After becoming the first smartphone maker globally to introduce a smartphone camera with a 108MP sensor, Samsung has kept going on with its ambitious plan with the recent launch of the world’s first 200MP mobile image sensor.
It was also concurrent with the debut of a new “super-slim” 50MP ISOCELL sensor using Dual Pixel Pro technology.
ISOCELL HP1 is the industry’s first mobile image sensor to support an ultrahigh 200MP resolution. Despite its relatively small pixel size of 0.64μm, Samsung claimed that the sensor can capture “an astonishing amount of detail” that helps the image stay sharp even when cropped or resized.
For ultimate low-light photography, the ISOCELL HP1 features a brand-new ChameleonCell technology, known as a pixel-binning technology that uses a two-by-two, four-by-four or full pixel layout depending on the environment. In a low-lit environment, the HP1 evolves into a 12.5MP image sensor with large 2.56μm pixels by merging 16 adjacent pixels. The newly formed 2.56μm pixel is capable of absorbing and being more sensitive to light, thus producing brighter and clearer photos indoors or in the evening. In bright outdoor environment, the sensor’s 200-million pixels can capture ultra-high-definition photos on mobile devices.
Meanwhile, the ISOCELL GN5 is the industry’s first 1.0μm image sensor to integrate Dual Pixel Pro. It is an all-directional autofocusing technology which was claimed to “substantially boost autofocusing capabilities.”
When placing two photodiodes within each 1.0μm pixel of the sensor, a million phase-detecting multi-directional photodiodes were produced. As Samsung claimed, it enabled instantaneous autofocusing. Moreover, the sensor also makes full use of the company’s proprietary pixel technology that enables each photodiode to gather more light information and improve their “full-well capacity.”
According to rumors, the Galaxy S22 Ultra will not feature the new 200MP sensor. Instead, the successor to Samsung’s best Android phone is tipped to use an improved version of the 108MP ISOCELL HM3 sensor.
A Xiaomi phone could be the first device to use the new 200MP ISOCELL HP1 sensor. Xiaomi was also the first smartphone maker to launch a phone with Samsung’s 108MP ISOCELL Bright HMX sensor.
