Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. is a former senior reviewer who worked at The Verge from 2011 until May 2025. His coverage areas included audio, ...

For its 8x mode, the iPhone 17 Pro Max shoots at a 200mm equivalent by performing a sensor crop on the full 48MP frame, essentially taking the center 12MP. So it's not a digital zoom, it's just a ...

Sony’s new Xperia 1 II smartphone is purpose-built for one very specific thing: to make your phone work a little bit more like a standalone Sony Alpha camera. It’s a long time coming: Sony has made ...

Sure, you can take pretty good photos with your phone these days, but professionals are always going to need a proper camera ...