Samsung will unveil a new ISOCELL sensor on June 10

Ivan, 07 June 2021

Samsung's ISOCELL division just took to Twitter to tease that it will announce a new sensor on June 10.

The sensor will be a "ISOCELL for Everyone", which points to an imager meant for midrange devices, and not a top-shelf successor for the likes of the 108MP ISOCELL HM3 1/1.33-inch inside the Galaxy S21 Ultra or the 50MP ISOCELL GN2 1/1.12-inch inside the Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra.

[Invitation] #ISOCELL for Everyone. You deserve an awesome camera. Stay tuned. June 10th, 2021. pic.twitter.com/QFVKwtuy05
— Samsung ISOCELL (@samsungisocell) June 7, 2021

Some sources point to a new 50MP sensor to replace the 48MP 0.8µm unit in Samsung's current entry level and midrange phones.

We'll see on June 10.

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Reader comments

YUKI93
09 Jun 2021
PIQ

"There is a myth that larger pixel size image sensors are always more sensitive, in comparison to smaller pixel size image sensors." I never heard such a myth before. I personally believe that it is the large aperture that makes the li...

YUKI93
09 Jun 2021
PIQ

Thinking about it, a native RGB Bayer with the same physical sensor size, pixel size, and maximum resolution as a pixel-binned Quad Bayer sensor wouldn't really make any noticeable difference. Take Samsung's 0.7µ sensor offering - the ISOCE...

Hamburger
09 Jun 2021
YTy

"For Everyone" I hope it to be a 20MP high performance, lower noise than Sony's offerings. Oversampled 4K with 4:2:2 10bit in the phone is really a big step forward for many casual people, for everyone!