Rumour has it that Samsung could be developing a smartphone camera with massive 1/1.7inch type sensor and an equally mind-boggling f/1.4 lens, but don’t expect it to appear in the forthcoming Galaxy Note 6 as it battles with the anticipated iPhone 7 Pro.
According to a report at Photo Rumors these new camera components will.....
form part of a highly-aggressive smartphone camera development road-map
for Samsung, a road eventually leading to the impressive specs above. A
bigger sensor increases the amount of light that can be captured, and
therefore plays a very significant role in the overall picture quality a
camera can deliver – especially in low light situations.
However, there’s no way such a camera module would fit inside a phone
with anything like the dimensions of any future Galaxy S8 or even Galaxy
Note 6 handsets.
A 1/1.7” type sensor wouldn’t be the largest ever camera sensor in a
smartphone, that accolade belongs to the Panasonic Lumix DMC-CM1 with
its 1” type sensor, but it would represent a significant leap in sensor
size over current flagship handsets such as the 1/2.5” type sensor found
in the Galaxy S7.
Although technically a fully functional smartphone, the DMC-CM1 is
marketed as a camera with phone capabilities rather than the other way
around. To find a bona fide smartphone with a sensor anywhere near the
size of Samsung’s rumoured monster, we have to go back to 2013 and Nokia
’s Lumia 1020 with its 1/1.5” sensor or to 2012 for the, now legendary,
808 PureView. This exceptionally bulbous handset featured a 41
megapixel 1/2” type sensor with an f2.4 lens and, despite being four
years old, still sees use today from some die-hard fans.
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