Samsung has recently announced its mass production of its new industry-standard mobile camera sensor named S5K3P3 with ISOCELL technology.
Samsung's new 16 MP ISOCELL sensor S5K3P3 is now on mass production according to press releases. With its introduction, future handsets will have to say farewell to the standard 1.12μm pixel size that fits 13 million or more pixels in the smallish mobile camera sensor areas. Phone Arena reported that with sensor S5K3P3, Samsung has shrunk this 1.12 standard even further, to 1 micron, allowing it to produce a just 5mm high 16 MP warrior that can be put in devices as slim as the S6. This means Samsung handsets will be manufactured in the future without the protruding hump on the back.
With this in mind, techie users might assume sensors would collect less light if the pixels are smaller. Trusted Reviews answered this common question with the concept of Samsung's proprietary ISOCELL technology. This technology creates physical barriers between each pixel and that helps reduce color crosstalk, which means low light photography will be improved. This substantially increases light sensitivity and effectively controls the collection of photons, resulting in higher color fidelity even in poor lighting conditions, explains Samsung via Trusted Reviews.
In layman's term, Android Authority explains ISOCELL technology is promising improvements to general image quality, in the form of improved sharpness, a wider dynamic range, and more accurate image capture. However, they added as a new technology involving a more complicated manufacturing process, ISOCELL cameras will likely start out as a bit more, so it will probably only appear on premium level devices.
And their forecast is right. This camera technology will be utilized by samsung's high-end flagship handsets.
Moreover, according to a statement by Trusted Reviews, Samsung will be selling this sensor to other manufacturers. This only means Samsung's rival smartphones will have no protruding hump on the back in the future, too.
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