LG patents a phone with 16 cameras and the software to use them

26 November 2018
Arranged in a 4x4 array, the cameras will be angled so they capture the scene from different perspectives, which can be stitched together.

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  • 27 Nov 2018

cr, 27 Nov 2018Who said no headphone jack?Do you know that lg is always th... moreI hope you're right. I was being a bit tounge in cheek to be honest.

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    • 27 Nov 2018

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      • Fly
      • MUE
      • 27 Nov 2018

      One fine day humans will be smart enough to create camera like fly eye consisting on hundreds of small lenses.

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        • Anonymous
        • m5N
        • 27 Nov 2018

        Love new ideas, Go LG. But how long before huawei or someone do a 25 camera setup 5x5 and 2 speakers on the back and 2 on the front for even wider sound. And a 4 pin hole camera 2x2 setup on the front for impressive selfies.
        or 2 pin hole cameras on the front one top left one top right for amazing ultra wide selfies. Hope it wont be too long i want one. Go make these NOW

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          • 27 Nov 2018

          AnonD-120291, 27 Nov 2018Why are we not trying to put a bigger sensor into phones? ... moreOne big sensor is always better than 16 tiny sensors

            Maazi, 27 Nov 2018Yes i totally agree with u.battery capacity should be incre... moreDooGee bl12000 and a blackview model i cant remember off hand already have over 10k mah battery

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              • uuh
              • 27 Nov 2018

              What about wide angle distortion?
              Each camera might have to be at least 50 degrees in 35mm equivalent...

              And what about autofocus coordination, and different distances?

              And the last line just makes this whole article look like sarcasm...

              " The patent suggests other ideas too, like a loudspeaker on the back. "
              LOL, wow Genius! How could we have thought about it?
              Why is it a part of the patent drawing anyways?

              LG, creative idea, but be 200% sure of the implementation......

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                • Anonymous
                • UNy
                • 27 Nov 2018

                16 cameras... They did it! Huawei will soon do better!!

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                  • S3y
                  • 27 Nov 2018

                  Why are we not trying to put a bigger sensor into phones? Am I right in saying that the Nokia pureview still has the biggest sensor in a smartphone to date? And that was almost 8 years ago.....with all these new camera setups, there is so much space being used for gimmicky features that it just seems pointless, rather then innovate it seems the mobile industry is just constantly repeating old tech, pureview was a beast camera in a poor frame and weak and slow software, put a new sensor of the same size with modern software tweaks and in an updated model and that thing would eat the competition in photography terms at least, it wouldn't even be that thick, by comparison, I would take a thicker 10mm phone with a huge sensor and a 5000mAh battery any day

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                    • 27 Nov 2018

                    I wonder what kind of people will buy this

                      Doesnt seem like the best idea in the world
                      tbh

                        Gaurang123, 27 Nov 2018They copied Nokia's startups technology called pelican.Not Nokia's tech.

                        Pelican Imaging was a separate company. Nokia Growth Partners was *said to invest* in Pelican, so not really Nokia the cellphone manufacturer and not acquire either.

                        Instead Tessera Holding Corporation (now Xperi Corporation) acquired Pelican Imaging's tech assets and patent portfolio in 2016.

                          soon we will have a phone full of cameras covering its entire back...

                            And then, LG will release it 3 months after its launch, in a handful of markets with poor distribution and zero media presence

                              So camera war is officially raging on.
                              Huawei did 3
                              Samsung made it 4
                              Nokia 5
                              And now LG is eating crayons with 16.
                              I guess now Samsung and Huawei will respond with 20...

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                                • 27 Nov 2018

                                Anna, 27 Nov 2018Last week only, in one of the article here, I had predicted... moreYes i totally agree with u.battery capacity should be increased from 3000 or 4000 mah to 10000 mah or 15000 mah.increasing the number of cameras is totally nonsence

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                                  • 27 Nov 2018

                                  Anonymous, 27 Nov 2018Heh, even with one camera you can't make it as good as Pixe... morejudge something that hasn't even born yet... nice

                                    this is really called "preferring quantity over quality" ;)

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                                      • Anonymous
                                      • 61n
                                      • 27 Nov 2018

                                      Heh, even with one camera you can't make it as good as Pixel. Now you're saying with 16 camera and the software you can beat or have same quality as Pixel? Nice gimmick

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                                        • 27 Nov 2018

                                        Anonymous, 26 Nov 2018I bet it will be a case of 16 cameras but no 3.5 mm jack? R... moreWho said no headphone jack?Do you know that lg is always the first one to keep headphone jack with 32bit hifi quad dac.Most of them buy lg phones coz of the quad dac.so they wont remove it!