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GSM Arena
10 hours ago
- Business
- GSM Arena
Google Pixel 10 series to come with gimbal-like stabilization
The Google Pixel 10 series is rumored to use mostly the same camera sensors as the Pixel 9 lineup, with the vanilla model rumored to get a telephoto unit. A new report now claims that the Pixel 10 series will "debut heavily upgraded image stabilization." The word comes from the folks at Android Headlines, who said the experience will be like "using a Pixel 10 on a DJI Osmo Mobile 6, but without that gimbal" because "that's how good this new image stabilization is going to be." Google Pixel 10 leaked render (Source: Android Headlines) The publication didn't delve into the details of this new image stabilization but said that it will be present on the entire Pixel 10 lineup, which includes the Pixel 10, Pixel 10 Pro, Pixel 10 Pro XL, and the Pixel 10 Pro Fold. A Pixel Penthouse event invite sent by Google to Pixel Superfans recently hinted at an earlier-than-expected launch of the Pixel 10 series. However, we later heard that the smartphones would arrive on August 13, with the latest rumor claiming that August 20 will be the date when Google will unveil the Pixel 10 lineup. Source
GSM Arena
4 days ago
- Business
- GSM Arena
Weekly poll results: Sony Xperia 1 VII has stalwart supporters but the high price will deter most
The Sony Xperia 1 VII will not help Sony grow out of its niche market position – last week's poll makes it pretty clear that £1,400/€1,500 is too much for a non-folding flagship, especially one with only 12GB of RAM and 256GB storage. The Mark 7 offers a unique combination of features, but as one commenter points out, many of them aren't exactly expensive – the microSD card slot and the 3.5mm headphone jack don't add much to the production cost. The same goes for the flat display without a notch or punch hole. To be clear, while some people really value those features, they don't justify a higher price tag than just about any non-folding flagship. Sony Xperia 1 VII The Xperia 1 VII does have some pricey features – like that variable focal length telephoto lens and the newly-upgraded ultra-wide camera. But people wish that Sony had spent its time and money on upgrading the telephoto camera, not the ultra-wide. The extended support period – 4 OS updates and two more years of security patches – is nice, but it could have been longer, since at the end of it, you will have to spend another £1,400/€1,500 (or more!) to get the latest Xperia 1. The extended support could end up helping the Mark 7 in the long run, though. Many people in the comments mentioned that they are happy with the hardware of the Mark 6 – but that will only get 3 OS updates total and one extra year of security patches. This means that the Mark 6 will get Android 17 as its last OS update and security patches will dry up in 2028. The Mark 7, meanwhile, will end up on Android 19 with the last security patch coming out sometime in 2031. Sony Xperia flagships tend to keep their prices pretty high, even months after they launch – by the time significant discounts are available, the next generation has arrived or is just around the corner. This means that the Xperia 1 VII could see an uptick in interest later on in its life, but early sales will likely be limited to well-heeled fans of the brand. If the 28% of voters who voted in favor of the Mark 7 follow through and pick up a unit (now or later), this could end up being a small success for Sony. But then again, the Mark 6 got similar poll results and it's rare to see one in the wild. Sony Xperia 1 VII 5G
Android Authority
27-05-2025
- Business
- Android Authority
Motorola Edge 2025 elevates its camera game with a new telephoto lens
Motorola TL;DR The 2025 version of the Motorola Edge is here. This year's model adds a telephoto lens to its camera setup. The battery has been upgraded from 5,000mAh to 5,200mAh. When Motorola released the Edge in 2024, it was largely an iterative update compared to its predecessor. Still, it was a serviceable handset with a consumer-friendly price to match. This year, it's a slightly different story, as the 2025 Edge offers multiple upgrades over the previous generation without pushing up the cost. In terms of design, the 2025 Motorola Edge plays it safe, adopting a similar design language to last year. As a result, we get rounded corners, curvy edges, a smoothed-out camera bump, and a leather-inspired finish like before. For the finish, Motorola has chosen a dark green hue called PANTONE Deep Forest. Outside of the new color, there is one big change to the design. Motorola has moved up from dual cameras to a triple camera setup, which results in a larger bump. This time around, Motorola decided to add a telephoto lens along with the main and ultrawide cameras. As before, the main camera is a 50MP shooter with a Sony Lytia 700c sensor. However, the ultrawide has been upgraded from 13MP to 50MP, featuring a 122-degree field of view. Meanwhile, the telephoto lens offers 10MP for three times optical zoom and up to 30x with Super Zoom. Motorola also improved the front camera, going from 32MP to 50MP. Shifting our focus to the display, the screen is slightly bigger than last year at 6.7 inches. This is a Super HD (2712 x 1220) pOLED panel with a 120Hz refresh rate and 4,500 nits of brightness. It is protected by Corning Gorilla Glass 7i, which the phone maker says is two times more resistant to drops and scratches. This device also features Dolby Atmos, so you'll have high-quality sound to enhance your video watching experience. Under the hood, you'll find a MediaTek Dimensity 7400 chip joined by 8GB of RAM and 256GB of storage. There's also a 5,200mAh battery, which is a 2oomAh improvement from last year. The company boasts that the battery can last two days, but you'll be able to power up for one full day in just six minutes with 68W TurboPower wired charging. You can also wirelessly charge this device, but only up to 15W. As with most tech companies these days, Motorola also points out the phone's AI capabilities. In 2024, this mostly consisted of features offered by Google, like Magic Editor, Magic Eraser, Photo Unblur, and more. Speaking of which, this device will also come with Gemini Live and Circle to Search. However, Motorola now has a few of its own AI tools in addition to Google's suite. These features include: Next Move: Recognizes whatever is on your screen, like a recipe, and offers next steps in real time. Recognizes whatever is on your screen, like a recipe, and offers next steps in real time. Playlist Studio: Creates a custom playlist based on what's on your screen (part of Next Move). Creates a custom playlist based on what's on your screen (part of Next Move). Image Studio: Creates images, avatars, stickers, and wallpapers with generative AI and editing tools (part of Next Move). Creates images, avatars, stickers, and wallpapers with generative AI and editing tools (part of Next Move). Catch Me Up: Summarizes missed notifications while your phone is not in use. Summarizes missed notifications while your phone is not in use. Pay Attention: Records, transcribes, and summarizes conversations or meetings. Records, transcribes, and summarizes conversations or meetings. Remember This: Memorizes information from photos or notes and recalls details, context, and facts when prompted. In addition, there's a new AI key on the side of the phone that you can use to access these AI features. This new button replaces the Quick Button that was added in 2024. The Motorola Edge 2025 will be available in the US and Canada on June 5 for $549.99. It will feature IP68 and IP69 protection and have Android 15 onboard. You'll be able to order one from Best Buy, and Availability at T-Mobile and Metro by T-Mobile, Total Wireless, Visible, Spectrum, and Xfinity Mobile will open up in the coming months. Got a tip? Talk to us! Email our staff at Email our staff at news@ . You can stay anonymous or get credit for the info, it's your choice.
Forbes
20-05-2025
- Forbes
Evaluating The Sony FE 400-800mm F/6.3-8 G OSS Lens
One of my biggest passions outside of technology is photography, so I'm very lucky to have the opportunity to evaluate cameras and lenses as part of my job. The Sony FE 400-800mm f/6.3 lens is a newcomer to the Sony lineup and offers one of the widest telephoto zoom ranges. This matches the 200-600mm model that was previously the company's deepest zoom lens, but topped out at 600mm. Sony also offers 400mm f/2.8 and 600mm f/4 lenses, but they retail for $12,000 and $13,000, respectively, and are meant primarily for high-end sports photography. Don't get me wrong, I would love to get my hands on one. But they're 'unobtanium' for most hobbyist photographers, since the lens probably costs more than all the other camera gear — including camera bodies — that most photographers own. The Sony FE 400-800mm f/6.3-8 G OSS lens Anshel Sag This Sony lens is unique because it offers a broad range of telephoto zoom without requiring the lens to expand. The FE 400-800mm lens is also undoubtedly the largest lens I've ever shot with, although nothing that a monopod or tripod can't help with. (More on that in a minute.) As shown in the photo below, it is roughly double the size of my Sony FE 70-200mm f/4 GM — my primary telephoto zoom lens — so if I used it all the time, it would likely require an entirely new camera bag configuration, or possibly even a new bag. As much as I like my FE 70-200mm, which has served me exceptionally well, it doesn't quite have the reach that I need in some scenarios. While I have previously used Sony 200-600mm and 100-400mm lenses to fill that gap, my use cases for them have been narrow enough that I generally have stuck to renting those lenses rather than buying them. Based on all of this, I was eager to try the FE 400-800mm lens. The Sony FE 400-800mm next to my FE 70-200 lens Anshel Sag Although this lens can have many applications, it is mainly intended for nature photography and some sports. As I'll explain below, I also had the opportunity to shoot an eclipse with it, although I probably chose the wrong camera body for that task. For the most part, I used this lens with my Sony A7RV camera body. There's simply no getting around how massive this lens is. That said, it isn't as heavy as it looks, but even if you have strong arms, I'd recommend a monopod or a tripod. A monopod is easier because you can make small adjustments without needing to fully reset everything like you would with a tripod. Not shooting with a monopod will likely result in more shots that are blurry, not to mention sore arms and shoulders. Plus, a lightweight monopod shouldn't take up much space or add much weight in your camera bag. With this lens, I also recommend shooting in better lighting conditions and using higher shutter speeds to get sharper images. I found that most of my blurry images came about when the sensor was not getting enough light, which told me I needed to shoot at a higher ISO. The best shots were all around 1/100 of a second or faster. The depth of field on some of the shots for subjects that were closer to me was fabulous; they looked like I was shooting with a much lower aperture than f/6.3 and created a significant bokeh effect. This was especially apparent with the flamingoes at the San Diego Zoo. The image below is incredibly sharp and took advantage of the full 60 MP of the A7RV, showing each feather hair and drop of water. A close-up shot of a flamingo at the San Diego Zoo Anshel Sag Before I went to the Zoo, I also tested the lens at a local airfield to see how it would work for plane spotting, and it was fantastic. The zoom range really gave me a lot of choices for how I wanted to frame the shot and how much of the surrounding environment I wanted to include. These were smaller planes, but the same could be done with larger aircraft from farther away. I also took the plane photos to help me learn how to shoot with the camera and home in on some of its quirks before I went to shoot wildlife in La Jolla at the Cove. Shooting planes was definitely easier than shooting wildlife, especially since birds and seals move very quickly and are not always in the best lighting. Even so, I did get some great shots of the wildlife in La Jolla before I headed to the Zoo a few days later. Since these animals are highly protected, having such a supertelephoto zoom lens was very useful as I kept my distance, and I was able to get shots that I otherwise couldn't have without that amount of zoom. Lots of the best wildlife photographers shoot with crazy-long zoom lenses to avoid disturbing the animals they photograph. At the Zoo, it was a great day for animal photography, so I was able to capture photos of orangutans, tigers, gorillas, monkeys and hippos. I tried taking pictures of the tapirs, but because they were all-black, my camera had difficulty focusing on them while they were moving. A colobus monkey from the San Diego Zoo Anshel Sag FEATURED | Frase ByForbes™ Unscramble The Anagram To Reveal The Phrase Pinpoint By Linkedin Guess The Category Queens By Linkedin Crown Each Region Crossclimb By Linkedin Unlock A Trivia Ladder The gorillas mainly were sleeping, so they were easier to photograph, but the best angles of them were through glass, and it was the same story with the orangutans. Thanks to the resolution of the A7RV, cropping some of these shots was a breeze, and I didn't feel like I lost much in terms of quality thanks to the lens and body combination. A sleeping gorilla at the San Diego Zoo Anshel Sag I was lucky enough that a lunar eclipse fell during the two-week period when I had the lens for evaluation. The eclipse happened on a miserable night in San Diego, when it was surprisingly cold, windy, cloudy and rainy. While I caught only a couple of drops of rain, I unfortunately had to battle with the wind and clouds quite a bit, so I struggled to get good low-light photos with the FE 400-800mm lens paired with my A7RV. This is where I believe I made a mistake and should've used my A7III, which is much better at low-light photography but also has much lower resolution. Considering I had 800mm of telephoto zoom to play with, I shouldn't have been concerned about cropping or resolution. Using the A7RV, I had to take longer exposures, which came out blurry because of either the camera shaking from the wind or the moon's own movement. (You can take a maximum of a 1-second shot before the moon moves enough to create blur.) I found that my biggest enemy with this lens was the wind; because of its size, the lens would act like a sail and catch the wind, which resulted in blurry images. That said, I did manage to capture a few shots with decent sharpness that I was happy to share — like the one below. The Sony FE 400-800mm f/6.3-8 G OSS is an excellent lens for Sony's E-Mount camera system and complements the capabilities of many of its camera bodies. It certainly helps to achieve shots that are impossible on a smartphone; I believe this is where the makers of many of these interchangeable-lens mirrorless camera systems should concentrate to attract avid photographers who want better photos than a smartphone will allow. While this lens costs $2,899, it also offers a zoom experience that's not possible with many other lenses worldwide, especially not for Sony's E-mount ecosystem. If you want an even broader zoom lens range, Canon does offer a 200-800 f/6.3-9 IS USM lens; meanwhile, Sigma offers an APO 300-800 f/5, but that lens is only for Nikon's old F-mount system. Currently, Nikon itself doesn't offer a zoom supertelephoto lens for its Z-mount system, only fixed-focal-length lenses at 400mm, 600mm and 800mm. With this lens, Sony offers an excellent option for the niche photographer who needs to get that extra zoom in well-lit scenarios such as sports, nature or other outdoor photography like plane spotting. However, I can't say that I would recommend it for astrophotography or any low-light photography unless you also have a low-light camera like the A7III or A7IV. The price is a bit steep at $2,899, yet there is apparently quite a market for this lens — they are sold out everywhere. It seems clear that Sony has found a sweet spot in the market and is satisfying a need for big zoom lenses among full-frame Sony mirrorless users.
GSM Arena
19-05-2025
- GSM Arena
Camera battle: vivo X200 Ultra vs X100 Ultra
The vivo X200 Ultra follows in the footsteps of vivo's first-ever Ultra phone and one of the best camera-centric flagships of last year. Those are some big shoes to fill. We like vivo's approach - onstead of going for the safe (and boring) refinement approach, vivo shook things up in a major way with the X200 Ultra. The impressive telephoto camera was the star of the X100 Ultra, so vivo gave it a brighter lens. The selfie shooter is seemingly the same. The other two rear cameras bring massive changes and a new vision. The 1-inch 23mm main camera is gone, which a lot of people might see as a downgrade, but not so fast! We're here to tell you that the new 35mm main shooter with a still impressively large 1/1.28-inch sensor isn't worse at all. And the new 14mm ultrawide with the same 1/1.28-inch sensor may very well be the highlight of this phone. Let's put sensor sizes aside for a second and talk lenses. Both the 24mm (23mm in this case) and 35mm focal lengths have a strong following in the photographic community. The 35mm is a classic reporter-style lens - wide angle, yet low-distortion, able to capture a lot of the scene, but has an intimate, candid look to its images. The 24mm is a more starkly wide-angle lens, lending itself to capturing more of the scene, bringing a dramatic sense to an image, heavier on distortion, especially if you bring your subject close to the lens. We'd wager that some photographers would see the removal of the 23mm camera as a dealbreaker, while others might consider the new 35mm a reason alone to buy the X200 Ultra. But here's where the upgraded 14mm ultrawide comes in. Thanks to its main camera-sized sensor, it produces main camera-quality images. It's much better than the old ultrawide, and the difference is visible even in good light. So the vivo X200 Ultra is now a unique photographic proposition - it brings 14mm, 35mm, and 85mm lenses with flagship image quality - each of these cameras will capture nicer images than your iPhone, Galaxy Ultra, or Pixel's main camera. Now let's look at how the new vivo flagship compares against its monumental predecessor. Our first set of images is of the main cameras - the 1-inch 23mm f/1.8 on the left, the 1/1.28-inch 35mm f/1.7 on the right. The first thing you'll notice is the difference in focal length. The numbers seem close, but they're not - 23mm is a lot wider than 35mm. We expect that even experienced shooters will need a few days to readjust their eyes to the new normal. Main camera: vivo X100 Ultra • vivo X200 Ultra Main camera: vivo X100 Ultra • vivo X200 Ultra The lower distortion is obvious when you look at the thumbnails. 35mm is considered a wide-angle lens in the photo world, but it's the opposite in the smartphone world, which has adjusted to wider focal lengths on main cameras for years now. With the 35mm images, subjects are closer and bigger. This means that the new main camera is also better for people shots. Of course, some people might miss the distorted look of the older main camera. What impressed us the most was the image quality from the new 35mm main camera. It's better at the per-pixel level than the 1-inch 23mm camera - detail rendition is less digital, fine textures are less oversharpened, and there's more clarity in the 35mm images. Colors from the two main cameras also differ significantly. The X100 Ultra has much more saturated colors by default (though you can tune that in the phone's settings). Main camera: vivo X100 Ultra • vivo X200 Ultra Moving to the ultrawide, where we see a big difference in quality. The field of view is the same - 14mm, 116˚ - but the sensors and lenses are different. The old ultrawide has a 1/2.0-inch sensor and an f/2.2 lens. The new camera has a much larger 1/1.28-inch imager with a slightly brighter f/2.0 lens. The new ultrawide is leaps and bounds better. Detail is much higher, and it's rendered in a more natural way. The new camera can discern the smallest of textures, while the older camera struggles to render it all, leaving a smeared mess in places where the new camera renders fine grass. The new camera is also better and color rendition and has an edge in dynamic range. Ultrawide: vivo X100 Ultra • vivo X200 Ultra Ultrawide: vivo X100 Ultra • vivo X200 Ultra There isn't a big difference in the 85mm images in good light, outside of the color rendition, which is a system-wide setting, rather than a per-camera setting. Zoom: vivo X100 Ultra • vivo X200 Ultra In the next few images, we used the vivo X200 Ultra's new 14mm camera zoomed in to 23mm to see if you can get away with not having a native 23mm. The results are not far in good light, especially if you don't pixel peep and use them for social media. But the 14mm on the X200 Ultra, improved as it is, can't match the native 1-inch 23mm main camera on the X100 Ultra. 23mm vs 14mm zoomed in: vivo X100 Ultra • vivo X200 Ultra We also tried the other scenario - using the vivo X100 Ultra's 23mm camera, zoomed in to 35mm, to match the vivo X200 Ultra's main camera. It's a closer match, but the 1-inch camera isn't as good at 35mm as the native 35mm. 23mm zoomed in vs 35mm: vivo X100 Ultra • vivo X200 Ultra The main cameras are all excellent at night. Aside from the difference in color, we see equally great exposures, well-developed shadows, balanced highlights, no distracting noise, and the same, reliable detail capture. Top marks all-around! 23mm vs 35mm at night: vivo X100 Ultra • vivo X200 Ultra We expected to see a big difference in the low-light performance of the zoom cameras - while the X200 Ultra's 85mm zoom has the same sensor as the one on the X100 Ultra, it brings a brighter f/2.27 lens (vs f/2.67). But there isn't a that much separating the two even in the dark. Yes, the new camera was able to keep ISO a bit lower, but we can't see any pronounced digital noise on either zoom's samples. The new camera is a bit heavier on the sharpening, and it processed its shadows a bit darker. Zooms at night: vivo X100 Ultra • vivo X200 Ultra Overall, we'd say that vivo made a strong follow-up to one of the best cameraphones of last year. The new 35mm is polarizing for its focal length but excellent in terms of quality. The 85mm zoom is just as transformative as it was a year ago, only with a slightly better lens! We said the ultrawide may be the highlight of the vivo X200 Ultra, and we mean it! It's without question the best ultrawide-angle camera on a phone. It renders images as beautifully as the main camera, which isn't the case on any other phone out there. Our next stop is to do thorough testing of the new camera in low light. Stay tuned for that!
