Samsung will bring Optical Image Stabilization to Galaxy A-series phones this year

Optical Image Stabilization (OIS) – the camera tech that negates hand movements to deliver blur-free photos and videos – is usually reserved for high-end smartphones, and Samsung is no exception. Instead, the company relies on a cheaper (and less effective) solution called Electronic Image Stabilization (EIS) for its mid-range Galaxy A-series devices.

But that will change soon. As per a report from Korea-based SisaJournal, Samsung will add OIS tech to a few Galaxy A-series phones that will be launched in the second half of 2020. This feature will mostly be limited to the premium Galaxy A-series phones, but no further details are available at this moment.

So far, the only two non-flagship Samsung phones that offer OIS support are the Galaxy Note 10 Lite and the Galaxy S10 Lite, both of which went official last year. It will be interesting to see how the OIS-toting Galaxy A-series mid-rangers are received by customers.

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Huawei-Leica deal could help Mate 9 with dual-OIS

One of the most lamented limitations of dual-camera technologies has been the implementation of image stabilization.Optical and electronic forms of the technology are great with single camera sensors, but with two of them engaging to form one image, the slightest extra jiggle on one sensor could spell disaster in terms of final product. OIS in particular relies in part on magnetism to keep things relatively still as well.Recent chatter ...

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Weibo thinks iPhone 7 camera sensor is bigger than iPhone 7 Plus’s

A well-known and fairly reliable Weibo tech leaker has posted a list of potential specs for the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus. With the dogpile of previous rumors factored into account, we now have a more complete look at what will change and what will not from the iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus.To the iPhone 7 first: it will be keeping the 4.7-inch screen size that’s been inherited since the iPhone 6 while also keeping the 1334 x 750 resolution.

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Non-Plus iPhone 7 isn’t getting a dual rear camera, but OIS might at least be in store

Possibly the most significant hardware upgrade of the upcoming 5.5-inch iPhone 7 Plus (not Pro, not 6SE) has stopped being a secret a long, long time ago. Countless renders and live pics initially starring dummy units and mockups, and ultimately actual device prototypes, as well as

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iPhone 7 camera has OIS, says analyst

LG Innotek has been working on plenty of goodies for smartphones recently. Market analysts think that the company’s also working on one big goody for Apple and the rumored iPhone 7 Plus and iPhone 7 Pro (or Premium).Nomura Securities, as have

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Sony Xperia XA Ultra is unique not for its 16-megapixel selfie camera, but for its OIS

Sony recently decided that it would prove itself to be all that and more in mobile, so it doesn’t necessarily surprise us that once comes the Xperia XA would come what we thought to be the Xperia C6 Ultra. Turns out, it’s the Xperia XA Ultra.The phone builds upon the XA’s MediaTek Helio P10 processor and an ...

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A few more details on the Samsung Galaxy A9 pop up in leaked spec card

Can’t you feel that holiday cheer, Samsung? The Ga-la-la-la-laaa-la-la-laxy A9 is back on the eggnog overflow and we have more details as to what it tows. And there’s also a little quirk that made us shift in our seats just a little bit. See if you can spot it and guess what we think it means while we go through the laundry list.The new leak from Weibo seems ...

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Pocketnow Weekly 081: Lenovo buys Motorola, Galaxy S5 fingerprints, & interview with special guest Ryan Negri

When you can kick off a tech podcast with a string of expletives taken right from your publication’s teamwide chat records, you know it’s been a crazy week in the news. The Lenovo Motorola deal, announced late yesterday afternoon, threw our whole week -and perhaps our whole world- into disarray, and we’re grateful for the chance to sit down and talk it through on today’s show. But the news doesn’t stop there. Galaxy S 5 speculation is still coming fast and furious, with details like Samsung’s rumored fingerprint scanner beginning to take shape; ...

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Nokia’s optical image stabilization technology now available to other OEMs

Yes, we know this title is like saying that Apple’s App Store is now available to Windows Phone customers, but it’s actually a different scenario. Nokia has been famous for its optical image stabilization on smartphone cameras since the Lumia 920. We’ve tested it against every other smartphone you can think of, and there’s no denying that Nokia is superior, or at least was, according to some news. It turns out that what Nokia had was an exclusive deal to the ST Microelectronics L2G2IS two-axis gyro, which allowed movement compensation of up to 500 times per second, ...

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