Realme’s upcoming Realme XT handset is the first phone to emerge with a 64-megapixel camera. In a post shared on Weibo, the company’s CMO, Xu Qi Chase, shared a render of the upcoming phone, and revealed that one of its four rear cameras would use the new high resolution sensor, which is almost certainly from Samsung’s new 1/1.7-inch ISOCELL Bright GW1 sensor. The phone also includes an ultra-wide angle lens, a macro lens, and a depth sensor, which you can get a closer look at in photographs of the device published by Android Central.
Realme is racing against Xiaomi to release the first 64-megapixel camera in a phone. Xiaomi is expected to reveal the Redmi Note 8 on August 29th, and Android Central notes that the Redmi Note 8 Pro is expected to use the same high resolution sensor. There’s currently no official word on the release date of either Xiaomi or Realme’s handsets, so it’s unclear which will be the first to market.
If you want to see what photos taken with the Realme XT could look like, then take a look at the sample images the company released earlier this month. Although the sensor is designed to produce 16-megapixel images by default (by combining information from groups of four pixels at a time), the images contain a staggering amount of detail.
While both phone companies are gearing up to launch 64-megapixel camera phones, Xiaomi also says it’s hard at work on integrating Samsung’s new 108-megapixel sensor into another upcoming handset, although it hasn’t offered any further information about when this unnamed phone might come to market.
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That’s ok, Nokia had a 41MP in 2013….
By blackdawn37 on 08.27.19 8:09am
…and look what that got them? Not a lot and oh hey, there’s that whole, other problem with what used to be Nokia
It’s never been about the megapixels anyway.
That was always just an epeen measurement until other tech guys got really practical finally.
By TheNexxuvas on 08.27.19 9:21am
While it’s true that the megapixels specifically were not what make the 808 and 1020 Pureview cameras impressive, they were absolutely revolutionary because of the huge sensors that they packed into a mobile phone.
No one seems to be able to coherently market the benefits of sensor size in this space though, so Nokia just used a proxy measurement that people understand, one that was (at the time) impossible for their competitors to match.
Probably the 41MP sensor was also they easiest to source, ironically. It has the same pixel density as the very common 12MP 1/3" sensor, so they could basically just cut a 3.5x larger piece from the same sort of commodity CMOS wafers that would have been used in iPhones (for example).
By Turbofrog on 08.27.19 9:35am
technology you got to love it !
By Chiitown_Kruger on 08.27.19 8:17am
What I don’t understand is… Samsung develops the 64 megapixel and Sony has the 48 megapixel sensor. They stick those high pixel sensors which are dense meaning pixels are small into budget phones usually of a Chinese brand variety. Plus those sensors are of meddling performance quality. I believe Huawei is the only one that leveraged the 48mp sensor with decent quality through software tricks.
Those sensors are no where to be found on the Samsung or Sony flagship. So that means those sensors are crap and for budget phones?
By ksyndicate on 08.27.19 11:31am
You nailed it, there is a reason why flagships are using much smaller Sony sensors.
By trentbg on 08.27.19 12:13pm
So why all the tech blogs and all "tech enthusiasts" go crazy for those sensors. Just beyond me especially if performs is below average if not mediocre. I can’t even make a vehicle analogy like a 1000 hp Honda Civic. Cause it’s unnecessary but still cooler and worthwhile than 64 tiny megapixels in a budget cell phone with horrible picture quality. What are you shooting billboards?
By ksyndicate on 08.27.19 9:23pm
Samsung A80 have 48mp sensor from Samsung iirc.
It’s just different roadmap and managements between companies, the reason why chinese brand have bleeding edge tech outside of SoC.
By tfwnogf on 08.27.19 9:38pm
I understand that as well is in play but is it really bleeding edge or just specs sheet nonsense?
Cause if you look at camera reviews and samples those cameras are not doing so well. A80 is not a Samsung flagship. Just a flagship midrange phone far from budget but camera performance still whack compared to asking price.
Maybe spec sheets sell phones in Asian markets, I always thought it was value with great specs that did it.
By ksyndicate on 08.28.19 10:42am