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Experience 8K HDR video captured by the first Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 smartphone [video]

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Judd Heape
May 5, 2022

Snapdragon mobile platforms transform smartphones into professional-quality cameras. And smartphones powered by the new flagship Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 are the first smartphones with cameras capable of 8K HDR video capture. Behold, footage captured from the world’s first smartphone capable of 8K HDR video capture – the Xiaomi 12. 

The above 8K HDR video captured the beauty of Oregon, Washington, and California, specifically:  

  • Cannon Beach, Oregon 

  • Cove Beach, Oregon 

  • Kerry Park, Seattle, Washington 

  • Crescent Bay Beach, Laguna Beach, California 

  • Woods Cove, Laguna Beach, California  

  • El Matador Beach, Malibu, California  

  • Point Dume, Malibu, California  

8K HDR video is stunning – it’s loaded with 33-megaxpiels and over a billion shades of color. 

Snapdragon has a history of firsts for smartphones to capture video in high resolution and with HDR color (10-bit color depth): 

 

Snapdragon is a product of Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. and/or its subsidiaries.

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Judd Heape
Judd HeapeVice President, Product Management, Qualcomm Technologies
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