Last updated: September 16, 2021 at 05:27 UTC + 02:00
We are still a few months away from the launch of the Galaxy S22 series. However, some details have already been revealed about Samsung’s upcoming high-end smartphones. A few weeks ago it was revealed that the Galaxy S22 and Galaxy S22 + would come with an enhanced main camera sensor with a 50MP resolution. Now, it has been revealed that it is not the best 50MP ISOCELL sensor from Samsung.
According to tipster Ice universe (@UniverseIce), the Galaxy S22 and Galaxy S22 + will use Samsung’s recently launched ISOCELL GN5 camera sensor. It is a 1 / 1.57 inch sensor with a native resolution of 50MP and a pixel size of 1μm.
The ISOCELL GN5 can capture 12.5MP (2μm pixels) images in 4-in-1 pixel combination mode and 100MP images using a remosaic algorithm. It features Dual Pixel Pro autofocus for faster focus, deep trench front isolation to reduce noise, Smart-ISO, Smart ISO Pro, multi-frame sampling and stepped HDR. It can also capture 8K 30 fps videos and 120K fps 4K slow motion videos.
While it improves on the 1 / 1.76-inch 12MP sensor used in the Galaxy S21 and Galaxy S21 +, it’s still not Samsung’s best 50MP sensor. We would have liked to see the next high-end phones from the South Korean firm use the ISOCELL GN1 (1 / 1.31 inch) or the ISOCELL GN2 (1 / 1.12 inch), as both sensors are larger than the ISOCELL GN5 and can capture better images due to the larger native pixels.
It is rumored that the Galaxy S22 and Galaxy S22 + will have a triple camera setup on the back, which consists of a 50MP wide-angle camera, a 12MP ultra-large camera and a 10MP telephoto lens with 3x optical zoom . Thanks to a native zoom lens, the Galaxy S22 duo could offer better zoom performance compared to the Galaxy S21 duo, which uses a 64MP sensor and is digitally wide.
