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Oppo expected showcase the technology at CES or MWC 2019
The technology may build on Oppo’s existing 5x Dual-Camera Zoom
Apart from Oppo, Huawei is working on 10x optical zoom phone
Oppo is reportedly developing a new hybrid optical zoom technology
that will enable smartphones to capture photos with up to 10x zoom. The
company's next-generation flagship F19 and F19 Pro could be the first phones to
use it. This news comes on the heels of online reports suggesting that Huawei
is working on a similar technology in its rumoured P30 Pro smartphone, which is
expected in early-2019. However, none of the two will be able to lay claim to
be the first to offer 10x optical zoom in a smartphone as the feat has already
been achieved by Samsung back in 2014 with its Galaxy K Zoom smartphone. The
phone used a retractable lens to offer the optical zoom support.
According to prominent tipster Ice Universe, Oppo could showcase
the technology as early as the next month's CES trade fair or the Mobile World
Congress, which is scheduled for late-February, 2019.
“The Oppo official said it will release a 10x hybrid optical
zoom technology, which we will see at CES or MWC as early as possible,” Ice
Universe wrote in a tweet.
The specifics of this Oppo technology are under wraps right now,
but a batch of patent drawings related to the Oppo F19 and Oppo F19 Pro published on
SlashLeaks seems to indicate that the upcoming technology will be similar to
what the company has used to accomplish 5x lossless zoom in 2017. The
patent drawings have since been removed, and are our only indication about the
connection between Ice Universe's tweet and the Oppo F19 duo.
“The dual camera utilises wide-angle and telephoto lenses, and
the housing for the telephoto lens uses an innovative periscope-style
structure. By shifting the angle of the telephoto lens by 90 degrees, the lens
will have the space it needs for a deep zoom. A periscope-style prism then
directs the path of the light entering the camera by 90 degrees, and sends the
image through the telephoto lens when the user zooms in on a subject or
object,” the company had explained at the time.
We are hoping to get the official
details in the coming months.
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