Samsung Develops A 600MP Resolution Camera Sensor

Illustration of the Samsung smartphone (GSM Arena)

JAKARTA - Samsung is reportedly preparing a camera sensor with a resolution higher than 108MP. It's even mentioned that the camera on a Samsung smartphone will use a 600MP sensor.

Quoting Gizchina, Monday, December 7, the rumors were conveyed by the Twitter account, Ice Universe. In a tweet, Ice Universe said that Samsung would present a camera sensor with a larger resolution and be embedded in a 1 / 0.57 inch fabrication.

Samsung is really doing 600MP sensors! pic.twitter.com/vGgsfxsGGh

- Ice universe (@UniverseIce) December 5, 2020

In a slide document shared by Ice Universe, it says Samsung's camera sensors allow shooting and video up to 4K and 8K. This giant sensor will also be able to produce zoomed videos without sacrificing quality.

According to a leak from an insider, Samsung has to find a way to embed the camera sensor on the back of the cellphone. The reason is, this sensor will take up 12 percent of the area behind the cellphone and produce a 22mm thick protrusion.

In comparison, the camera sensor on the Huawei P40 Pro + measures 1 / 1.28 inches and has a thickness of approximately 8.3mm. Obviously the 22mm thick camera module will make the phone look really weird.

To solve this dimensional problem, Samsung will use ISOCELL pixel binning technology to ensure that the camera bump is not too big. This was successfully done by Samsung and produced a sensor with a pixel size of 0.7µm in 2019.

But to see the presence of a cellphone with a 600MP camera, of course, it will still take quite a long time. Because Samsung is focusing on working on a cellphone with a 108MP camera sensor that will be used on the Galaxy S21.