A mere two years after Apple introduced MagSafe for iPhones, we’re finally getting the accessory that probably should’ve launched with it: a magnetic car mount that’s also capable of actually charging your phone. US 9to5Mac spottedBelkin has announced its Boost Charge Pro Wireless Car Charger With MagSafe, which is available for pre-order on the Apple store.
Pixel 7 Pro Cameras’ AI and Zoom Could Make You Rethink That iPhone
With new hardware, software and artificial intelligence technology, Google expects significant photography improvements to its Pixel 7 Pro. And CNET has the exclusive deep dive into exactly what the company has done with its smartphone camera.
In part because of Google’s photography technology, Google positions its $899 flagship Android phone as a direct competitor to Apple’s $1,099 iPhone 14 Pro Max, though the smaller $999 iPhone 14 Pro has the same camera hardware.
Google’s Pixel phones haven’t sold well compared with models from Samsung and Apple. But they’ve earned high marks for photography year after year. And if anything is going to win customers over, it’ll be camera technology.
Last year’s Pixel 6 Pro introduced a “camera bar” housing three rear cameras — its 50-megapixel main camera, a 0.7x ultrawide angle and a 4x telephoto. The Pixel 7 models’ keeps the same 50-megapixel camera and f1.85 aperture but houses it in a restyled camera bar. On the Pixel 7 Pro, the ultrawide has the same sensor as last year but gets a macro mode, f2.2 aperture, autofocus and a wider 0.5x zoom. The 7 Pro’s telephoto’s zoom magnification extends to 5x with an f3.5 aperture, and a new 48-megapixel telephoto sensor enables a 10x zoom mode without using any digital magnification tricks. Both phones get a new front-facing selfie camera.
But the Pixel 7 Pro’s improved hardware foundation is only part of the