108 MP Camera sensor landing on Samsung's A series

Samsung had debuted a 108MP camera on last year’s Galaxy S20 Ultra, and it’s been a fixture on the firm’s Ultra flagships since then. But it looks like the company could be preparing to bring this tech to its cheaper smartphones range.

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The Elec reports that Samsung will bring a 108MP camera to 2022’s Galaxy A73 smartphone. The Korean-based outlet didn’t cite a source for the claim, but it has a pretty good track record with Samsung-related 

The outlet adds that this camera will have optical image stabilization (OIS), which lines up with its earlier report that 2022 Galaxy A series phones will have OIS.

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There’s no word on the exact model of camera sensor we’ll see on the Galaxy A73, so there’s no guarantee that we’ll get the same sensor seen on Samsung’s Ultra phones. However, this will still be a higher resolution camera than the Galaxy A72‘s 64MP main snapper.

However there are downsides for having a  108MP sensor, 108 MP camera may offer more detailed shots in broad daylight when shooting at full resolution, but at the expense of larger file sizes. These sensors also feature smaller photo-sites than high-end 48MP and 50MP cameras, but Samsung has used four-in-one and nine-in-one pixel-binning to enable better low-light shots.

Another side-effect with 108MP sensors is that shooting at full resolution often results in longer processing times.

We have no information when this device will be available in Indian markets but if and whenever it'll be available we are sure the Indian consumers will have to pay quite a bit of premium for this device.