Gaming Tech Under $100! Do You Need a Dual Camera Smartphone? #Helpful Post

Gaming Tech Under $100!

Do You Need a Dual Camera Smartphone? #Helpful Post

hey guys this is Austin do you need a

dual camera smartphone for months there

have been rumors that the next iPhone

would have dual rear facing cameras but

the bigger question is why exactly would

you want this there are several phones

that already have a pair of cameras but

one of the first was the HTC One m8 back

in 2014 this uses a standard sensor with

a smaller camera above which lets you do

some interesting things like change the

perspective of a shot after the fact or

adjust the focus to give you selective

depth of field this is pretty gimmicky

but things have improved a lot since

then

instead of upgrading the main camera LG

opted to add another wide-angle camera

on the g5 this lets you switch between

two different focal ranges on the fly

while a normal camera usually has a zoom

lens that can get you a tighter shot the

laws of physics means including a zoom

lens on a thin smartphone is nearly

impossible so now you're looking at me

on the LG g5 s main camera it's actually

really nice for a smartphone camera

however it is actually not that wide and

now we're recording on the g5 wide-angle

camera as you can see we're getting a

lot more in the shot it almost looks

like you're shooting on a GoPro right

John this is a pretty clever use of dual

cameras you'll notice pictures from the

wide angle or a bit softer but when you

need to get everything in the shot it's

a big help

the interface is pretty decent as well

if you start zooming instead of pure

digital zoom it transitions back to the

main camera which while not totally

smooth is a very cool feature you've got

some interesting options for taking

pictures or video with both cameras at

once to get a different perspective the

cool thing about this is that there's

really no downside the main camera takes

terrific shots and all the extra dual

camera features just adds the experience

on the other end of the spectrum there's

the Huawei p9

this takes a slightly different approach

with two nearly identical cameras around

back

one is a standard 12 megapixel sensor

with a Leica lens where the other is a

monochrome sensor in theory this gives

you a couple advantages the first of

which is that since it uses both cameras

to take a picture you're gathering more

light which the phone is able to use to

make your single photo better switch it

to monochrome mode and you also have a

dedicated black and white camera which

can give you cool results there's also a

mode to adjust depth of field like the

one I made if you want to make your

shots look like they were taken from a

bigger camera in reality though this is

really on the gimmicky side while the

camera app is like a styled and maybe a

bit complicated yet full of useful Pro

features the full code images are good

but

spectacular it's not that far off from

the best cameras like on the galaxy s7

but it's hard to see how much the dual

camera setup is really adding here that

said having the same camera really

doesn't hurt there are some cool

features now but most importantly

there's a lot of potential for the

future it'll be interesting to see what

the next iPhone does but dual cameras

really do seem to have a future you

might not need one today but this could

be the next big thing in smartphones the

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