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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.
Vivo X50 Pro teased with gimbal-style camera stabilization and ISOCELL GN1 image sensor
Vivo has relased video teasers of the upcoming Vivo X50 Pro, showing that it will have a gimbal-style stabilization on its huge 50MP primary camera module.
Remember the Vivo APEX 2020? It's Vivo's 2020 concept phone, succeeding the original Vivo APEX and the APEX 2019. The APEX 2020 was supposed to be shown off during MWC 2020, but because of the cancellation of the event, it was doomed to be a footnote in history despite its impressive list of specifications. One of its interesting features was that it had gimbal-like stabilization on a 48MP primary camera. It was said to be 200% more effective than typical OIS, thus enabling longer low light image exposures and smoother video. The APEX 2020, being a concept phone, was not designed to be released publicly for the mass market. But the gimbal-style stabilization was likely going to end up on a commercial phone. For the last few days, Vivo has been teasing the launch of its new upper mid-range cum flagship phone, the Vivo X50 Pro. Not much is known about its specifications yet, but it is indicated that it slots in above the Vivo X30 series and below the Vivo NEX 3S in the company's phone portfolio. A new set of official video teasers has shown off the camera module.
Sony IMX378: Comprehensive Breakdown of the Google Pixel's Sensor and its Features
We reached out to Sony to try to learn a bit more about the IMX378 sensor that is used by the upcoming Google Pixel and Pixel XL phones. Learn all about it!
We reached out to Sony to try to learn a bit more about the IMX378 sensor that is used by the upcoming Google Pixel and Pixel XL phones, as well as by the Xiaomi Mi 5S. Unfortunately, Sony was not able to distribute the datasheet for the Exmor RS IMX378 sensor just yet, but they were extremely helpful, and were able to provide us with some previously unreleased information about the IMX378.