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- Camera lens firm Zeiss has teamed up with Vivo.
- The Vivo X60 collection will carry Zeiss branding on the again.
- It’s unclear how this partnership impacts HMD Global.
Update: December 17 2020 (6:40 AM ET): Vivo and optics maker Carl Zeiss have detailed their partnership, confirming that the duo will launch a joint imaging laboratory in China. Furthermore, the 2 corporations revealed that a “Vivo Zeiss co-engineered imaging system” will debut on the Vivo X60 collection, as you’ll have anticipated.
There’s nonetheless no phrase on what this truly means for HMD Global, because it teamed up with Zeiss for a number of current Nokia-branded telephones. We’ve however requested Vivo for readability on this regard and can replace the article in the event that they get again to us.
Original article: December 14 2020 (2:33 AM ET): Nokia pushed the significance of cell digital camera lenses in a massive means because of its long-running partnership with Zeiss, providing top quality cell digital camera optics. This tie-up prolonged to HMD Global, with the likes of the Nokia 9 PureView and Nokia 8.3 providing this branding.
Now, the German optics producer has tied up with a new smartphone maker in Vivo, because the Chinese cell model revealed that the upcoming Vivo X60 collection will carry Zeiss branding. Check out the photographs beneath.
A tiny machine-translated line of textual content within the first picture means that Zeiss might be supplying digital camera lenses for the new telephones. The firm beforehand labored with HMD Global on software program for Nokia-branded smartphones as effectively, so that is a chance too.
We’re additionally questioning whether or not that is an unique partnership, as it might be a main flip of occasions if HMD loses Zeiss as a partner for its smartphones. The German optics firm has been related to the Nokia identify because the mid-2000s, with a quick break earlier than teaming up with HMD Global again in 2017.
We’ve requested Vivo and Zeiss about what to anticipate from the partnership and whether or not it’s an unique deal, and we’ll replace the article if/when the companies get again to us. Meanwhile, HMD has commented on information of the partnership, refusing to substantiate or deny whether or not it’s nonetheless partnered with the optics maker.
“We welcome our friends at Zeiss expanding their reach in the smartphone market, and we look forward to seeing them develop quality imaging experiences,” HMD informed Android Authority in an emailed response.
The Chinese OEM will doubtless reveal extra particulars concerning the Zeiss partnership on December 17, whereas the Vivo X60 collection launch takes place on December 29. So we received’t have to attend too lengthy to search out out extra data anyway.
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