Android By Russell Holly Jan. 17, 2014 4:00 pm
It looks as though HTC is planning to blow our collective minds once again with the tech in their flagship camera, only this time it could be the result of a second sensor.
If there’s one thing that stood out about the HTC One, one thing that really gave us cause to stop and focus intently on learning as much as we could about the phone, it was the excellent camera. The so-called Ultrapixel camera on the HTC One is a 4 megapixel camera that holds its own against the competition in most situations and utterly destroys the competition in low-light scenarios. It was a pleasant surprise to say the least, and HTC continued to put the sensor in their other phones throughout the year.
Now that a new year has arrived and a new HTC flagship is expected, there’s a fun new leak pointing to phones with multiple sensors that could offer Lytro-style photography.
Remember Lytro? I needed to look it up as well. The oddly shaped camera made it possible to take photos that, when coupled with Lytro’s software, gave users the ability to refocus the photo at will. It is incredibly powerful technology, and tons of fun, but hard to justify the expense of a separate piece of hardware like a Lytro camera.
The big thing to come from that technology was a desire to see it in other devices, specifically smartphones. We’ve seen tech from Pelican Imaging that looks to offer this exact technology in the next generation of smartphones, and we know that HTC has no problems hosting photos on their own servers so things like HTC Zoes can be viewed when not on the phone, so it would appear as though all the pieces are there for something fun to happen.
The HTC M8, which is expected to be the codename to the successor of the HTC One, (otherwise known as the HTC M7) could have multiple sensors for its rear camera. This would quench our existing doubt about the phone after hearing that it would have the same Ultrapixel camera in it as the HTC One, but it does set some rather obvious limits to the capabilities of the phone. The HTC One camera is fantastic in many environments, but that was when it was compared to the hardware of last year. Samsung, LG, Apple, and Motorola will most assuredly be advancing their camera tech as well, and that could put the HTC M8 at a disadvantage.
If last year’s release cycle is any indicator, we’ll be holding the HTC M8 in our hands just ahead of the Samsung Galaxy S5 launch this spring.
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If there’s one thing that stood out about the HTC One, one thing that really gave us cause to stop and focus intently on learning as much as we could about the phone, it was the excellent camera. The so-called Ultrapixel camera on the HTC One is a 4 megapixel camera that holds its own against the competition in most situations and utterly destroys the competition in low-light scenarios. It was a pleasant surprise to say the least, and HTC continued to put the sensor in their other phones throughout the year.
Now that a new year has arrived and a new HTC flagship is expected, there’s a fun new leak pointing to phones with multiple sensors that could offer Lytro-style photography.
Remember Lytro? I needed to look it up as well. The oddly shaped camera made it possible to take photos that, when coupled with Lytro’s software, gave users the ability to refocus the photo at will. It is incredibly powerful technology, and tons of fun, but hard to justify the expense of a separate piece of hardware like a Lytro camera.
The big thing to come from that technology was a desire to see it in other devices, specifically smartphones. We’ve seen tech from Pelican Imaging that looks to offer this exact technology in the next generation of smartphones, and we know that HTC has no problems hosting photos on their own servers so things like HTC Zoes can be viewed when not on the phone, so it would appear as though all the pieces are there for something fun to happen.
The HTC M8, which is expected to be the codename to the successor of the HTC One, (otherwise known as the HTC M7) could have multiple sensors for its rear camera. This would quench our existing doubt about the phone after hearing that it would have the same Ultrapixel camera in it as the HTC One, but it does set some rather obvious limits to the capabilities of the phone. The HTC One camera is fantastic in many environments, but that was when it was compared to the hardware of last year. Samsung, LG, Apple, and Motorola will most assuredly be advancing their camera tech as well, and that could put the HTC M8 at a disadvantage.
If last year’s release cycle is any indicator, we’ll be holding the HTC M8 in our hands just ahead of the Samsung Galaxy S5 launch this spring.
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