Samsung unveiled two new Isocell camera smartphone cameras, including the HP1 200-megapixel and the GN5 50-megapixel sensors.
Samsung just announced two new Isocell camera sensors for mobile devices that pack plenty of megapixels. These are the Isocell HP1 200-megapixel sensor and the Isocell GN5 50-megapixel sensor. Then again, smartphone history shows us that increasing the camera’s megapixel count alone isn’t enough to improve photo quality. But these new camera sensors pack a few new features meant to improve the camera performance in various lighting environments. Samsung says in its press release that the new Isocell HP1 is the industry’s first 200-megapixel mobile image sensor. The HP1 sensor features 0.64μm pixels that can be combined to improve low-light photography. Pixel-binning isn’t a new concept for the industry. Various smartphone cameras already merge multiple nearby pixels into a larger pixel to deliver better low-light photos. However, Samsung has a new marketing term for its HP1 pixel-binning technology: ChameleonCell. Depending on the environment, ChameleonCell allows the camera to switch between two-by-two, four-by-four, or full pixel layouts.
