Samsung has launched two new photo sensors for smartphones – the 200MPx ISOCELL HP1 and the smaller, 50MPx ISOCELL GN5. Both could debut in its next flagship line Galaxy S22.
The ISOCELL HP1 is a 200MPx photosensor with a size of 1/1,22 inches and its pixels are 0,64μm in size. It uses (as Samsung's first photo chip) ChameleonCell technology, which enables two modes of combining pixels into one (pixel binning) - in 2 x 2 mode, the sensor offers 50 MPx images with a pixel size of 1,28 μm, in 4 x 4 mode, images with a resolution of 12,5 .2,56 MPx and a pixel size of 4 μm. The sensor also supports video recording in 120K at 8 fps and 30K at XNUMX fps and a very wide field of view.
The ISOCELL GN5 is a 50MPx photosensor with a size of 1/1,57 inches and its pixels are 1μm in size. Supports pixel binning in 2 x 2 mode for 12,5MPx images in low light conditions. It also features proprietary FDTI (Front Deep Trench Isolation) technology, which allows each photodiode to absorb and retain more light, resulting in lightning-fast autofocus and sharper images in a variety of lighting conditions. It also supports video recording in 4K at 120 fps and 8K at 30 fps.
At this time, it is not clear which smartphones will debut the new photo chips. But it would make sense when the next Samsung flagship series would "bring them out". Galaxy S22 (more precisely, the ISOCELL HP1 could find its place in the top model of the range, i.e. the S22 Ultra, and the ISOCELL GN5 in the S22 and S22+ models).
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