News & Reviews:   mobile image sensor

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.

Over the years, an increasing number of people are relying on smartphones for casual photography. Mobile image sensors have improved so much, causing a decline in the use of compact cams. Now, Sony wants to improve it further with its new image sensor tech.

On Tuesday this week, Samsung announced that it would be launching a new ISOCELL image sensor soon. This new sensor uses the technology from the ISOCELL GN2 that was introduced earlier this year. Well, the new ISOCELL JN1 is now officially revealed.

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.

About a week ago, there was a rumour mentioning that Samsung would launch new ISOCELL camera sensors this year. While there's no real news on the rumoured 200MP sensor yet, Samsung did announce a new camera sensor yesterday - ISOCELL HM3.