As smartphones get thinner and their cameras get better, the annoying bumps that have become a trademark of powerful mobile devices have become more noticeable. Today, excellent camera phones such as the Samsung Galaxy S8 and the iPhone 8 Plus are associated with nasty camera bumps. Fortunately, recent reports suggest that Samsung’s first 2018 flagship might buck this unsightly trend completely.
According to a recent Engadget report, Samsung has created two new ISOCELL sensors, each one being incredibly small while delivering flagship-grade imaging performance. Samsung’s two new ISOCELL camera sensors are quite different from each other, with each new component bringing something new and unique to the smartphone camera market.
The first of Samsung’s new camera units, the 12MP Fast 2L9 sensor, utilizes the South Korean tech giant’s “Dual Pixel” technology The ISOCELL sensor has incredibly quick autofocus, and its pixels are really small, measuring just 1.28μm each. In comparison, Samsung’s most recent sensors are significantly larger at 1.4μm.