It’s been a rough year for camera sales, but CIPA’s latest report on October’s global camera shipments is showing that the worst might be behind us. While the September report showed a nice upwards sales trend, October has shown a near-full recovery of the market.
The shipment volume of digital cameras in October was only 77.2% of the previous year’s number, but 95.1% of monetary value.
Restoring an 85-Year-Old Leica Camera
December 2, 2020
Maximilian Heinrich of Analog Insights recently inherited an 85-year-old Leica camera and handed it off to his friend Jules for repair and restoration. This 15-minute video is about the camera’s journey from nearly being passed on to a camera store to being brought back to…
Two Unreleased Sony Cameras Have Passed FCC Certification: Rumor
December 2, 2020
Two unnamed Sony cameras have reportedly passed FCC Certification for Wi-Fi compliance in the United States. While very short on details, the filing does give some indication of what to expect from Sony early next year.
In a finding by Nokishita, Sony has apparently passed…
Oppo: Reno5 series are coming on December 10
December 2, 2020
Oppo has finally announced the launch date of the Reno5 series after a month filled with rumors and leaks. The smartphones will arrive on December 10 when the “Diamond Glow series will debut”, according to a nine-second video teaser, posted by the company on Weibo.
The Reno5 lineup will be the first to bring three phones from the start – a vanilla Reno5 with a Snapdragon 765G, a Reno5…
What started as a far-fetched rumor back in August has only gained more traction in the past months and now it looks just about certain that Samsung will in fact discontinues its Galaxy Note line. The latest confirmation comes from and is based on three sources with close…
Xiaomi Mi 11 to be the world’s first phone with Snapdragon 888, Redmi to also adopt the SoC
December 2, 2020
Qualcomm introduced its latest flagship chipset called Snapdragon 888, and companies immediately started bragging they’ll bring their new phones with the platform. Xiaomi went a step further and announced on that the chip will make its global debut on the Xiaomi Mi…
Motorola will launch Snapdragon 888-powered Moto G next year
December 2, 2020
Motorola is working on a Snapdragon 888-powered phone, but it may not the smartphone you would expect. Next year there will be a Moto G phone with a Snapdragon 800-series chipset. The G-series has been around for years and its focus has always been value-for-money.
Motorola returned to the flagship field after a few years absence, not with a Moto X phone, but with the Edge+. So, you would have…
Huawei Mate 40 Pro+ still tops AnTuTu's charts in November
December 2, 2020
AnTuTu published its charts for best performing flagships and mid-range phones in November 2020 and the list doesn’t seem to be all that different from October’s. There is some movement in the rankings but we can see mostly the same phones.
The Mate 40 Pro+ and…
Motorola snuck in an interesting detail about its Android 11 implementation into the S888-powered Moto G announcement – the company is working on a desktop mode for its phones, similar to the Samsung and Huawei modes. Of course, Motorola is a pioneer in the field with the…
A massive security failing by Apple allowed an attacker to take total remote control of iPhones within WiFi range. They would be able to download all the data on the phone, and even activate the iPhone’s cameras and microphones to provide real-time spying capabilities.
The vulnerability was not just a theoretical risk: a noted Google security researcher was able to demonstrate the capabilities…
