Samsung announces new 64MP and 48MP smartphone sensors

09 May 2019
The QuadBayer sensors are some of the largest around.

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  • sadh
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  • 09 May 2019

I miss Nokia's truly 41MP with no such fake bokeh or over saturate

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    • durra
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    • 09 May 2019

    AnonD-241270, 09 May 2019sammy is a company who dont trust what they do...so, S10 se... moreagree with you. sammy only use 16 mp f1.7 and 32mp f1.8 for midrange.
    meanwhile sell their 48mp f1.8 to other company for their midrange.
    galaxy A80 use 48mp but in premium class cost around 600 usd.

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      • durra
      • N3$
      • 09 May 2019

      Sathish, 09 May 2019I think it is 1/1.8" not 1.8" size. Seems typo in the content.i think 1 1/8 sensor size, 1.8 is aparture size

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        • Anonymous
        • LQv
        • 09 May 2019

        Nghtmare, 09 May 2019That is not true, like someone else said earlier, Samsung d... moreThey do , for exnos variant.
        But all are smaller with dual pixel.

        None of the 48MP have dual pixels AF, just PDAF

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          • Anonymous
          • LQv
          • 09 May 2019

          The last Oracle, 09 May 2019Thisnis the next generations of sensor. It has much ... moreSensor pf 1/1.7" with all this DR? LMAO.

          Not even Full Frame sensors (400x larger) can even reach 16EV.
          Not midformat too, 800x larger than a 1/2.55" used on s10.

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            • Anonymous
            • LQv
            • 09 May 2019

            Marco M, 09 May 2019While their sensors are not Sony grade, they are still good... moreSlower innovation speed?

            1) Except Canon, all professional cameras use Sony sensors. They bring new sensors for mobile every year.

            2) Quadbayer, WRGB, RYYB, stacked sensor were all created by Sony

            This sensor is just a high resolution sensor that is same of last year 48MP Samsung copied from Sony. Sony made stacked imx400 for XZ Premium and Samsung copied for S9.
            Sony made QuadBayer 48MP + 1/2" and Samsung copied.

            Without Sony Imaging/Sony Semicon sensor technology would be same since 2005

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              • Anonymous
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              • 09 May 2019

              "As is normally the case with those sensors though, you are mostly supposed to shoot in the binned mode as the full res shots don't really deliver that much extra detail."
              That's only because several smartphone manufacturers don't use the best algorithms as you need a very good noise performance for such many details. You also need good demosaicing algorithms. I am sure that Google would do it much better than competitors.

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                • Anonymous
                • LQv
                • 09 May 2019

                It is wrong to write Quadbayer. It is commercial name of Sony.
                For isocell, it has to be called Tetracell always and only.

                Same way Sammy calls your screen SuperAmoled.

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                  • AnonD-558092
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                  • 09 May 2019

                  That sensor is HUGE. Finally they get it. The binned pictures will be awesome. But since the individual pixels are decently sized, you should be able to actually get more details in Daylight. And the tech that comes with it is great too.

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                    • Anonymous
                    • 043
                    • 09 May 2019

                    Nice. Just keep making sensors larger.

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                      • Anonymous
                      • XFG
                      • 09 May 2019

                      Anonymous, 09 May 2019Actually Samsung using there ISOCELL sensor on Exyonse vari... moreActually they are using sony sensor in their flagships
                      https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.gsmarena.com/newscomm-29478p2.php&ved=2ahUKEwj66K_Ato7iAhUcAWMBHR2sBrYQFjAAegQIAhAB&usg=AOvVaw01lhJUwiq0_Ws_EvxPxbzR

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                        • Anonymous
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                        • 09 May 2019

                        AnonD-241270, 09 May 2019sammy is a company who dont trust what they do...so, S10 se... moreActually Samsung using there ISOCELL sensor on Exyonse variant of S line and note line since S6 and note 5.

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                          • 09 May 2019

                          Marco M, 09 May 2019While their sensors are not Sony grade, they are still good... moreThat is not true, like someone else said earlier, Samsung does use their ISOCELL sensors in the S10 and Note 9 line up.

                            Anonymous, 09 May 2019Nice. Maybe Samsung will include them in S11.GW1 and GM2 will be made available for other manufacturers and aiming to be the better alternative of Sony's IMX586. All Samsung flagships use sensors with Dual Pixel AF which is missing from either of these sensors, so no, it won't happen.

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                              • Sathish
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                              • 09 May 2019

                              I think it is 1/1.8" not 1.8" size. Seems typo in the content.

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                                • Anonymous
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                                • 09 May 2019

                                AnonD-241270, 09 May 2019sammy is a company who dont trust what they do...so, S10 se... moreYou are just trolling.

                                Samsung do use isocell sensors in s10 and note 9.

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                                  • Anonymous
                                  • XNk
                                  • 09 May 2019

                                  Nice. Maybe Samsung will include them in S11.

                                    Thisnis the next generations of sensor. It has much better low light and WAY higher dynamic range in HDR, of 100dB or about 16.5 Stops. That's more than any camera on the market right now. If Samsung can perform the HDR by storing photos in 10-bit HEIF, this smartphone could become a truly photographic monster actually replacing the majority of point and shoot cameras.

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                                      • 09 May 2019

                                      AnonD-241270, 09 May 2019sammy is a company who dont trust what they do...so, S10 se... moreNot sure what are you talking about.
                                      Those sensors are for mostly mid rangers so there will never be in flagships...
                                      They want best for their smartphones so they go for sony's sensors. I think that's better logic than to use all of their components like exynos cpu and camera sensors when they know its inferior.

                                        AnonD-241270, 09 May 2019sammy is a company who dont trust what they do...so, S10 se... moreWhile their sensors are not Sony grade, they are still good, and without Samsung as a competitor - Sony would likely have a slower innovation speed as well.

                                        We should all be happy that mid range and budget devices get increasingly better sensors, regardsless if they are Samsung or Sony made. it's not that long since midrangers had awful cameras compared to flagships, now even some budget phones comes with stellar camera performance.

                                        This is good, because quite frankly not all require flagship CPU/GPU, but most would always want the best camera at any given price point. Be it for themselves, photographing trips, kids, friends etc.

                                        Xiaomi does not typically use Samsung main camera sensor in their flagships. They have mostly used Sony lately, including Sony IMX586 in Mi 9. Samsung does use their own sensors, just not in flagships - at least not main sensor. A-series use Samsung sensors, I think. Not all that into samsung devices though.