Sandmarc iPhone Lenses

Your iPhone is built to take great pictures, but these lenses from SANDMARC take your photography to the next level. Each one is made from precision engineered glass with multi-coated and multi-element optics for sharp, stunning images. The lenses also come with a case and clip-on mount for extra security and stability for each shot. Choose from the Wide Lens with twice the capture, the Telephoto lens with twice the zoom, the Macro lens that brings small, vivid details to life, or the Fisheye lens for a capture range that is five times wider than the standard scope.

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Apple AirPods Wireless-Charging Earphones

Powered by the all-new H1 chip, the second-generation Apple AirPods don't look any different than the originals, but they do offer a host of improvements. The aforementioned H1 was designed specifically for headphones, boosting talk time by 50%, speeding up connection times, and adding support for hands-free "Hey Siri" activation. Also new is the long-awaited wireless charging case, letting you juice it up with the same Qi-compatible pads that can power up your iPhone, and adding a handy LED status indicator to the front.

Google Stadia Gaming Platform

Forget buying a new gaming console every few years. With Google's Stadia platform, the data center is your console. It provides near-instant streaming of games at 60 frames-per-second in up to 4K HDR quality across laptops, desktops, phones, tablets, and TVs. While it works with existing controllers, a special Stadia controller will offer a direct Wifi connection to the cloud for easier screen-to-screen transitions, a dedicated streaming button — one of the many ways the service ties into YouTube — and a dedicated Google Assistant button with special help options specifically for Stadia games. Arriving later this year, with further details, including pricing, expected this summer.

Apple iPad Mini

A lot has changed since 2015, but the iPad mini hasn't. Until now. Once left for dead, Apple's diminutive tablet has been revamped with an A12 Bionic processor that's 3x faster than the prior model with 9x better graphics performance. The 7.9-inch Retina display has been upgraded with True Tone technology and Apple Pencil support, while the cellular models get speedier Gigabit LTE. All of these upgrades come inside the same thin, lightweight aluminum and glass enclosure, once again making the most portable iPad a viable option.

Reto 3D Film Camera

"3D" photography has been around since the 1840s, moving from the stereoscope to 3D glasses to lenticular prints. The Reto 3D Film Camera aims to bring this time-honored medium into the digital age. Using a trio of 30mm, f/11 lenses, it captures three half-frame images at once, recording them to standard 35mm film. Once processed, a companion app compiles them into a 3D image, creating GIF files that move to show the different angles. A built-in, AA-powered flash enables nighttime use and the sturdy ABS body weighs under half a pound, making it easy to carry.

AirMagic

Drones afford unique photographic opportunities. They also present a unique set of challenges. AirMagic is an AI-based app built specifically to enhance drone photos. It automatically detects the drone and camera used to take the images, applying lens corrections and other optimizations specific to that model, while also removing haze, enhancing the sky, boosting colors, and revealing details that were hidden. It's available as a standalone app for both Mac and Windows, and can also be used as a plugin for Adobe Photoshop, Lightroom, or Apple Photos.

Leica M 246 Monochrom Your Mark Camera

Designed in collaboration with Horween specifically to patina and wear quickly, this special version of Leica's M 246 Monochrom will look battle-tested in short order. Part of that is due to the black lacquer paint, which should brass rapidly and can be found on both the body and matching Leica 35mm f2.0 Summicron-M lens, and the rest is due to the Horween leather, which wraps around the camera and makes up the matching strap. Limited to just 80 units, it's available exclusively from the Leica Store in San Francisco.

DarkMatter Katim R01 Secure Smartphone

Field agents don't just need a secure phone — they need it to take a beating, too. Even if your idea of clandestine operations is more party planning than espionage, the DarkMatter Katim R01 has you covered. It runs a customized version of Android that ties into a hardware-based cryptosystem, with secure apps for voice, video, and email. A dedicated side button cuts off the mics and cameras for top-secret meetings, and the device keys will automatically delete should it detect forced physical tampering. None of this does any good if it breaks, of course, so its five-layer mil-spec case is resistant to drops, water immersion, and crushing while protecting a battery that ensures you don't run out of juice in the middle of a mission.

FedEx SameDay Autonomous Delivery Robot

Focused on hyper-local deliveries, the FedEx SameDay Bot isn't out to replace regular drivers but instead lets retailers make quick deliveries to customers nearby. It's built for sidewalks and roadsides instead of traffic, with input from DEKA and its Segway-inventing founder Dean Kamen. Lidar and multiple cameras give it situational awareness and let its onboard algorithms detect and avoid obstacles and plot a safe path to its destination. The Bot will begin testing in select markets this summer, and FedEx is working with companies such as AutoZone, Lowe's, Pizza Hut, Target, Walgreens and Walmart on future uses.

Spectre

Long exposures are useful for lots of different shots. They're also one of the hardest shots to pull off on the iPhone. Spectre aims to make it easy. Developed by the team behind Halide, it uses AI to make capturing stunning long exposures, with or without a tripod. During the day, you can use it to get professional-looking soft water or make the people and cars in busy places effectively disappear. At night, it turns streams of cars into streams of light and lets you get creative with light painting. Its AI automatically switches modes for the best result, and also works to keep things steady, even when you're not.

Sony Xperia 1 Smartphone

Sony supplies the cameras for many of the world's best smartphones, so it's worth paying attention to what they put in their own flagship. For the Xperia 1, it's a trifecta of 12-megapixel shooters, with 16, 26, and 52mm equivalent lenses for various conditions. Borrowing from the company's Alpha cameras, it's also the world's first smartphone with Eye-tracking Auto Focus. Nearly as impressive is the 6.5-inch 4K HDR OLED display that adopts a 21:9 aspect ratio to better fit ultra-wide movies in your palm and let you run two apps side-by-side.

Nubia Alpha Wearable Smartphone

Based around a flexible OLED screen, the Nubia Alpha Wearable Smartphone blurs the line between phones and watches. The device's 4-inch, 960 x 192 screen sits inside a metal band that closes around your wrist, with a 5MP camera housed in the middle, along with its Snapdragon Wear 2100 processor, 8GB of onboard storage, 500mAh battery, and heart rate monitor. It runs a custom version of Android that supports everything from photos and phone calls to texts and movie watching and will launch later this year in both Bluetooth and standalone eSIM versions, the latter in both black and gold.

HTC 5G Hub

Yes, it's technically a hotspot — but with a 5-inch screen, a full build of Android 9 Pie, and both USB-C and Ethernet ports, the HTC 5G Hub is far more than a dumb puck. It's powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 processor and X50 modem, capable of delivering blazingly fast (up to 2.63 Gbps) wireless Internet to up to 20 devices at a time. You can also load it up with apps and use it as a chubby tablet to watch movies or listen to music. Its 32GB of storage can be expanded via a MicroSD slot, and its 7,660 mAh battery supports reverse charging, so it can keep your other devices going if necessary. It'll launch on Sprint's brand-new 5G network later this year.

Huawei Mate X Smartphone

It's a shame to hide your flagship feature away — so instead of placing its folding OLED screen on the inside, the Huawei Mate X keeps it on the exterior. The result is a logical design that lets both 6.6-inch "sides" of the screen function when folded, yet serve as an 8-inch tablet when unfurled. It also promises high-speed 5G wireless connectivity, excellent image chops thanks to the Leica-engineered camera, and plenty of battery life thanks to a purpose-designed 4500 mAh cell.

Microsoft Hololens 2 Headset

Clunky and somewhat uncomfortable, Microsoft's first Hololens mixed-reality headset was still notable for its all-in-one design and ambition. With the Hololens 2, the promise of the original seems within grasp. Its improved ergonomics provide multiple-hour comfort for most people, and its holographic engine has been improved with a larger field of view, eye tracking tech, and better hand tracking. While it's not meant for consumer use — think floating, real-world instructions instead — it does offer a glimpse of the future for both work and play.

Nokia 9 PureView Smartphone

Borrowing technology from Light and its L16 Camera, the Nokia 9 PureView Smartphone takes mobile photography seriously. It uses an array of five 12-megapixel, f/1.8 Zeiss-developed cameras — two color, three monochrome — to shoot different exposures at once, merging the results for added detail, more accurate color, and post-processing depth control. Nokia has also partnered with Adobe, so those edits will be made in Lightroom and not some no-name photo app. The phone is otherwise a solid yet unremarkable affair, with a 5.99-inch 2K OLED screen, a Snapdragon 845 processor, 6GB of RAM, 128GB of storage, and Gorilla Glass on both the front and back.

Ricoh GR III Camera

Minimalist and straightforward, Ricoh's GR series has earned a cult-like following. The GR III is the latest installment. It ups the resolution of the APS-C sensor from 16 to 24 megapixels while adding sensor-shift image stabilization and a new hybrid AF system that promises faster focus and improved low-light capability. The 28mm equivalent f/2.8 lens has been redesigned, the I/O upgraded to USB-C, and the rear 3.0-inch LCD is now a touchscreen, letting you tap to focus. Despite all the upgrades, the camera is actually a hair smaller than its predecessors — but while it may be pocket-sized, its specs, controls, and price put it firmly in the domain of seasoned shutterbugs.

Samsung Galaxy S10 Smartphone

The tenth iteration of one of the world's best-selling phones, what Samsung's Galaxy S10 lacks in wow factor it makes up for in sheer competence. It has a triple camera system that lets you switch between wide, ultra-wide, and telephoto lenses with ease, and a scene optimizer that can suggest ways to improve your shots. An ultrasonic fingerprint scanner secures the phone through the 6.1-inch Dynamic AMOLED screen, and its specs are class-leading, as usual, with a Snapdragon 855 processor, up to 12GB of RAM, 1TB of storage, and larger batteries with the ability to charge a second device — like the Galaxy Buds wireless headphones — through the back of the device. Also available in a 6.4-inch Plus model.