Essential claims its dual-camera system will capture superior photographs
Android co-founder Andy Rubin’s Essential is poised to ship its flagship smartphone sometime in August, after a somewhat nebulous few weeks in which eager consumers and media organizations alike pestered the company about the unexplained shipping delay. Now, following Rubin’s confirmation last week that the Essential Phone is indeed coming soon, the company has penned a blog post detailing some of the more technical aspects of the phone’s dual-camera photography system.
The post, from Essential’s imaging expert Yazhu Ling, is titled, “Getting everything in tune for the perfect picture.” It explains how the team under Ling, who’s worked on the phone’s imaging capabilities nonstop since last October, uses a mix of standard RGB color data...