Image of the EXmor IMX220 sensor. Source: Alibaba.
Sony is the worldwide leader of the camera sensor market and therefore it will not be a surprise if the upcoming new iPhone 6 will use that brand new Sony sensor: a 13 Megapixel 1/2.3″ exmor sensor which is considerably larger than the iPhone 5s Sony 8 Megapixel 1/3.2” sensor.
Just a hint in the very deep future: Every week I do check Sony patents and I found many of “lytro alike” patents for different sensor size (latest patent can be read here). I am pretty sure one day an iPhone will use such a sensor!
via Macrumors.
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we know.
What we don’t know is if the Admin will be linking iphone sales and where we can buy them. ^^
:))
I think thats the same sensor used in the GoPro Hero Black edition as well as in the recent Sony Action cams. Surely the iPhone 6 can do better?
Yes but those cameras you mentioned can not fit in you pocket, iPhone 6 will. 🙂
A gopro cannot fit in the little change pocket inside of a pocket in jeans but otherwise it pretty much fits in pockets.
I don’t get it why are you against bigger sensors in cell phones. For me the news is awesome, because it will raise the bar for the image quality on a phone camera and I’m sure others will use the sensor to.
I personally can’t wait for the next year Sony phone with bigger curved sensor and bright lens, that will be a big hit.
Huh? When / where did I say I’m against bigger sensors in a phone?
$ony dominating smartphone sensor bu$ine$$…
Sony is dominating the high-end smartphone sensor business, for the low end I think there are other players in the game (like Omnivision).
everything come to monopoly just smell badly.
Does this new sensor feature OIS?
OIS stands for optical image stabilistation. It happens in the lens, not the sensor
Might as well just buy the latest high end Xperia, you get the best sensor Sony has to offer, and it comes with Android, not that limited iOS nonsense.
limited on virus and malware, thanks to apple…
it’s like saying “your girlfriend cannot be fat thanks to that you have no girlfriend”
I have some magic beans for sale. Seems you are a very gullible person that believes eveeything people tell you.
All of the malware scare stories in androud ecist OUTSIDE of the google play store.
I would be less focused on Android scare stories and more concerned about what backdoors apple have left in ios..
Limitations keeps it clean ,smooth and less demanding on processing power
Stock android is very clean and smooth. All the power of android is hidden away from the forefront, but its there for the power user. Best of both worlds
The “Lyto Like” set-up in an I-Phone makes sense with all of the tracking and facial recognition with anything that transfers through the internet. That way they can have focus on subjects in the background too.
Here is a little info for the stupid I-Phone owners
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/26/apple-iphones-allow-extra_n_5622524.html
Great, even more reason for me not to buy an iphone.
Why, if I am alowed to ask?
No other reason other than I hate iphones. Just personal vendetta….all hail samsung!
yes, fu## iphones I hate those things. They change a button call it new then idiots wait in line.
Blasphemy!
samsung is crap company
It is strange. I was sure samsung made phones for the reason you to know why shouldn’t you buy them again.
Although I have switched to Nexus, not iPhone – I generally prefer KitKat more than iOS 7 and iOS 8, it feels more polished and snappy.
I see, fair enough. For me there is only one OS, BB10 for the win! And that Lumia 1020 is quite interesting with its amazing cameras!
What aperture lens and focal length lens goes in an iphone? Is there any way to get any depth of field with a small 1/2.3” sensor?
if ou go close to your subject, yes
” Is there any way to get any depth of field with a small 1/2.3” sensor?”
The answer is YES, you get plenty depth of field with such a small sensor LOL.
Haha you’re right I meant shallow depth of field w/ 1/2.3″ sensor
For that my friend you need to get very close to the subject (as Hans sad) of blur the background with Photoshop afterwards.
What about the curved 2/3″ for iPhone and Galaxy? Does Sony make third parties wait a generation before releasing their latest?
Ha! on the contrary! Looking at Sony’s history with Nikon D800, they sign exclusive sensor deals for a few years, before allowing themselves to use the sensor. I just hope they’re smarter this time and at least will not shoot themselves in the foot again.
Perhaps Sony makes more money from an exclusive deal with Nikon than trying to compete?
perhaps Nikon has contributed to the technology of the sensor hence the favourable deal? Or maybe they guaranteed purchase quantities?
So the iPhone 6 could have better low light performance than the 20mp 1/2.3″ camera in xperia Z2 as its photosites would be larger.
No, it could take images with less noise due to The same image size and newer sensor design.
……And it will take better pictures than any upcoming xperia phone for quite some time. what an irony !
expect a step up in iphone image quality!
I will not buy an iPhone 6 w/ a sony sensor even if I’m a sony fan. I will just wait for Xperia Z3X w/ sony’s game breaking curved sensor technology to come out. A copycat company like Apple will never get my support. I’m all for Sony’s great technological innovations since 2 1/2 decades ago.
Z3X will change the way you take picture with mobile phones. That will be the day compact cameras will begin to die out. It will eat the market share of sony’s compact camera business, well except for the RX series of course.
Z3X will cause a lot of envy, which is good because many Samsung and Apple fanboys will now become one of us 🙂 You will never get it wrong with Sony. They are a giant company that knows what they’re doing. Someday they will take over the DSLR and mobile market and it will happen.
-sony’s biggest fanboy ever
Good news for both Apple and Sony.
PS : the more I see Apple haters, the more I enjoy using my iphone 😉
That is not even a rumor. The iPhone 6 uses a smaller 8 MP camera. That is already known since weeks. This module won’t even fit in a slim body like the iPhone has.
I guarantee you someone will quote you as saying the next iphone will use lytro like sensor, instead of some time later in the future.