Japan is the first and currently only market to receive Leica’s first-ever smartphone offering, the Leitz Phone 1. It boasts impressive smartphone internals along with a “camera bump” that hides a huge 1-inch sensor — but for some, the design is all-too familiar. The world of smartphone photography has always been full of highs and lows — sometimes very impressive sensor technology, run by often incredible software solutions, hamstrung by tiny sensor sizes and the low-quality, static lenses in front of them. Both amateur photogs and pros looking to amp up their vacation shots have long asked for a more competent solution for high-end photography in the pocket. Now, Leica has launched the Leitz Phone 1, the first phone to bring Leica’s full design language to the smartphone space and, while it features an impressive array of photography and videography technologies, those abilities are also notably similar to those of the previously-released Sharp Aquos R6. That phone, which was announced just over a month ago, and which sports the same Leica-designed sensor and lens, has been hailed as a technological triumph. The question is how much Leica has differentiated their new version of this device. Strong smartphone fundamentals Like the Aquos R6, the Leitz Phone 1 comes with a 6.6-inch OLED display at 2,730 x 1,260 resolution. The adaptive display also refreshes at an incredible 240Hz, making for a potentially butter-smooth monitoring response. It’s powered by the 8-core Snapdragon 888 processor, and comes standard with 12GB of RAM and a...
Published By: CineD - Friday, 18 June, 2021