News & Reviews:   200MP

Sony has announced the upcoming release of a new mobile image sensor, the LYTIA 901, for smartphones — a 1/1.12-type stacked CMOS sensor achieving approximately 200 effective megapixels. The sensor is slated for mass production, shipping in November 2025.

Samsung and Sony both offer the best mobile camera sensors on the market. But if you were to ask which one has the highest resolution, then Samsung is the heavyweight champ with its 200MP sensors. That could change soon, as Sony gets ready to unveil its Sony LYT-910 sensor.

A 200MP primary camera sounds over the top but it was inevitable. Besides Motorola, Xiaomi could also be working on a 200MP phone. This leak came from Digital Chat Station, known for posting leaks on various China-branded phones.

If you recall, Samsung first announced its 200MP camera in September. It was soon rumoured that Xiaomi would be the first company to feature the ISOCELL HP1 sensor, but that might not happen after all. Instead, another brand could be the first to use it.

Samsung had launched the industry's first 200MP image sensor ISOCELL HP1 earlier, and many of us think it would appear on the upcoming Galaxy S22 series. However, it seems like that won't happening as a source claims that the flagship series will not bring drastic upgrades for the camera department.

It looks like Xiaomi is going to great lengths to make its upcoming flagships mobile photography powerhouses. We already have some news about the Xiaomi 12 series, which is expected to have a model with 3x 50MP cameras. But there's apparently a more powerful one with a 200MP camera.

It seems that a Digital Chat Station recently posted on the user’s weibo account, hinting that the upcoming Xiaomi flagship smartphone could come equipped with a 200MP main camera. While not much is known in regards to the exact smartphone model of the upcoming phone, we do know that it will most likely be using Samsung’s 200MP GN2 image sensor which was teased on Samsung’s official Twitter account.

If you recall, Samsung announced the ISOCELL GN2 earlier this month. As a result, it was rumoured that a smartphone with a 150MP or 200MP camera would be coming soon. Well, they're rumours no more as Samsung has finally confirmed that a powerful smartphone camera is on the way.