Samsung introduced a new smartphone photo sensor called ISOCELL JN1. It has a resolution of 50 MPx and goes the opposite way to the trend of increasing the size of photo sensors - with a size of 1/2,76 inches, it is almost miniature compared to others. The sensor is equipped with Samsung's latest technologies, such as ISOCELL 2.0 and Smart ISO, which bring better sensitivity to light or more accurate colors.
According to Samsung, the ISOCELL JN1 boasts the smallest pixel size of any smartphone sensor – just 0,64 microns. The Korean tech giant claims that thanks to 16% better light sensitivity and TetraPixel technology, which merges four adjacent pixels into one large one with a size of 1,28 µm, resulting in 12,5MPx images, the sensor can take brighter images even in low light conditions.
The sensor also boasts Double Super PDAF technology, which uses double the pixel density for phase detection autofocus than the Super PDAF system. Samsung claims that this mechanism can accurately focus on subjects even with around 60% lower ambient light intensity. In addition, the ISOCELL JN1 supports recording videos up to 4K resolution at 60 fps and slow-motion videos in Full HD resolution at 240 fps.
Samsung's new photo sensor will most likely find a place in the rear camera of low- and mid-range smartphones (whose photo modules will not have to come out of the body as much due to its small size) or the front camera of high-end phones. It can be paired with a wide-angle lens, an ultra-wide-angle lens or a telephoto lens.
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