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Sometime today Samsung released three video commercials highlighting their Samsung Galaxy A series in terms of design, camera and mobile payment. These short promotional videos show off the metal and glass designs of the phones, their f/1.9 camera with OIS in action, and the seamless process of paying with Samsung Pay. Well, if you haven't heard of Samsung Galaxy A (2016) series, the series includes the model Galaxy A3 (2016), Galaxy A5 (2016), Galaxy A7 (2016) and Galaxy A9 (2016). The first three were recently launched in Malaysia but check out their short promotional videos below. 

Render leaks of the upcoming Xiaomi Max have appeared, at it looks a lot like the Mi 5. If you take a look at the provided image, it looks like a larger version of Mi 5 with the Home button along with two capacitive keys. We can also guess that the fingerprint sensor is integrated into the home button as the back panel is visibly plain. Looking closely at the edge of the smartphone, you will notice both the power button and volume rocker are placed on the right side.

This time around, Samsung is releasing their Galaxy J7 (2016) in Europe, Spain after their announcement last month in China. Samsung Spain has listed the device on their official website, stock ready plus a pricing tag of €299 (RM1309). But there seems to be a change in the display and memory department of the phone, where the website posted that the Galaxy J7 (2016) will come with a 1280 x 720 HD resolution and 2GB of RAM.

Here is another rumour related to Sony, this time about a new smartphone that might be known as the Sony Xperia M Ultra. This new device may come with a Snapdragon 652 chipset, 6-inch full HD display, 3GB of RAM, 32GB internal storage, and 4280mAh battery. The camera is said to include a 23MP rear unit camera and 16MP front shooter camera. The Xperia M Ultra might also come with higher-end tech specs or features like a USB Type-C port and a fingerprint sensor.

Formerly known as LeTV, the company announced a few new phone models under their new Le2 range, named the Le 2, Le 2 Pro and the Le Max smartphone running Android. What makes them stand out from the rest of the market is the inclusion of a USB Type C connector, and the exclusion of the audio jack.

A recent patent filing may shed some clue to the camera mechanics of the upcoming Apple iPhone 7. The patent shows a periscope-like design for the camera sensor and zoom mechanics. This allows the module to be small and compact, and yet still allow zoom lens in the phone body. 

If you are a person who needs that extra (and literal) push out of the bed to wake up every morning, this may be the wearable for you. As seen on Indigogo, the new Shock Clock wearable will give you the shock of your life, every morning or whenever you want it to. The Shock Clock will, as its name implies, shock you when your designated alarm is reached. You wear it around your wrist (like a watch) and when your morning alarm beeps, it will try to wake you up. It starts with vibrations, which is followed by beeps, and lastly when all else fails, a mild shock.

If you think your camera should be a box that takes pictures – think again. Researchers at Columbia University are now working to produce a flexible sheet camera with stretchable lenses. They aim to create thin cameras that can be wrapped around surfaces – like cars or pillars. It is currently at a research stage, but the sheet lens array that may be used in a future camera has been developed to capture images when is wrapped around an object.

A new company called Craft has announced their Craft Camera modular camera system that features swappable mounts which includes micro fourthirds (used by Olympus and Panasonic) as well as adaptors for Canon EF lenses for video shots that requires specific lenses. Check out the video and other details in this article.

Pictar is an iPhone accessory that will enable you to use your iPhone camera in a way you never thought you could before. It comes with five external buttons for controlling the iPhone camera like how you would usually handle a DLSR. These buttons will help unleash your iPhone camera so you can capture much better pictures all the time.

Pictar multi-state shutter comes with maximum sensitivity, similar to the likes of traditional DLSR where merely pressing the shutter button halfway will force the camera to lock its focus and exposure to track a moving subject. To take a photo, simply pressing the shutter down in full will do the trick.