Alleged details on the camera sensor of Sony Honami emerge

30 April, 2013
The camera is said to feature a Sony 1/1.6" Exmor RS stacked sensor and Cybershot G glass lens.

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  • Anonymous
  • mhB
  • 01 May 2013

Sony Madeleine The RX100, The best compact digital camera of all time.
The fitted a much larger sensor than others in a compact body.
So on one hand Sony is the company to do it.
On the other hand RX100 is quite expensive.
Probably made by a R&D department that will have nothing to do with mobile cameras.
And it has Carl Zeiss optics.
So there really is no reason to think that they can do with mobiles what they did with compact cameras. And if they did, expect a price that is for enthusiasts only.

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    • AnonD-55206
    • PWa
    • 01 May 2013

    Rise my hope ^^
    Are you tired Samsung fans? Why come here again? This news has nothing to do Samsung so go away please

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      • Anonymous
      • S37
      • 01 May 2013

      Mark, 01 May 2013Another sensor that will be worse from what they provide fo... moreNot Strictly true.

      Sony do make great sensors, but they up untill now they have sold components to other vendors because it makes them money. Now Sony Mobile is in house, they will get priority on new tech apparently.

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        • AnonD-81600
        • t7X
        • 01 May 2013

        uu, 01 May 2013Lol, u failed to mention S4-lag issues but minimal, no i... moresad thing tho is that their color mode doesn't eliminate BURN IN. heavy screen users will definitely burn their screens in just a few weeks. not worth it. :P

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          • PassionateToad
          • S37
          • 01 May 2013

          AnonD-77852, 01 May 2013I'm waiting for Nikon and Canon to step up and get involved... moreWhy would Sony, Samsung, Apple etc... want brands like Nikon/Canon who are in direct competition with them to produce lenses?

          Sony make fantastic lenses themselves, as to Samsung, Apple don't need it, Nokia have agreements in place. HTC are the only ones I can see doing that, but if HTC but a Nikon brand on thier product thier own brand would die off very quickly.


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            • EskeRahn
            • 0u3
            • 01 May 2013

            EskeRahn, 01 May 20131/1.6" simply sounds too good to be true! A sensor th... more(By Small devices I meant less than 30mm thick, as there of course are devices about 4cm thick with aps-c)

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              • EskeRahn
              • 0u3
              • 01 May 2013

              1/1.6" simply sounds too good to be true!
              A sensor that big I haven't seen in small devices since the legendary FujiFilm F30/F31.
              If Sony can achieve this without the phone getting really thick (like the mentioned Nokias are), it would be amazing.

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                • LaW
                • v64
                • 01 May 2013

                Wow u have to hand it to nokia, The N8 since 2010 has not been beaten BY A compeditor product till "possibly" the Honami, 3 years later!!.
                And you have nokia EOS aka lumia big sensor phone coming too!

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                  • Anonymous
                  • IW9
                  • 01 May 2013

                  AnonD-77852, 01 May 2013I'm waiting for Nikon and Canon to step up and get involved... moreNikon was using Sony sensor before...
                  :)

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                    • Anonymous
                    • 4sp
                    • 01 May 2013

                    uu, 01 May 2013Lol, u failed to mention S4-lag issues but minimal, no i... moreExpert you said???? I just stop by at sony store and att today and i try to watch movie trailer on sg4 and xperia zl(same display on xz) from google play and guess what i found out! the color display on sg4 is suck as hell compare to xperia z when I watch movies. And your right SG4 is really looks cheap. I will never ever spend my money on a cheap phone.

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                      • juggy
                      • sXZ
                      • 01 May 2013

                      Gubs, 01 May 2013I'm a fan of Sony especially Sony Alpha DSLR, mirrorless di... moreNo No No!! that is crap what you just said Sony Ericsson K800 had the Best camera ever hands down on a phone with the xenon flash when that phone came out no phone could touch it the Nokia N95 and all sorts had nothing on the quality of that phone so please do not say that it was not up to scratch with other flagship because it tore them apart. I admit recent flagship phones could be better, last sony phone with a good camera was the Arc

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                        • AnonD-77852
                        • na0
                        • 01 May 2013

                        I'm waiting for Nikon and Canon to step up and get involved with one of the phone OEMs to make camera modules for them ;)

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                          • AnonD-29741
                          • Jy0
                          • 01 May 2013

                          finally we might get a proper cameras in smartphones.
                          Sony cybershot vs nokia pureview duel should be interesting.

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                            • KxJ
                            • 01 May 2013

                            Sony has a dislay problem with the latest flagship xperia z. Its display becomes dims after several minutes usage. Their video camera becomes dim upon recording

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                              • Mark
                              • SvW
                              • 01 May 2013

                              Another sensor that will be worse from what they provide for their competition?

                              And another phone with a display of such poor quality like in Xperia Z?

                              I really can't understant why is it so that Sony makes displays, Sony makes camera sensors and they provide their competition with better parts than they put into their OWN devices.

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                                • AnonD-122510
                                • t7X
                                • 01 May 2013

                                uu, 01 May 2013Lol, u failed to mention S4-lag issues but minimal, no i... moreYou forgot
                                S4- lag but minimal, same old design, plastic cheap feels, too many features leads to confusion to millions whose not nerd, poor audio recording.

                                Everything has its weakness, but it will overcone if the phone manage to sell to success!!

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                                  • Gubs
                                  • 61q
                                  • 01 May 2013

                                  AnonD-76781, 01 May 2013why is everytime there's news from sony that have a good pr... moreI'm a fan of Sony especially Sony Alpha DSLR, mirrorless digital camera NEX and RX1.. but to honest, no Sony (even since SonyEricsson era, I have K790 and K850) phone camera can match up with other manufacturers' fagship phone camera in term of image quality.., even some of them use Sony's sensors.

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                                    • AnonD-76781
                                    • y$e
                                    • 01 May 2013

                                    why is everytime there's news from sony that have a good product, some "samsung trolls" will come up and says trashs ???????

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                                      • Gubs
                                      • 61q
                                      • 01 May 2013

                                      Ok, the sensor gets bigger but the RESULT counts.. Will it be just like another Xperia camera..? It's a shame considering Sony can make such a hilarious digital cameras (under Alpha brand SLT & NEX and Cybershot especially RX-100 and RX-1). Sony make the sensor for iPhone but the iPhone can result way better image than any Xperia.

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                                        • AnonD-115286
                                        • CZY
                                        • 01 May 2013

                                        uu, 01 May 2013Lol, u failed to mention S4-lag issues but minimal, no i... moreSo what? You also failed to mention the the Samsung are using the same design over and over again in every low/mid/high end device since last year?

                                        Nothing is perfect in this world, everything has its strength and weakness. In the end, it just the matter of choice/personal preference and which device suit/fulfill most of your preferences, like if you want a water resistance android flagship then XZ, if you want an android flagship with best audio output then HTC One, if you want a most powerful android flagship with several cool features then S4, that's all.