Personally, I have never been a fan of sensors with many megapixels for several reasons that, for fairness, I am not here to list. In any case, the race for larger sensors seems to have not stopped even when giants like Xiaomi have taken a step back. Currently the most "powerful" photographic sensor of all is a Samsung HMX from 108 megapixel. However, it seems that the Korean company has a winning card in store for the 2021. If 108 megapixels have seemed a lot to us so far, then this year we will have to change our mind.
Over 200 megapixels in smartphone photo sensors: this is Samsung's goal for 2021. But will it really take that much?
Without a doubt if a company like Samsung, which has always been a leader in the field of optics for telephones, has decided to take this path so it means that there is "flab" as they say. Evidently phone companies like Oppo, Xiaomi and company are still intent on fighting the fight for who has the largest photo sensor. That's why, according to an important Chinese leaker, The Korean company has plans to develop a 200 megapixel camera.
Based on the information in the possession of Ice Universe, it will always be a ISOCELL to take over from the current 108 megapixel heavyweight champion. It hasn't been specifically reported how much power the camera will develop, but let's assume it is 216 megapixel.
It should be remembered that these they are not the actual pixels of the lens. We use a particular technology called "pixel binning”Which allows you to group multiple small pixels in the space of a traditional pixel. In this way with smaller sensors it is possible to have higher quality. However, the final resolution is not really the same as the nominal one. The 108 megapixels are the effect that a camera can give in the phase cropping of the shot.
We will see what 2021 will bring us.
