Samsung’s Galaxy S21 Ultra has an incredible camera that’s up there alongside those of the iPhone 13 Pro and Pixel 6 Pro as one of the best cameras found on a phone. (It may be topped by the rumored Galaxy S22 Ultra, but only time will tell.) Its zoom skills are superb, with crisp details to …
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Nov 2021 Editor’s note, Nov. 19: The iPhone 13 Pro and 13 Pro Max have the best cameras and best battery life of any iPhone we’ve tested. Both offer a number of high-end features, like the ability to record ProRes videos, which help them live up to the Pro in their names. Overall the iPhone 13 Pro and 13 Pro Max …
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This summer I faced a dilemma: My Google Pixel 3 XL was on its last legs. Its battery was a pale shadow of its former self. Its USB-C port failed to carry a charge half the time. Both sides of the phone, screen and glass back, were a spiderwebbed mess of cracks and chips. And according to Google, the phone isn’t …
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The Sony Xperia Pro-I isn’t the first phone to have a 1-inch camera sensor. But it’s the first to put the 1-inch sensor from the popular Sony RX100 VII camera into a phone. Lucky for us, Sony didn’t stop there and added a mechanical dual aperture, a new 50-millimeter lens, EyeAF support to video and a new app called Video …
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Google released Android 12 Tuesday during its Pixel launch event. The new operating system includes several new features and changes, as well as new privacy tools. The most notable update is a new design that changes the entire look of Android, called Material You. Below I’ll walk you through the process of signing up Android 12 on your compatible device. Can …
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With its new iPhone 13 models, Apple has added notable new camera features to get an edge in the smartphone photography market. Cinematic mode, on all iPhone 13 models, uses AI and computational photography to change focus from one subject to another, a technique you’ll often see in the movies. And macro photography on the iPhone 13 Pro lets you …
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The $399 2020 iPhone SE is the most affordable phone Apple currently sells. But for $599 you could get the iPhone 11 which is the best value for any iPhone Apple currently sells. The SE is basically an iPhone 8 body with the same processor as the iPhone 11. The A13 processor breathes new life into the 2017 hardware and shows …
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Google on Tuesday took the wraps off the Pixel 5A. It’s the latest member of Google’s budget-conscious A line of phones, which includes both the Pixel 4A and Pixel 3A. The Pixel 5A is available for preorders today on Google’s online store in the US and Japan ahead of a launch in those two countries on Aug. 26. The unlocked …
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Asus is betting a small phone will make a big impact. It bills its new midrange ZenFone 8 as the “ultimate compact Android phone.” The ZenFone 8 has a crisp 5.9-inch AMOLED display, respectable battery life, dependable cameras, stereo speakers, and powerful internals that by some measures rivals the $1,200 Galaxy S21 Ultra’s performance. All this is crammed into a …
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The iPhone 12 Pro Max has wowed us with its ability to take stunning photos that can rival what you might see from a professional DSLR. But Samsung’s Galaxy S21 Ultra also packs an incredible camera array, boasting mind-bending zoom capabilities that comfortably outstrip what Apple offers in its phone. So how do these two cameras stack up and which should …
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