Rumor: Samsung Set to Launch 12 Megapixel Camera Phone in MWC 2009

Kim Poh Liaw — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 13:33:31 +0000

If you think 8 megapixel camera phone is good enough, Samsung is set to launch its new 12 megapixel camera phone according to a report from the Korea news paper. The name of the camera phone is unknown yet, the company has used the INNOV8 for its first 8 megapixel camera phone.

According to the source, with the announcement of 12 megapixel camera phone, Samsung might also upgrading its 8 megapixel series with a 3x optical zoom option.

Would Sony Ericsson jump on the 12 megapixel line up together with Samsung? That should not be impossible, given that Sony has already announced a 12.25 megapixel camera CMOS module called “Exmor” in November last year.

[via slashgear / unwiredview]

Sony Announces 12.25 Megapixel CMOS Image Sensor “Exmor” for Mobile Phones

Kim Poh Liaw — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 05:46:25 +0000

Sony today announced the commercialization of “IMX060PQ”, a new type 1/2.5 CMOS image sensor “Exmor” for use in camera enabled mobile phones which has a 12.25 effective megapixel resolution. Furthermore, Sony will also commercialize “IU060F”, a type 1/3.2 lens module with 12.25 effective megapixel resolution, and “IU046F”, a type 1/3.2 lens module with 8.11 effective megapixels. Equipped with lens and auto focus functions, the two modules claimed to be industry’s smallest and thinnest in their class. Does this also mean we are on the track to what Ericsson had predicted?

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Above: Lens modules (from left to right) “IU060F”*2 “IU046F”
Below: CMOS Image sensors “Exmor” (from left to right)”IMX060PQ” “IMX046PQ” “IMX045PQ”

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Rumor: Samsung Set to Launch 12 Megapixel Camera Phone in MWC 2009

Sony Announces 12.25 Megapixel CMOS Image Sensor “Exmor” for Mobile Phones