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How to Enable and Use Portrait Mode on your Android or iPhone
Here's how you can enable portrait mode on your phone and use it to click pictures of people or other subjects with a background blur.
Dual cameras have been around on Android as far back as 2011, and devices like the HTC One M8 from 2014 popularized the idea of using the second camera for depth information. But it was Apple that truly solidified the concept of dual rear cameras with the launch of the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus back in 2016. What followed was probably every single smartphone OEM jumping onto the bandwagon and launching phones with dual cameras. No matter what the secondary sensor did, it almost became mandatory for brands to include it to keep up with the trend.
Apple warns motorcycle engines can damage iPhone cameras
A new support article from Apple recommends against mounting iPhones directly on motorcycles, because they can damage the camera OIS.
Many modern smartphones include optical image stabilization, or OIS for short, for reducing motion blur in photos. The feature usually relies on moving components (usually the lens), which is why some flagship phones produce a rattling noise when you shake them. Apple has just published a new support document explaining that prolonged vibrations, such as shaking from motorcycle engines, can lead to the cameras in some iPhone models becoming damaged.
The Galaxy A52's camera can trade blows with the Galaxy S21
Samsung's Galaxy A52 can capture suprisingly good photos, matching images taken with the flagship Galaxy S21 in some tests. Check it out!
Samsung just released the Galaxy A52 4G and Galaxy A52 5G as successors to the Galaxy A51, the company's best-selling Android phone during 2020. Both devices are priced around $400-500, depending on region, but they come surprisingly close to the performance and feature set of typical flagship smartphones. They both have large high refresh rate screens (90Hz on the 4G model, 120Hz on the 5G), fast Snapdragon 700-series chipsets, and capable cameras.
Qualcomm's Second-Gen Spectra ISP Brings Massive Improvements to Smartphone Photography
Qualcomm's Snapdragon 845 features a powerful imaging processor, the second-gen Spectra ISP, that substantially improves on its predecessor.
At the Qualcomm Snapdragon Technology Summit in Hawaii on Wednesday, Qualcomm finally took the wraps off its newest Snapdragon Mobile Platform: The Snapdragon 845. A crucial component of the new system-on-chip is the Spectra 280 Image Signal Processor (ISP), the co-processor that accelerates on-device processing. It's been redesigned from the ground up in the Snapdragon 845, and there's a lot that's new.