2016 has witnessed a fair share of design and performance tweaks in smartphones. There have been numerous improvements (at least the companies would like to call them that) but what we think has ...

Vivo is celebrating its partnership with lens expert Zeiss by adding four different bokeh effects influenced by Zeiss lenses to the cameras of the new Vivo X70 series phones. This and other camera ...

Pronounced "bo-kay," the bokeh effect refers to the out-of-focus background in a photo or video. Depending on camera type and distance to the object in focus, the bokeh effect is often unintentional; ...

Google may be working on bringing depth-of-field adjustments to Google Photos. References to depth, blur, and foreground blur adjustments have been found in the latest version of the app. The service ...

Without a doubt, one of the highlight features Apple announced in its new iPhones are the serious upgrades to iPhone 7 Plus‘ image and video capture abilities, thanks in part to the device’s new ...

Portrait mode-style bokeh camera features have largely been the realm of high-end flagships to this point. That’s due, in part to the fact that many device makers rely on a dual-camera system to ...

Samsung has announced its latest Exynos chip, the Exynos 7 Series 9610. Previous 7 Series chips have been used in Samsung’s mid-range devices such as this year’s Galaxy A8. The chip could allow 480fps ...

The Redmi S2 is being touted as having impressive cameras. For a phone priced at about $150 (3GB variant), it is alright to have doubts about the camera performance, but you may want to reconsider ...

Is more always better? To Chinese smartphone companies, the answer is always yes. Gionee's newest phone, the S10, has four cameras-- two on each side of the device. Each pair work in unison to craft ...

Bokeh effects are a must-have feature on flagship smartphones, but these DSLR-like images look best when created with expensive dual-lens cameras. Rare examples such as Google’s Pixel 3 and Apple’s ...

The iPhone 7 Plus gets a new portrait mode with the update to iOS 10.1 that lets you take dSLR-like photos right on your phone. Vanessa Hand Orellana Lead Writer Vanessa is a lead writer at CNET, ...

is a Senior Producer on Decoder. Previously, he reported on the technology and gaming industries for more than a decade. Facebook is banking on the smartphone camera being the most influential and ...