January 7 news, following the release of the world's first 200 million pixel mobile phone sensor ISOCELL HP1 in September last year, the world's second 200 million pixel mobile phone sensor has also come, but he is not from Samsung or Sony, which we are familiar with, but from the domestic company Beijing Howey Technology Co., Ltd.
The sensor model is OVB0B, with a 1/1.28-inch outsole, up to 201 million pixels (16384 * 12288 images), pixel size of 0.61μ, support pixel 16 in 1, autofocus. The OVB0B supports 24FPS 50MP video output, or 8K 30FPS video shooting.
In the past few years, the flagship sensor market has been almost monopolized by Sony and Samsung, and Howey is synonymous with low-end sensors and is not well known to the public. In August 2020, the Xiaomi Mi 10 Extreme Commemorative Edition used the flagship sensor OV48C of Aowei Technology for the first time, and then Huawei's Mate 40 series, nova series and OPPO Reno series also began to use Howey sensors as the main camera, indicating that the strength of Howey Technology has been widely recognized by mobile phone manufacturers.
However, when this sensor can be used by mobile phone manufacturers, Xiao Lei feels that there is no end in sight. The high resolution advantage brought by high pixels is indeed very strong, and it is still clear after enlargement, but the size of the mobile phone is so large, the higher the pixel, the lower the unit pixel size, the weaker the light sensitivity, and the less information the pixel obtains. Although HMX, HM1, and HM3 will support the pixel all-in-one function, it is still not as large as the native pixel size.
Considering all, about 50 million pixels is still the best choice for flagship machines. A few days ago, the Xiaomi 12 series was released, the main camera is 50 million pixels, and the upcoming release of flagships such as one plus 10 and OPPO Find X5 seems to be 48 million or 50 million pixels.
Of course, in the past two years, there have also been many 100 million pixel models released, and there are from thousands of yuan machines to flagship machines. Compared with Samsung's HM1, HMX and other sensors, the purchase price of OVB0B should be lower, and it is estimated that after a month or two, we can see the new machine equipped with Howey Technology's 100 million pixel sensor on the market.
If the performance of this sensor can be equal to HMX, then Howey Technology can further gain a foothold in the high-end market and gradually form a three-legged trend with Sony and Samsung.