You might be unfamiliar with this tech, so here’s the run-down. Laser autofocus employs a small laser emitter positioned on the back of the smartphone, near the camera lens. Upon taking a photo, the sensor beams out a short laser burst which is reflected back off whatever you’ve been pointing your camera at. The light enters the camera sensor and a software algorithm calculates how long it takes for the laser to leave and return, which acts as a measurement of the target object’s distance.
But laser beams alone aren’t a reliable enough method, for poor laser returns at long-distance objects, and issues with reflective or transparent services present an obstacle to laser autofocus’ mission. This is why some smartphones also employ a contrast detection algorithm, which tasks the main image sensor with finding the difference between adjacent pixels. This results in a hybrid system which usually lets smartphone cameras focus quickly and accurately.
Now that you know what the big deal is, here are 10 smartphones by various manufacturers that use laser autofocus cameras.
10 Android smartphones that feature laser autofocus cameras
Promising as it sounds, the OP2 turned out to be a disappointing smartphone, with its user experience not really being up to snuff out of the box. It will take quite a bit of patchwork to bring the handset’s software into a smooth, breezy state of operation.
10 Android smartphones that feature laser autofocus cameras
1. LG G3
2. LG G4
3. LG G4 Beat
6. HTC One M9+ Aurora Edition
7. Oppo R7 Plus
8. Meizu MX5
9. OnePlus Two
Promising as it sounds, the OP2 turned out to be a disappointing smartphone, with its user experience not really being up to snuff out of the box. It will take quite a bit of patchwork to bring the handset’s software into a smooth, breezy state of operation.
