Since cameras have become the most attractive selling feature on a smartphone, manufacturers are making great efforts to improve their quality. At one point, great attention was paid to the number of megapixels that a smartphone camera could pack. So, we reached a point where we saw really high resolution cameras on smartphones, as an attempt from companies trying to attract buyers. Unfortunately, many times these cameras don’t produce high quality pictures, due to other other deficiencies in the smartphone. As we said in the corresponding article, the resolution alone does not guarantee the quality of a photo.
Nowadays, we see the phenomenon of multiple cameras in smartphones. Do the many cameras really help a smartphone, or are they another marketing trick of manufacturers to increase their sales?
First mobile phones with multiple cameras; how the trend started.
It all started in 2014. HTC was then one of the leading smartphone manufacturers and launched the HTC One M8. This was the first smartphone with a dual camera setup. Or not… Actually, the first was the Samsung B710, from the most distant 2007. The B710 was designed to take 3D photos and videos, as at that time 3D TVs were considered the future… something that did not really happen in the end. But the…
