Leica launches Leitz Phone 3 with 1-inch Type sensor, Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 SoC

Leica is of course most well-known for its cameras (and recently, collaborations with smartphone makers like Huawei and Xiaomi), but did you know it also makes mechanical watches and that there are Leica branded smartphones? Not just co-branded ones, but solely Leica branded devices.

The Leica Leitz Phone 1 was revealed in 2021, and the Leitz Phone 2 launched in 2022, both only in the Japanese market. By the way, in case you’re wondering, Leica’s founder’s name was Ernst Leitz, hence the name of the phone range, but also the Leica name itself is composed of “Lei” from Leitz and “ca” for…