Samsung
has just unvieled its new 8MP image sensor designed explicitly for front-facing
smartphone cameras. Labelled as the S5K4H5YB, this new sensor is built using
the Samsung’s very own ISOCELL technology as well as its recently developed
Red-White-Blue (RWB) colour pattern filter. Samsung expects that the blend of RWB’s
colour fidelity enrichments along with the ISOCELL’s progressive light
sensitivity tech will yield a much better quality image even in low light.
The
company is planning to mass-produce the new S5K4H5YB sensor in the
beginning in Q2 of 2015. This means that Samsung will use these sensors for the
products that are launched in the Q3 and Q4 of 2015.
The last time Samsung’s
ISOCELL tech was seen in a flagship smartphone was when it was in the Galaxy
S5, however the company then apparently went back to the drawing board and
designed this new sensor. Also the Galaxy Note 4, which was launched just five
months since the S5, had Sony’s IMX240 sensor
as an alternative to the ISOCELL sensor. Furthermore, Sony’s sensors are also present
in the freshly-announced Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge phones.
Last year, the
company kept abuzz about ISOCELL
sensor, so it was obvious that they wouldn’t ditch the technology so soon, after
using it in only a single smartphone. Now it’s becoming clear that Samsung was spending
all this time bettering their camera technology before releasing it in yet
another flagship. If all goes well for Samsung they may even release an
optimised camera for the Note 5 and future devices as well.
Considering
the situation that Samsung is facing and its constant decline in market this
may come as a relief and also help in boosting the most needed sales and
customer confidence of the company.
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