Sure, there are phones out there that claim that they’re all about the selfie. But until now, many modern “camera-phones” have been focused on either one side or the other. But with Meitu, — you know, the company that wanted you to have it all with its V4 — it’s giving you everything it’s got ...
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Not our usual camera showdown, but the folks at Oppo describe the new F1 Plus as a “selfie expert” phone. While rear mounted cameras are usually higher quality, and are the preferred tools for most people when we discuss mobile content creations, we can’t deny the selfie phenomenon. There’s a distinct smartphone consumer who might never use that rear camera, but depends on a front camera to capture their important moments.The F1 Plus is a curious beast for us smartphone camera snobs. The rear camera is a fairly ...
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You might be able to now pay for your groceries using a selfie. But for some so-called “Selfie Experts” looking for a quick self-portrait to share on social media, they’ve had to pay with their lives.For the past two years, India was home to 19 of the 49 deaths caused by the pursuit of the great selfie. Many have gone to the edge of a hill or cliff before smashing their heads or fell to a drowning. Three ...
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You might be able to now pay for your groceries using a selfie. But for some so-called “Selfie Experts” looking for a quick self-portrait to share on social media, they’ve had to pay with their lives.For the past two years, India was home to 19 of the 49 deaths caused by the pursuit of the great selfie. Many have gone to the edge of a hill or cliff before smashing their heads or fell to a drowning. Three ...
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Expertise is something earned. It’s also a big marketing tool.With OPPO having some eight years on the mobile market, it has been able to innovate in hardware time and time again. But its flamboyant output has typically been outside the scan of those with thinner wallets. And that’s where the company has to make do with the basics and punch up a spec ...
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The OPPO F1 does not have an engine. It does not pull hairpin turns. And it most certainly will not crash into a heaping pile of flames. But you can drive its eight processor cores up to 1.7GHz. It’s manageable enough in the hand to toss around. And while it is ...
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HTC is out to show the world that it can make one helluva shooter. Gone are the “ultra-pixels” that we became so familiar with in the One M8, in are the industry-standard megapixels – in this case thirteen of them! And it’s not just the main camera either, HTC put 13 megapixels in the selfie camera on the front, too! While they’ve got the right numbers, how do they perform in real life?We took our AT&T-branded HTC Desire EYE for a ...
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HTC recently sent out invitations to an October 8th event which included the cryptic message “Double Exposure”. Double exposure is a term used in photography to describe the repeated exposure of a photographic plate or film to light, which can often produce “ghost images”. Subsequently, Bloomberg reported that we may soon see an HTC camera – no, not a camera embedded ...
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The selfie phone is an actual thing – or it’s becoming a thing.As much as that makes me not want to live on this planet anymore, it’s actually a good thing. No, the word “selfie” itself is a monstrosity. But that front cameras on smartphones are finally getting the attention they deserve is a wonderful thing.Today, the front camera is where fond memories and borderline narcissistic social culture meet. A group of friends out for an increasingly rare night on the town all huddle ...
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