Samsung's 108MP camera sensor is getting official on August 12

09 August 2019
Expect to see it in a Xiaomi phone first, probably the Mi Mix 4.

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  • Anonymous
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  • 07 Oct 2019

with 256 gb base storage and a 128gb of sd card . I feel I will be more than good with my pictures being at around 100 mb. I look forward to getting crystal clarity while recording ultra slomo videos with such high res cameras . #replace the bulky DSLRs .

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    • Anonymous
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    • 12 Aug 2019

    IN theory you can shoot 108 Mpix photos which in practice do 27 Mpix.
    If pratice your 108 Mpix photos ttakes hefty 100-150 megabytes of disk space per photo which isnt that nice.

      YUKI93, 12 Aug 2019Ummm... not really. When you have a camera with a big MP an... moreWell, now we can finally put all that RAM to use lol...

        AverageUser, 11 Aug 2019It seems that RAM wars are finally over, but now we'll have... moreUmmm... not really. When you have a camera with a big MP and sensor size, you do want the RAM to handle those power well, especially during post JPEG processing or RAW capturing.

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          • Anonymous
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          • 12 Aug 2019

          Anonymous, 11 Aug 2019İt won't be called Quad Bayer when you put more than 4 pixe... moreI would buy a phone with a 6mm camera hump (think Nokia 808)

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            • Anonymous
            • Amb
            • 12 Aug 2019

            Anonymous, 12 Aug 2019Don’t forget that human eyes has 576MP.Don't forget that the human eyes have a wider field of view than any display you normally use.

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              • 12 Aug 2019

              Anonymous, 10 Aug 2019Because when pixels get together they form a perfect square... moreso 3 pixels long exposure, 3 short exposure, 3 even shorter exposure

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                • Anonymous
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                • 12 Aug 2019

                Exyvia, 12 Aug 2019Don't forget that a 4k screen is only 8MP.16K screen will be out soon.

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                  • Anonymous
                  • LQv
                  • 12 Aug 2019

                  Anonymous, 12 Aug 2019Yup same thing faced it with my pervious mate 20 Pro ended ... moreAnd phone wont record 4K

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                    • Anonymous
                    • LQv
                    • 12 Aug 2019

                    Anonymous, 11 Aug 2019İt won't be called Quad Bayer when you put more than 4 pixe... moreFor the 1000000th time.

                    There is no point of increasing the resolution if the output will end up 12MP again.

                    That is why there is a 64/16 one. To give more details, something 12MP does not have enough. Reason cellphones need to create detail where they are not supposed to be.

                    This kind of sensors combine two different exposures.
                    Reason why this kind of sensor offers more DR than native 12MP.
                    You cant do with odd number.

                    This is not regular binning like G7 does with that bright night mode. This is not like OP6T.
                    It is same of those 48MP.







                      Anonymous, 12 Aug 2019Don’t forget that human eyes has 576MP.Don't forget that a 4k screen is only 8MP.

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                        • Anonymous
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                        • 12 Aug 2019

                        Exyvia, 10 Aug 2019I remember back in the days where people complained 20MP wa... moreDon’t forget that human eyes has 576MP.

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                          • 12 Aug 2019

                          LG Superfan, 10 Aug 2019Why quad bayer why not octa bayer? 27MP will kill storage a... moreSamsung want to use there own 1TB storage.

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                            • Anonymous
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                            • 12 Aug 2019

                            Anonymous, 10 Aug 2019the real reason they didn't use screen with higher refresh ... moreSamsung using QLED for there TVs basically it’s an LCD IPS. App

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                              • Anonymous
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                              • 12 Aug 2019

                              YUKI93, 11 Aug 2019The only reason you want to use the highest MP (108MP in th... moreYup same thing faced it with my pervious mate 20 Pro ended up using 10MP. Wish if HTC bring back 4MP ultra pixel, but with 6 or 7MP ultra pixel.

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                                • Anonymous
                                • ssY
                                • 12 Aug 2019

                                AverageUser, 11 Aug 2019It seems that RAM wars are finally over, but now we'll have... moreMore pixels still means more ram race.

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                                  • Anonymous
                                  • ssY
                                  • 12 Aug 2019

                                  Anonymous, 11 Aug 2019This pixel race is stupid. I'd prefer a 12mp with a larger ... moreAgree with you.

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                                    • Anonymous
                                    • JaZ
                                    • 11 Aug 2019

                                    Anonymous, 10 Aug 2019Quadbayer cant group 9 pixels. If it could, it would not ... moreİt won't be called Quad Bayer when you put more than 4 pixel together obviously. Principle is the same. Pixel binning is not a new tech. What Quad Bayer differs is sub-pixel arrengement. It's easy to implement it with a different sub-pixel arrengement.

                                    More pixel is required bu marketing, but it's fine hence they provide larger pixels at binning mode.

                                    Smartphone cameras has basically two function consisted of video and photography both.

                                    4k video requires at least 3840 pixels horizontally. 12mp is sweet spot for 4k video. They have 4000 pixel horizontally. Extra few pixels useful gör EIS cropping.

                                    48MP sensors produces best quality at 12mp mode which is sweet spot for 4k video shooting. That's not coincidence.

                                    64MP sensors will have same pixel quality because their pixel size is same. So we will get sharper images with same quality pixels.

                                    But video quality will be the same.

                                    Now let's talk about the possibilities of 108mp sensor. İn that case 0.8 micron pixels, the sensor will be too large for smartphone form factor. You can read it as 15mm thick camera module. Even thickest mainstream phones today is not thicker than 9mm. Nobody will buy a phone with 6mm thick kamera bulge. If you make the phone thick accordingly with large battery, it will be way too heavy and unwieldy.

                                    Also despite the extra pixels and all of those cons, video quality won't be better than 48mp sensors. İt can't also shoot 8k.

                                    So in order to reduce thickness they need smaller sensors and pixels.

                                    If they reduce pixels size further, even with pixel binning video quality will be significantly lower than 48mp sensors. Even image quality per pixel will be lower.

                                    3x3 pixel binning will provide magic 12mp number. Both still image and video quality will be stunning also they got marketing advantage.

                                      It seems that RAM wars are finally over, but now we'll have MP wars...
                                      Which will further increase need for bigger phone storage...

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                                        • Anonymous
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                                        • 11 Aug 2019

                                        This pixel race is stupid. I'd prefer a 12mp with a larger sensor...