Pentax/Ricoh just announced that the upcoming compact film camera will be officially released this summer (2024) and will be designed for vertical-position shooting, using a half-size format:
Product name: to be announced
Launch schedule: projected for the summer of 2024
Price: to be announced
35mm-format compact film camera
Designed for vertical-position shooting, using a half-size format in which two images are captured in a single frame of the film
Hand-wound film-advance mechanism using a winding lever and a rewinding crank