Ice Universe says the Galaxy S22 Ultra will have continuous zoom 3x and 10x cameras

10 September 2021
They will also get slightly larger 12 MP sensors. The main sensor will stick with the 108 MP, 0.8 µm formula.

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  • 11 Sep 2021

Nick Tegrataker, 11 Sep 2021"giving 170 fps without much thermal throttling" ... moreBasically Apple throttles a lot more.
Either ways both companies can are notorious for cheapening out on cooling on their top of the line flagships

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    • Anonymous
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    • 11 Sep 2021

    HutHutHut, 11 Sep 2021The Xiaomi 12 Ultra is just going to hammer one more nail i... moreS21U has hm3, s20u has hm1.
    Same specs do not mean same sensor.

    Vivo is using gn1 for 3rd generation in sequence.
    Mi11 has hmx, used since 2019.
    Still can squeeze more of hardware.

    Using 1/1.7 or more for ultra wide is waste of space

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      • 11 Sep 2021

      The Xiaomi 12 Ultra is just going to hammer one more nail into Samsung's coffin with this outdated camera setup... The very least Samsung could have done is updated the ultra wide to a 1/1.7" - 1/1.5" sensor. The main camera continues to use a 3 year old sensor - Which Samsung will rebrand as an "updated" sensor... The telephoto cameras need to use larger sensors... NOT 1/3.2"... Check out my Mi 11 Ultra (ceramic black) product review on Amazon India... I've included 2 telephoto images taken from approximately 1.5 km away... Now by stark contrast look at Xiaomi -- Class leading sensors... Class leading optics... Class leading image / video stabilization... And finally - Class leading image processing.

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        • Anonymous
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        • 11 Sep 2021

        Shanti Dope, 11 Sep 2021That's possible when you'll use sensors that are ... moreThis "struggle" means wrong settings.

        People here know that photo quality decreases as ISO increases.
        Why not keeping it down?
        Just set iso no more than 400 and shutter about 1/8.
        Once set, it remains same until person changes again.
        Easy ...

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          • 11 Sep 2021

          Shanti Dope, 11 Sep 2021That's possible when you'll use sensors that are ... moreWow, you're the usual you. Deflecting with new nonsense when you realized you should have just said, "you're right", about your first nonsense.

          BOOOOOOOOOOOOORING!

            AnonD-762416, 10 Sep 2021What are you on about? The idea is to have the middle senso... moreThat's possible when you'll use sensors that are no bigger than 1/1.5"

            Do you think Samsung will use a 108MP 1/1.7" sensor on their best flagship device? Their current 1/1.33" one already struggles in low light.

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              Nick Tegrataker, 11 Sep 2021"Middle sensor continuous zoom from 1-3" wouldn&#... moreThe main sensor will have to be 1x-1x. Exactly that. Nothing more, nothing less.

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                • 11 Sep 2021

                AnonF-1013367, 11 Sep 2021Nothing wrong with punch hole camera, fingerprint sensor &g... moreNothing wrong with punch holes in a market where we have plenty of other choice also available, but it is totally wrong when there is ONLY TWO things to choose from, punch hole or teardrop notch, the rest being so rare that you have basically 0 choices at it.
                But, when we get out of the totally messed up smartphone market full of non-senses, any display discontinuity, regardless where it is placed, is an awful idea, which is exactly why there is nowhere else than the smartphone market where we can find such thing.
                Even tablets, which literally are just bigger smartphones with almost no other differences, only the Huawei MatePad has one, and that's it, and even there, it is only the Pro variant, and only the 10.8" 2019 and 2020 ones.

                This isn't for you to decide what is superior, and it isn't a question of what is superior, many PREFER one over the other and vice versa, there is a huge quantity of people who DO use the 2D and poorly secured cam based Android face recognition already, securing it with proper 3D face scanning is a no-brainer.
                And considering that by far, most FPS nowadays are the optical ones, which is awful security wise, exactly like the 2D face recognition, 3D face recognition is still much better.

                Re-read, I never said there is a problem, I actually said it is the best of them, but Samsung failed to implement it properly with their S10, Note 10, S20 and Note20, giving the ultrasonic FPS a bad reputation that it is only now slowly recovering from.

                Curved edges is the same as punch hole, if we had choice about it, it wouldn't be an issue, and being a special feature it clearly shouldn't represent a majority, the issue being that almost all flagships nowadays have it, and we have no other choices.

                I never said the 108Mp was bad, only that it is overkill, as the said, the GN2, who have half its resolution, is better, and if it wasn't for the 108 being a premium Samsung sensor, it wouldn't compete at all.

                And I never said they had a bad zoom tech, only that they have big chances to totally fail the continuous zoom tech.

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                  • 11 Sep 2021

                  Nick Tegrataker, 11 Sep 2021I don't know where you saw the "4MP" part, b... moreFold 3
                  Selfish camera 10mp
                  Udc 4mp
                  Mix 3
                  20mp udc

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                    • Anonymous
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                    • 11 Sep 2021

                    Nick Tegrataker, 11 Sep 2021I don't know where you saw the "4MP" part, b... more16mp quadbayer... 4mp effective?
                    48mp quadbayer... 12mp effective?

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                      • 11 Sep 2021

                      Acronym, 11 Sep 2021Sorry but there are 3 cameras on fold 3 Main camera Selfi... morehttps://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_z_fold3_5g-10906.php

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                        • 11 Sep 2021

                        Nick Tegrataker, 11 Sep 2021I don't know where you saw the "4MP" part, b... moreSorry but there are 3 cameras on fold 3
                        Main camera
                        Selfish camer on the smaller display or outward display
                        And 4mp udc on the bigger or inward display

                          Anonymous, 10 Sep 2021Half-baked tech? Are you kidding? It’s Xiaomi who pushes... moreI don't know where you saw the "4MP" part, but Fold 3 has a 16MP sensor which is Quad Bayer just like Mix 4's 20MP sensor. The image quality between Mix 4 and Fold 3 is also fairly comparable, with the former having a more natural rendition of skin textures in less challenging lighting conditions but the latter dealing quite a bit better with flares (neither of them are particularly good quality, just saying).

                          "ensures tech is properly 'baked'"
                          The whole point of UDC is that the camera is not visible from the display side. If it consistently notifies users where it is placed by showing an obvious octagonal mosaic pattern then that's not well "baked", either. It's a matter of preference whether you take less visual disruption or more glare-free selfie, but neither implementation is objectively superior to one another. Personally, I'll wait a bit more until the UDC tech fully matures and becomes capable of delivering acceptable image quality under any circumstances.

                            Anonymous, 10 Sep 2021Instead of buying a gaming phone just invest in a highly po... moreAnd can you carry that in your jeans pocket?

                              AnonD-762416, 10 Sep 2021What are you on about? The idea is to have the middle senso... more"Middle sensor continuous zoom from 1-3" wouldn't work because that would require the main camera module to be extremely massive in every dimension, at least with the optical technology that we currently have. Think of RX100V camera bump but on a phone.

                                Anonymous, 11 Sep 2021Lol go look at leaked benchmarks. A15 gpu giving 198fps ... more"giving 170 fps without much thermal throttling"
                                https://www.notebookcheck.net/The-Exynos-2200-and-its-mRDNA-AMD-GPU-show-25-performance-throttling-by-third-round-of-benchmark-tests.558680.0.html

                                From the article:
                                "The Exynos 2200 shows about a 25% drop in performance by the third round of benchmarking, dropping from 170.7 fps to 127.5 fps on the Manhattan test. That drop in performance is mirrored in other GPU benchmarks like the Aztec Normal and Aztec high tests."

                                Well?

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                                  • Anonymous
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                                  • 11 Sep 2021

                                  Anonymous, 10 Sep 2021Instead of buying a gaming phone just invest in a highly po... moreGood luck putting that laptop in your pocket

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                                    • 11 Sep 2021

                                    Naima Kennedy, 10 Sep 2021Another rushed garbage phone with half baked tech and a sky... moreLol go look at leaked benchmarks.

                                    A15 gpu giving 198fps in Manhattan but on the second run, it thermal throttles to around 140fps. Apple yet again cheapened out on cooling

                                    While Samsung with amd gpu amd gpu giving 170 fps without much thermal throttling

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                                      • Anonymous
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                                      • 11 Sep 2021

                                      Anonymous, 10 Sep 2021Half-baked tech? Are you kidding? It’s Xiaomi who pushes... moreMi mix 4 UD camera a generation ahead of Z Fold 3 implementation.
                                      Get well soon Xiaomi hater

                                        without microSD, is absolute nogo no matter how excellent the camera is.