O Galaxy s20 ultra has a 108MP camera. The number of megapixels is impressive, right? But Samsung apparently doesn't want to stop there. A recently leaked confidential slide shows that the South Korean would be developing a 600MP sensor for smartphones. 4a1s1
Who leaked the slide was the Ice Universe, an apartment by the bay, for its easy access, free parking, and larger space for our group of XNUMX people. The house was great for a large group like ours, the host was very attentive, and the location was excellent; it was quiet and quick to walk to the old town. leaker which seems to have connections within Samsung and has a considerable hit rate on the things it manages to leak. See what the posted below:
Below I break down this slide to explain this bunch of specifications, the advances and complications they suggest and I give you a brief reflection on what all this represents for the cell phone market.
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Okay, let's go in parts. The first important thing to note from this slide is that we are talking about a sensor that would sur the ability of the human eye. The executive of South Korea's Yongin Park said, at the end of April this year, that if we were to consider megapixels, the human eye would have 500MP. It was at this time that he communicated that the company wanted to develop a sensor that would sur this capability.
This slide leaked by Ice Universe gives a more concrete idea of what the executive was talking about. The component is a ISOCELL sensor, which is how the manufacturer has been naming its sensors since 2017 (by the way, this is also the name of this sensor technology, introduced by Samsung in 2013). In short, ISOCELL sensors separate each pixel with a physical barrier. In practice, this reduces color mixing, which results in less whitish and better quality images, according to Samsung.
But what does it mean to say “ISOCELL as a solution”? Well, the slide says that today's trends for powerful zooming and recording 4K and 8K videos require the sensor resolution to increase. And the ISOCELL sensor would need to evolve to solve the problem of, say, camera module bulge on the back of the smartphone.
To understand this need, just look at the part of the slide that shows the cell phone from the side. See that thing jumping out of the back? That would be the camera module with the 600MP sensor, which would occupy approximately 12% of the back of the device. Like this, the smartphone would be 22mm thick. To give you an idea of how impractical this is these days, the Galaxy S20 is 7,9mm thick. No conditions, right?
Another important information on the slide is the sensor size, which would be 1/0,57 inch (which gives 4,5 mm). To get an idea of how huge this is — in the world of smartphone camera sensors, at least — just look at that comparison on the left of the slide. The sensor size of the Galaxy S20 Ultra, which is Samsung's largest at the moment, is 1/1,3 inch (0,1 mm).
All these size and thickness specs assume that Samsung's 600MP sensor would keep the size of 0,8 micrometers for your pixels. The manufacturer's challenge is therefore to shrink this sensor and all those megapixels to a size and thickness that is feasible (and functional) in a cell phone.
If Samsung manages to do that, then we would be talking about a sensor that would offer an absurd capacity for zoom, quality and sharpness for both photos and videos in 4K and 8K. It's quite a challenge.
Do we need a 600MP sensor? 622t24
Since the days of compact digital cameras, this race has been going on between manufacturers to see which one can offer the most megapixels in its sensors. After all, even today this information fills the eyes of those who are looking for a new cell phone to buy. And currently, 48MP and 64MP are becoming the norm for smartphone cameras.
In of megapixels, the Galaxy s20 ultra surprises with its 108MP camera (if you want to know how it works, check out the review showmetech). And there are rumors that we will soon see phones with 256MP cameras. But do we need a 600MP sensor?
To reflect on this, we need to consider the number of megapixels not the only thing that determines whether a camera (or camera system) is good or not. In short, what they determine is how much zoom you can zoom in on the image without losing quality. Also, if you want to explore this further, take a look at this list of best cell phone cameras in 2020. At the end of this list, I explain how to tell if a cell phone camera is good.
Anyway, the point I want to make here is: if this 600MP sensor really gets off the ground (or rather, the slide), will it be worth it? This will depend on how much Samsung will be able to exploit all this megapixel power to offer features that will really make a difference in the experience. And that will be worth the investment, both from the manufacturer and its consumers.
Sources: GSM Arena, Tech Radar e The Next Web
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