Yes, you read it correctly, the Korean firm would be working on bringing to the market the largest sensor that we have ever seen in a phone, mobile, and something similar could almost be said of most digital cameras on the market. From the current 108 megapixels of Samsung mobile phones, a huge leap could be made, something that would not be without significant challenges.
In recent years mobile camera sensors have taken a great leap in quality, not only with the inclusion of larger pixels, but with sensors that are increasingly larger. Something that could lead us to see some features in future phones that were unthinkable recently, such as sensors of several hundred megapixels .
A 600 megapixel camera on a mobile?
That is what Samsung is currently developing for its phones, at least that is what a well-known leaker assures, which is reputed to be quite right with the predictions and leaks it shares. What a few months ago was just a rumor, now it would be confirmed in an extra official way with the new information revealed by Ice Universe.
Samsung is really doing 600MP sensors! pic.twitter.com/vGgsfxsGGh
– Ice universe (@UniverseIce) December 5, 2020
In it he assures that he is really working on this new technology , and even attaches an image that shows some of the challenges that Samsung will have to face in its development.
Many obstacles along the way
Because according to the slide, only a sensor of this size would occupy no less than 12% of the rear surface of the phone, we are talking about a sensor that would occupy practically the same as an entire quad camera today. In addition, with current technology, that sensor should protrude 22 millimeters from the phone’s profile , more than two centimeters, on a 8.8 mm thickness of the terminal itself, which would undoubtedly be a real nonsense. Logically we are talking about specifications based on current existing technology. But it is clear that if Samsung is working on it, it is to minimize the size of the sensor inside the terminal, since otherwise it would not make sense.
As for when phones with this technology could be launched on the market, it is clear that it will not be next year, and perhaps not the next . The natural evolution and the information that we have learned in recent months about the development of these technologies, suggest that before we will see phones with 192 megapixel main sensor cameras . Among other things because it is the maximum that the most advanced processors on the market today can support at the moment. But of course, when the river sounds, it is water, and in this case that water is the development of an unprecedented technology in the market.