"Leica to re-invent smartphone photography" with Huawei!

Is it a phone or something more along the lines of the Olympus Air A01?
 
As kuaan pointed out, Huawei is a giant diversified company and a strategic partnership between such a behemoth bulk seller and a quality lens producer could lead to interesting results.
 
Ko.Fe. said:
It is easy, Hu something wants to make more profitable phone, Leica wants more sales. And Apple will still outsell all of them.
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Not true. Samsung has about 20% market share, Apple has almost 15% and Huawei has about 9% (source: IDC.com)

willie_901 said:
I knew someone who used a Huawei phone until last fall. The microphone was horrible, I could hardly understand them most of the time. They were always cutting out too. When they picked up an iPhone 6S, I they sounded as every other mobile phone caller sounded.

For Leica's sake I hope Huawei's camera technology is better than the rest of their phone's design and performance.
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A sample of one isn't enough to say anything about Huawei phones. I know a lot of people who are happy with their Huawei phones. The latest top model is considered to be one of the best phones you can buy. Just look for reviews.

This is an interesting development. But if it is just the lenses.... Well, my Sony phone has a G-labeled lens, someone else mentioned Zeiss lenses on Nokia phones - I think it is inconsequential: these small sensors are less critical IMHO. But maybe they're gonna integrate phones and cameras, that would be an important development.
 
If Huawei takes the same stance on customer privacy as Apple does, I will consider a switch. Until then, I am keeping my iPhone.

CEO Kaltner, please considered yourself warned --> (a 60 minutes report). I hope you have some good IP lawyers. Best of luck!

John
 
The photography capability of a smart phone has not been an interest to me and having a Leica lens in the phone would not move me to select one.
 
By the way, I've nothing against smartphone photography and have commented positively on Raid's iphone images. it the tool works for you, its as good as any other tool. It just doesn't float my boat - in the same way that I can't relate to streaming music services.
 
photomoof said:
Quite different where I live. I look closely at lot of smart phones...I do it because I am interested from an investing point of view.
I only see Samsung and Apple....
I do not personally know anyone with an Android phone, but they are out there, obviously.
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hm..most Samsungs use Android and I read that android is the most used handphone OS and that by a very big margin: http://www.statista.com/statistics/266136/global-market-share-held-by-smartphone-operating-systems/
http://www.netmarketshare.com/operating-system-market-share.aspx?qprid=8&qpcustomd=1
 
lynnb said:
Is this the end of the world as we know it, or the start of a new one? Personally I think any move which keeps the red dot alive is a Good Thing, but maybe this has the potential to be much more than that. Multi-lens computational photography is just around the corner, and perhaps Leica is thinking along these lines.


- from the PetaPixel article linked above.
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of all the great things Leica could do
of all the great products Leica could invent

Leica does the Lenny Kravitz special and high end smart phones

Well, bless their heart!
 
For the sake of Decisive Moment though, can you beat the cell phone camera? Ultimate stealth shooting with no sound, stay invisible and always there with you. Just saying. ;)

I personally wish they'd do more interesting things than co-branded phones and Lenny Kravitz Editions, but hey.
 
lynnb said:
I'm sure any Leica-wei smartphones would carry a red dot premium.. well out of my price range! I'll stick to my IIIc.
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Does the IIIc have a rotary dial, or do you press the shutter release and ask for the operator?
 
Smart-phones' miniscule sensor areas greatly reduce the role of lens optics in image quality.

So maybe they are planning to use a significantly larger sensor.

Or maybe [cynical comments deleted].
 
Unless they have some multi-lens technology like the company Apple bought that will be going into the future iPhones, I would bet it's just the perceived value of the red dot rather than any really technical advantages.

Like em or not, smart phone cameras are getting better and better. The stuff I've seen on the dual lens technology allows for better quality images and optical zoom using one wide angle and one tele lens and some fancy computing.

I personally wouldn't bet against technology companies with tons of money and the smartest engineers in the world. I love my Leicas as dedicated picture taking tools but I can't see them adding much to the smartphone world.
 
I'm hoping there is a rotary dial app for my new phone. BTW, I'm still carrying my old flip phone too. Not going to give up that easily.

PF
 
photomoof said:
Quite different where I live. I look closely at lot of smart phones. Maybe 20-25 close enough to me to recognize brands, as I ride the subway. I do it because I am interested from an investing point of view.

I only see Samsung and Apple. I have never seen a Google phone in years of looking. Amazingly I still see a quite a few BB, maybe lawyers? Saw a new one today.

I do not personally know anyone with an Android phone, but they are out there, obviously.
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You should travel more Fred :) Japan has mostly iOS devices, but India and China (half the world population, obviously) mostly Android devices. Here are the world statistics:

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Regarding cell-phone photography, I remain amazed how many people I see today passionately taking and sharing pictures, who 20 years ago wouldn't have cared for photography. As much as I love using my cameras, the non-phone camera feels like a thing of the past. Good for Leica. And since most of the Huawai electronics (HiSilicon) are designed a couple of miles from where iPhones are assembled (in Shenzen), there certainly is no region-based reason for quality differences.

Roland.
 
photomoof said:
...I am rather a contrarian, the more people like something the less I want it. I am having enough trouble with Apple.
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that's funny, I feel the same way, your 'more' referring to 'linking', not to people ;) many apple users being so certain that their's is better, the air of special and exclusive that apple fosters, makes the product less attractive to me.
I am sure that most android users don't care much about which OS they are using, don't choose it because they 'like' it but simply because it is more common, comes with a much larger selection of handphones, many of them at a much cheaper price.
 
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