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In April 2020, Samsung announced its long-term vision of making a camera surpassing the resolution of a human eye. The Korean firm is pursuing the development of a 600MP camera, or at least a 576MP camera, with plans to release it in 2025. It may take a huge step towards that goal next year. A fresh rumor has it that Samsung will launch a 440MP camera in 2024.
It has already been two years since Samsung launched the world’s first 200MP smartphone camera. The company has followed up with a couple of revisions since then but hasn’t upped the resolution. It appears the Korean giant has been silently working on revolutionizing the camera industry next year. With a 440MP sensor, it would be much closer to achieving its goal of surpassing human eyes, which are said to match a resolution of around 500MP.
The rumor passed along on X (formerly Twitter) by tipster @Tech_Reve states that Samsung will name the sensor ISOCELL HU1. It will enter mass production in the second half of 2024. Unfortunately, the tipster didn’t share further information. We have no word on its pixel size, and that means the sensor size is unknown too. However, considering that we are talking about 440 million pixels here, the sensor could be quite huge.
It could be so big that we won’t see it on smartphones. Samsung has previously suggested that its planned 600MP camera would be used on cars. The Korean firm already supplies cameras to various automotive companies. Next year’s 440MP camera could also go to one or more of them. Samsung may not be ready yet to cram 440 million tiny pixels in a sensor small enough to fit inside smartphones without affecting the image quality.
Samsung may debut its first 1-inch type smartphone camera in 2024
The ISOCELL HU1 may be much larger than 1-inch in size but it’s unlikely to be used on smartphones. However, Samsung may still debut its first 1-inch type smartphone camera next year. The company is reportedly working on two more sensors, namely ISOCELL HP7 and ISOCELL GN6. These will also enter mass production in the second half of 2024.
The former is a 200MP camera with 0.6μm pixels. That’s seemingly an upgrade to the ISOCELL HP2 200MP camera found on the Galaxy S23 Ultra, which also has 0.6μm pixels. So it should measure the same too (1/1.3-inch). Samsung might be planning to use it on the Galaxy S25 Ultra in early 2025.
However, the ISOCELL GN6 is reportedly a 50MP camera featuring 1.6μm pixels. The pixels are quite bigger than the 1.4μm pixels found on Samsung’s ISOCELL GN2 50MP camera. The latter measures 1/1.12-inch. Going by these calculations, the ISOCELL GN6 could be the Korean firm’s first 1-inch type camera sensor for smartphones. You can expect to hear more about these upcoming Samsung cameras over the next few months.
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