Last September, Samsung released the ISOCELL HP1, the industry's first 200 million pixel CMOS sensor with a 1/1.22-inch oversized bottom. Unit pixel area of 0.64μm, support the new ChameleonCell technology, can change the layout of sub-pixels according to the shooting environment, under sufficient light can directly output 200 million pixel photos, slightly poor light can be carried out four pixels in one, equivalent to 1.28μm unit pixel area output 50 million pixels of photos, in low light can be sixteen pixels in one, equivalent to 2.56μm unit pixel area output of 12.5 million pixels, thereby further improving the sensitivity of light, to help get clearer , bright photos. While the sensor looks very powerful and has attracted much attention, it has not been used by any mobile phone so far, and for some reason, Samsung seems to have begun to prepare for its successor.
According to GalaxyClub, Samsung is already developing a new 200 million pixel CMOS sensor, which is said to be isocell HP3, but did not disclose any parameter information about the sensor, but it should have a 1/1.22-inch outsole on hp1 and a 16-in-1 pixel 2.56μm.
According to some previous reports, the previously developed 200 million pixel sensor was intended to be sold to third-party OEMs, rather than for Samsung's own mobile phones, on the other hand, there are also rumors that the Galaxy S23 Ultra may be equipped with such sensors.
At the end of last year, the well-known blogger Ice Universe @UniverseIce said that Samsung optimized the 100 million pixel sensor for three years, and the effect is getting better and better every year, better than frequently replacing the sensor. The S23 Ultra is said to use a 200-megapixel sensor starting next year and then optimizing it for a few more years. Before the release of the S22 series at the beginning of the year, he had said that the Galaxy S23 Ultra was a 100% 200 million pixel camera, but the model was unknown. For now, we can only wait for the time to tell the answer.