Samsung Galaxy S11 to use second-gen 108 MP sensor

04 November 2019
Samsung's next flagship could use a second iteration of the 108 MP ISOCELL Bright HMX.

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Nick Tagataka, 04 Nov 2019There's a rumour that Honor V30 will use a brand new 60MP s... moreActually new brands that use new hi res sensors can out more satisfactory images for ordinary users than older flagships and thats still 2x price difference even after an year - 250vs500 euro. Samsung/apple/huawei/sony actually can bring higher quality out of them, but they tend to bring first new features regarding quality.
Of course if they stay at the same like 12mp resolution for too long, they start to lag behind in new features possible for only new sensors.
The safe route is not always the best one, more competition will surely help, but some things hardly change, like iphone brown tint, samsungs saturated colors, sony's lag and weak auto processing.

    Of course they'll use different 108MP sensor, why would they put a huge sensor that only does up to 4K30p recording.

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      • Ashoaib
      • nCe
      • 04 Nov 2019

      Samsung has taken the lead on Sony for creating large size sensors.

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        • D0g
        • 04 Nov 2019

        Time for some 8k video . Era begins as 12 mp can't shoot 8k. Going to be a treat

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          123, 04 Nov 2019no worry samsung is happy to be worse camera performer than... moreand pixel 4

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            • Fmx
            • 04 Nov 2019

            no worry samsung is happy to be worse camera performer than huawei, oneplus, apple (their latest products compared to note10+ and s10+)

              vrvly, 04 Nov 2019Will be a lot of 0.1Gp phones or the likes, but not every b... moreThere's a rumour that Honor V30 will use a brand new 60MP sensor, and if it comes true then there's a very high chance that Huawei will also include it in P40 series but with different Bayer filter configuration and OIS. Nonetheless it's good to see Samsung is catching up with Apple, Huawei and Google in the field of smartphone camera again.

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                Anonymous, 04 Nov 20199 to 1 will look too soft. although 9 to 1 would be great ... moreIt already has 1.5 aperture, so low light is already good.

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                  • Anonymous
                  • g3t
                  • 04 Nov 2019

                  Samsung used to be leading in the camera department but it was lagging back compared to other manufacturers in the past 2 years like Huawei.
                  Hope they throw the kitchen sink as far as camera is concerned.

                  108Mp main camera sensor
                  Wide angle lens which is equally good in low light as the main sensor.
                  Telephoto of minimum 5x optical zoom

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                    • bx9
                    • 04 Nov 2019

                    How about an optical fingerprint scanner this time given the security issues and speed?

                      Probably it will be almost the same sensor as the one found inside Mi Note 10, but will have DRAM for improved readout speed. Hopefully Samsung won't mess up the processing this time around.

                        Will be a lot of 0.1Gp phones or the likes, but not every brand can boast great about better colors or worthy hi res output.
                        Cannot wait to see huawei's and sony's move in this direction, as they usually got the best hw.
                        Still, even with main fov sensor getting new heights, superwide and tele lens quality differs a lot too, may be even deciding factor when considering whole package performance.
                        Meanwhile its definitely new age for entry level to mid range phones, as they upgrade to bigger sensors, bringing not just resolution but quality also.

                          jtrogr, 04 Nov 2019108mp sensor that promises 27mp pictures with 16mp qualityUnless Samsung uses very poor quality lens, it's unlikely that would be the case.

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                            Anonymous, 04 Nov 2019Do you even know how that works?It was just a joke, relax

                              Pokeguy4, 04 Nov 2019So wait, they're sticking with 4to1 binning!? why not do 9t... moreBecause that would make it extremely difficult to produce 108MP image in full resolution mode.

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                                Pokeguy4, 04 Nov 2019So wait, they're sticking with 4to1 binning!? why not do 9t... more9 to 1 will look too soft.
                                although 9 to 1 would be great in low light xD

                                  Namelesss, 04 Nov 2019That was predictable, you didn't expect Samsung to use the... moreOf course we did expect them to use the same sensor they've been using recylcing sensors for years

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                                    • yp1
                                    • 04 Nov 2019

                                    xioami MI note 10 108 mp camera less price under 30K

                                      That was predictable, you didn't expect Samsung to use the same sensor that's used in a Xiaomi midrange phone in its top of the line product

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                                        jtrogr, 04 Nov 2019108mp sensor that promises 27mp pictures with 16mp qualityCamera quality is not measured in megapixels, the camera can have 1000 megapixels, which means nothing if it is a sensor of grain size

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