The first smartphones with 64MP cameras are on the way. But they won’t hold the most-pixel-packed crown for long: Samsung plans to begin mass production of a new 108MP image sensor for smartphone cameras later this month. Samsung says it’s working in “close collaboration” with Chinese device maker Xiaomi on its new Samsung ISOCELL Bright […]
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Light and Sony partner on reference designs for multi-camera smartphones
Phones with three rear cameras are becoming common. Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy Fold has six cameras including three on the back, two on the front, and one on the… umm, other front. And HMD is probably going to introduce the first smartphone with five rear cameras next week. So what’s next? Last year we learned that […]
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Samsung launches a tiny 20MP camera for hole-in-display and notch phones
Halfway decent cameras are a key selling point in modern smartphones… but so are phones with high screen-to-body ratios. Enter displays that wrap around the front-facing camera either via a notch design or, more recently, a hole in the display. Samsung says its newest smartphone camera solution is designed for that type of display — […]
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Samsung introduces 48MP camera sensor for smartphones
Samsung has unveiled two new image sensors for smartphone cameras that let you snap high-resolution images using a tiny camera. The 32MP ISOCELL Bright GD1 and 48MP ISOCELL Bright GM1 should go into mass production before the end of the year, which means we could see them in smartphones early next year. Both sensors feature 0.8 micrometer […]
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Sony’s new image sensor will bring 48MP photography to smartphones
Sony may not be a top 5 smartphone maker. But the company has a pretty major presence in the mobile space thanks to its popular image sensors that are used in smartphone cameras. The company’s next image sensor is called the IMX586, and it’s a stacked CMOS image sensor with support for 48 megapixel photos. […]
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Sony’s smartphone camera sensor supports 1,000 fps slow-motion video
Plenty of smartphones can record slow-motion video. For example, the Google Pixel phones can record 720p video at up to 240 frames per second and then play back the video at 30 frames per second, making everything appear to move 8 times more slowly. But Sony’s new smartphone camera sensor is the first I’m aware […]
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Sony’s IMX318 smartphone camera sensor promises faster focus, less shaky video
Sony’s smartphones may not be top-sellers, but the company’s image sensors power the cameras in a lot of phones from other companies. The company is announcing its new Exmor RS IMX318 image sensor just ahead of this year’s Mobile World Congress, so don’t be surprised if we see a few new phones with this camera in […]
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Sony acquires Toshiba’s image sensor business
Over the past few years Sony has been shedding unprofitable business divisions like the VAIO PC unit. But when the company announced plans to spin off the division responsible for its cameras and image sensors recently, Sony essentially created a separate company that’s still wholly owned by Sony. The idea is to give the group responsible for […]