Leica is a model a lot of you is perhaps accustomed to as a digicam model. Within the cell area, they’ve worked with companies like Xiaomi to lend their know-how and experience. However in case you didn’t know, a couple of years in the past, the corporate launched their first-ever smartphone, the Leica Leitz Phone, and now they’re back with the Leitz Cellphone 3.
The Leitz Cellphone 3 is powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Gen 2. This can be a bit unlucky provided that we’re in 2024 and the Gen 3 is already out there. It additionally comes with a 6.6-inch show with a 240Hz refresh fee. It’s accompanied by 12GB of RAM, 512GB of storage, and it’s additionally IP65 and IP68 rated for mud and water resistance.
The smartphone additionally packs a 5,000mAh battery and comes with Android 14 preinstalled. The cameras are most likely probably the most attention-grabbing facet of the cellphone. As an alternative of going with a a number of digicam setup like we’ve seen on the vast majority of smartphones, Leica has opted for a single 47.2MP 1-inch CMOS sensor. It additionally has a 12.6MP front-facing shooter.
The software program can be the place this cellphone shines. In keeping with the corporate, the digicam software program will assist to simulate a few of Leica’s most iconic lenses. This consists of the Noctilux-M 1:1.2/50, Summilux-M 1:1.4/28, and Summilux-M 1:1.4/35. They’ve additionally launched “Leica Perspective Management” that may assist right the angle of falling vertical strains. There are additionally totally different colour tones that customers can use to create totally different moods, equivalent to Monochrom, Cinema Traditional and Cinema Modern.
It’s clear that Leica isn’t making an attempt to compete with Apple or Samsung with the Leitz Cellphone 3. As an alternative they targeted on creating a real digicam smartphone. Sadly, evidently very like its predecessors, the Leitz Cellphone 3 will solely be out there in Japan. Except you get a grey market import, you received’t be capable of get your arms on it.
