 24th for $1,199

The Verge

A major feature of the Xperia 1 II is its 12-megapixel triple-camera array, which Sony says can shoot up 20 fps in burst mode, make AF/AE calculations up to 60 times per second, and autofocus on the eyes of humans and animals for portrait shots, among other features. inches and has a 21:9 aspect ratio, making it taller than many other phones.

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