https://pho.tography.org/tags/smartphones/ Recent content in smartphones on pho.tography.org Hugo -- gohugo.io en-us Tue, 15 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://pho.tography.org/openai-buys-glass-imaging-for-over-300m-triple-its-2025-valuation/ Tue, 15 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://pho.tography.org/openai-buys-glass-imaging-for-over-300m-triple-its-2025-valuation/ OpenAI has bought Glass Imaging, a Los Altos startup that makes camera software for smartphones, for more than $300 million. The Wall Street Journal reported the deal on Monday. Neither company has confirmed it, and the sale reportedly closed some months ago. The price is what stands out. Glass raised a $20 million Series A in May 2025, led by Insight Partners, at a valuation of roughly $100 million. Total funding before the sale came to about $29 million, with GV (Alphabet’s venture arm) among the backers. https://pho.tography.org/blackmagic-camera-for-ios-3.3-adds-apple-watch-control-and-atem-studio-integration/ Fri, 17 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://pho.tography.org/blackmagic-camera-for-ios-3.3-adds-apple-watch-control-and-atem-studio-integration/ Blackmagic Design has released version 3.3 of its Blackmagic Camera app for iOS, adding two headline features: Apple Watch remote control and ATEM camera control integration that turns an iPhone into a functional studio camera. Apple Watch Companion App The update introduces a companion app for Apple Watch that lets operators control and monitor Blackmagic Camera remotely from their wrist. From the watch, users can start and stop recording, monitor framing and audio levels, adjust exposure, focus, and LUTs, switch lenses, and control zoom. https://pho.tography.org/vivo-x300-ultra-turns-the-smartphone-into-a-cinema-camera-at-mwc-2026/ Tue, 03 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://pho.tography.org/vivo-x300-ultra-turns-the-smartphone-into-a-cinema-camera-at-mwc-2026/ Barcelona felt like the epicenter of mobile cinema today as vivo pulled the curtain back on the X300 Ultra at [MWC 2026[(https://technologyconference.com/mobile-world-congress-mwc-2026-2-5-march-barcelona-spain/). You could sense the shift immediately. This was not another megapixel race or a thin-and-light bragging contest. The message was clear: video first, and not in the casual social-media sense, but in a way that openly challenges dedicated cameras in controlled and even chaotic shooting environments. What stood out in the demo area was how seriously vivo is treating multi-focal shooting. https://pho.tography.org/apples-iphone-17-pro-a-photographers-dream-tool/ Wed, 10 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://pho.tography.org/apples-iphone-17-pro-a-photographers-dream-tool/ Apple’s September 2025 announcements were packed with news, but for photographers and visual creators, the headline was clear: the iPhone 17 Pro and Pro Max are the most significant leap in mobile photography Apple has ever delivered. These devices are not just upgrades in speed or design—they are compact creative studios that put professional-grade optics and video workflows into your pocket. The camera system is the true star. With three 48MP Fusion cameras—Main, Ultra Wide, and a completely redesigned Telephoto—the iPhone 17 Pro effectively gives photographers the equivalent of eight lenses at their fingertips.