Samsung aims to develop a 600MP camera sensor

21 April 2020
The human eye can perceive the equivalent of a 500MP image.

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  • 21 Apr 2020

Maybe they should first make 108mp cameras good before they jump to 600mp. Numbers mean nothing if the lens make image blurry and when zoomed in photo looks like it was just upscaled to be a "108mp" photo (but only on paper). When zooming into a 25mp selfie photo it looks it was captured on a 5mp camera. Sharpness sucks and they know it so that is why they compensate by shoving more pixels. The moment they make good lenses that can utilize close to all pixels that is the moment they can up the resolution. Mi Note 10 had horrible sharpness and had a 108 mp sensor. When zoomed in it looks like a block of 10 pixels have the same color. It's like pixel binning and then just multiplies those pixels so it can sound like it has those 108mps.

    600MP? It might make sense on a sensor just as wide as a smartphone body itself accompanied by lenses larger than a gaming laptop, but not on a sub-1" mobile camera sensor, absolutely not. But marketing is the only thing that truly matters and everything else comes distant second amirite?

      harwey, 21 Apr 2020For your needs,a $300 Xiaomi will do everything you need fr... morenot just for 300$, i got my mi note 10 for about 500$ so thats about 900$ cheaper than s20 ultra. Was that phone bad - no, not at all! Was i satisfied with that phone - not exactly. f youre talking about the Mi10Pro then that phone is not available here so...

        AresinUAE, 21 Apr 2020Who said i only love taking photos? I love to be as compact... moreFor your needs,a $300 Xiaomi will do everything you need from a smartphone,the rest of $$ you spend on a camera,that Sony will fit in your waist bag,next to your smartphone and you`re covered...

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          • 21 Apr 2020

          Anonymous, 21 Apr 2020We don't need higher megapixel camera. Can Samsung pleas... moreNo bro the world needs this sensor.

          Nasa will replace Hubble with these.

          Just imagine Samsung s30 along with huge solar panels floating in the sky.

          I can't control my laughter.

            Shui8, 21 Apr 2020Stupid decision ever made. Does he even knows small smartph... moreSpot on,mate..
            Guy said that 600MP sensor will bring more details,but he forgot to mention it`ll bring a s..tload of noise along...pixels will be,what,0,1 microns in size and it will have 1000x Spacecrap useless zoom..saw samples of S20 Ultra..few hundred bucks more will get me Fuji XT4 camera.Thats like somebody told you-you can have a brandnew 50cc scooter or for a few hundred more you can have a Ducati...

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              • Anonymous
              • LHe
              • 21 Apr 2020

              Samsung has outchinesed the Chinese. Nice!
              But completely useless just like 1.3" 108mp compared to 1.7" 12mp sensor they use in S20, difference is absymal because there is hell a lot more to a sensor than mp count and size.

                harwey, 21 Apr 2020Well,if you're a tech fan and love to take photos why are y... moreWho said i only love taking photos? I love to be as compact as possible, and to bring as little as possible when i commute from work to home or when i travel. And who told you i dont have a camera?

                Yes cameras are cheaper, but can they answer a call, or open my email? Can i play games with a camera? Can my camera open documents, can i read a book in it? Can i surf? Can i update my claendar with it?

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                  • Shui8
                  • KZK
                  • 21 Apr 2020

                  Stupid decision ever made. Does he even knows small smartphone sensor needs balancing between megapixel, sensor & pixel size. Look what happen with S20 Ultra, abysmal mess.

                  Heck even medium format sensor doesnt pass 160mp in native res. Why the h3ll u want to use 600mp on a tiny bit smartphone? Sounds like pure marketing to attract average joe.

                    12mp iPhone 11 pro max camera is better than 108 MP Xiaomi camera,
                    I feel 12mp quad camera can do better than this gimmicks

                      AresinUAE, 21 Apr 2020Im not defending the Ultra, ive had my share of things i wi... moreWell,if you're a tech fan and love to take photos why are you even bother with all those overpriced smartphones?Why don't you get a proper mirrorless camera like,say,Sony a6100,for about $700-800,lens included? Your cat won't ever be out of focus because that Sony have probably the best autofocus you can get for the money,that Real Time Tracking works brilliantly..and it costs half of that S20 Ultra joke, it's compact in size but still shoots 10x better pictures..in all scenarios.

                        It's so useless... Any 24mp camera is better than any phone camera...
                        The race to the megapixels is like two kids competing to know who has the bigger d*ck...

                        And people love that...

                          Anonymous, 21 Apr 2020600 MP can binning into 49 Bayer to form 12.2 MP 500 MP ca... more49 Bayer is one of the most useless concept I've ever come across since I became a full-blown tech enthusiasts and probably something I wouldn't like to hear ever again. But as much as I DON'T want it to become true, I have a feeling that smartphone/camera sensor manufacturers will find a way to cram in more useless pixels to make it look like they're making a progress when they really aren't.

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                            • 21 Apr 2020

                            Whackcar, 21 Apr 2020That's true. Most people didn't buy the Ultra because it is... moreI bought it and it is an amazing phone.

                              AresinUAE, 21 Apr 2020Most people complaining about how 'bad' the s20 ultra is do... moreAnd people who doesn't have S20 ultra watch unbox , review and compare videos to realize how bad is video recording.
                              That's the reason why we need to use YouTube

                                again and again!!!
                                high useless megapixels

                                  Claire Redfield, 21 Apr 2020Hey, would you have happened to try out the ROG Phone 2? ... moresorry i havent tried ROG 2, Asus phones are not sold in stores here in Dubai and is only available online for about 700$ for the lowest configuration.

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                                    • Anonymous
                                    • JT5
                                    • 21 Apr 2020

                                    LilPhone, 21 Apr 2020As always, develops tech no one is interested at. Just look... more65W because they use two batteries.
                                    32.5W for each.
                                    Not one battery and 65W.

                                    Two smaller recharge faster than one bigger.

                                      AresinUAE, 21 Apr 2020Im not defending the Ultra, ive had my share of things i wi... moreHey, would you have happened to try out the ROG Phone 2?

                                      I'm thinking of getting that device. Seems like its the only phone that seems to do things right (except the camera) and not scam the customers like Samsung and Apple is constantly doing.

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                                        • Anonymous
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                                        • 21 Apr 2020

                                        Anonymous, 21 Apr 2020Seems like in future everyone can be astronomer Lol.