At the Oct. 15 Made by Google event, Google will officially unveil the Pixel 4 and 4 XL. This is Google’s opportunity to step up to the plate, especially since competitors like Apple took the wraps off its iPhone 11, 11 Pro and 11 Pro Max phones for 2019, and Samsung is well underway selling …
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The iPhone 11 Pro, its triple rear cameras, Night Mode and new selfie camera are surely meant to be Apple’s photography antidote to Android’s three camera kings, the Huawei P30 Pro, Google Pixel 3 and Samsung Galaxy Note 10. But the newest iPhone also has to show existing iPhone owners that there’s a step up in terms of camera features …
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The checklist of new features in Apple’s iPhone 11 Pro reads like a rundown of been there, done that. Three cameras? Huawei put them on the Mate 20 last year. A special low-light mode? Google’s Night Sight for the Pixel 3 did it first a year ago. Then there’s 5G, or the lack thereof. While Samsung, Huawei, OnePlus and a …
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The new Samsung Galaxy Note 10 Plus pulls out all the stops when it comes to the camera, with five different sensors, more shooting angles and better tools for video and low light photography. On paper it seems to have the upper hand against Apple’s iPhone XS Max, which only has three cameras and none of the bells and whistles. But …
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Mobile payments could soon make your wallet obsolete by allowing you to pay with just the tap of your phone or smartwatch. But they’ve had a slow roll-out and not all options are made equal. The three most established systems are from Apple, Samsung and Google, although some wearables from brands such as Garmin and Fitbit also offer their own payment …
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The Huawei P30 Pro has the best camera of any Android phone, according to our testing. But how does it compare to Apple’s current flagship phone, the iPhone XS Max? With the P30 Pro’s Leica quad-camera array, it has the benefit of being able to see both really far into the distance with a 5x optical or 10x hybrid zoom, …
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What if the Galaxy Note 10 or next year’s Galaxy S11 had a slide-out camera with lenses that take your selfies before swiveling around to snap a portrait of your dog? Thanks to Samsung’s launch this week of the Galaxy A80, which has just that camera setup, the possibility is no longer the stuff of pure fancy. After all, if Samsung …
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Are three cameras on the Samsung Galaxy S10 better than one on the Google Pixel 3? Samsung has put a regular wide-angle, an ultra wide-angle and a 2x telephoto camera on the Galaxy S10 and S10 Plus to help satisfy photographers looking for the best phone camera. But with the Pixel 3 having such strong photo credentials, it’s time to …
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The Galaxy S10 Plus (and the Galaxy S10 family in general) have received a ton of attention in recent months, and with good reason. However, the arrival of the Huawei P30 Pro steals some of the limelight. The two cell phones share many of the same features: water resistance with IP68 certification, wireless charging, reversible charging, Android Pie, an octa-core processor, …
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The Galaxy S10 Plus added two new lenses to its already impressive camera array (one on the back and one on the front) and some useful software features that might just give it an extra edge on the competition. I took the S10 Plus on a weeklong photo shoot alongside the iPhone XS Max, another camera giant, to find out …
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