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, 10 Aug 2019Because Samsung Display can sell whatever they want. Sams... morethe real reason they didn't use screen with higher refresh rate on their mobiles is they didn't want that. maybe save that for future or because of the difference between SuperAMOLED & DynamicAMOLED technology, who knows! Samsung is King of OLED & TV market but not interested in OLED TV market & their TVs use LCD panels.

    Shui8, 10 Aug 2019Which Huawei using Samsung camera sensor?Sorry, posting when half asleep.
    I mean Sony imx650 sensor but with costumized RYYB filter Instead standart RGGB filter

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      • 10 Aug 2019

      LG Superfan, 10 Aug 2019Why quad bayer why not octa bayer? 27MP will kill storage a... moreBecause when pixels get together they form a perfect square. In this case it is 2x2 square.

      Why not 3x3? Because half of pixels are long exposure, half are shot exposure. Odd numbers are impossible.

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        • 10 Aug 2019

        Anonymous, 10 Aug 2019They don't keep any technology for themselves only, remembe... moreBecause Samsung Display can sell whatever they want.
        Samsung Mobile cant do anything about it.
        Other brands get from Samsung screens with 90/120Hz, while Samsung Mobile uses 60.

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          • 10 Aug 2019

          Anonymous, 10 Aug 2019You don't need to have quad Bayer to use pixel binning olde... moreNokia 808 and 1020 do downsampling, not binning.

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            • 10 Aug 2019

            Anonymous, 10 Aug 2019They don't keep any technology for themselves only, remembe... moreSamsung should have patented that infinity edge design, after all It is an original by them

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              • 10 Aug 2019

              gogu, 10 Aug 2019why isnt samsung keeping this tech for themselves and other... moreThey don't keep any technology for themselves only, remember edge screen that Samsung introduced for killing side bezels and companies such as Huawei are using that technology in all its new flagships and Samsung didn't complain at all

                Why quad bayer why not octa bayer? 27MP will kill storage and can anyone explain what these sensors actually are is it better to use 27MP camera of same size or 108MP?

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                  • 10 Aug 2019

                  Anonymous, 10 Aug 2019Quadbayer (Sony) or Tetracell (Samsung) means 4. That i... moreYou don't need to have quad Bayer to use pixel binning older phones like Nokias had 5mp supersampled results.

                  Also did Samsung or Xiaomi confirm it's quad Bayer? Other than mp count there's no official statement about the filter type AFAIK.

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                    • 10 Aug 2019

                    Quadbayer (Sony) or Tetracell (Samsung) means 4.

                    That is why it has these names.

                    Stop saying it could do 9 into 1. No it cannot.

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                      • 10 Aug 2019

                      why, 10 Aug 2019why cheap phone using big megapixel sensor & expensive... more1/2.55" is cheaper than 1/2".
                      Unless it has DRAM inside.

                      Cheaper sensor = more profits

                        gogu, 10 Aug 2019why isnt samsung keeping this tech for themselves and other... moreI also agree with your viewpoint. Samsung must start development on their own sensors before they start giving them out to other manufacturers. And ensure that they improve the camera quality in each generation radically. The next generation of S And Note Series, and all other mid range Samsung smartphones should first concentrate on the camera sensor, ISPs and Computational Photography, to ensure that Samsung makes the absolutely best smartphone cameras.
                        Also, Samsung should make atleast 6 month gap between its latest generation sensor on it's own Smartphones and that sold to other smartphone companies.

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                          • 10 Aug 2019

                          Why not 128MP?

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                            Let me eiiiiiiiiin, 10 Aug 2019Good downscaling algorithm using lanczos & spline (or A... moreWhich Huawei using Samsung camera sensor?

                              Nick Tagataka, 10 Aug 2019Using pixel binning to simulate larger pixels combining 4 s... morePossible that actual flagships may use it more effective and in an efficient way

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                                • 10 Aug 2019

                                why isnt samsung keeping this tech for themselves and others have priority over them?sounds weird. Is marketing anyway don't expect s11 to have more than 3% better camera quality than s10

                                  SteveFox, 10 Aug 2019Still don't think this will be 27MP. Perhaps 12MP night sho... moreBecause quad bayer pixel binning doesn't work like that.

                                    mehtasameer2087, 10 Aug 2019What is the surety that all the pixels would light up fully... moreUsing pixel binning to simulate larger pixels combining 4 smaller ones will be never be as efficient as having large pixels because there's a portion of a pixel that cannot capture light and the total area of that portion on the sensor increases as the pixel count goes up(obviously). So yes, you're right about that. However the reason why those 48MP cameras on many budget Chinese smartphones still haven't beaten 12MP ones on flagships is that the image processing is generally less refined and matured on cheap phones. The sensor itself is better light sensitivity wise. Give this 108MP sensor to Google, Apple or Huawei who can design quality lens and you'll see them doing a lot better than they are doing right now.

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                                      • 10 Aug 2019

                                      SteveFox, 10 Aug 2019Still don't think this will be 27MP. Perhaps 12MP night sho... moreSimplest explanation would be binning uses square grids(subpixels) to create squares (pixels). 2x2, 3x3, 4x4 etc

                                        Exyvia, 10 Aug 2019I remember back in the days where people complained 20MP wa... moreKeep that old chant to yourself

                                        The context has change because now these bigger mega pixel cameras are on bigger sensors

                                        And as usual no one camera characteristic= better pictures

                                        Doesn't matter if it's larger aperture etc let's give these sensors a chance