Galaxy S11 May Sport 108MP Camera With Periscope-Style 5x Zoom

Samsung's adjacent flagship smartphone may launch with a 108MP primary camera paired with a 5x optical zoom lens. That'southward according to a new report coming out of South korea, which claims the main camera module in the upcoming Milky way S11 will be a periscope-style unit led by the company's very own 108MP ISOCELL HMX sensor, which was announced just final month.

The report, published by South Korean tech blog, The Elec, also claims that the 5x optical zoom module will be supplied by another Samsung company chosen Samsung Electro-Mechanics, who is said to have started manufacturing them terminal May. The first batch is reportedly already being used by Oppo, while the adjacent batch volition plainly be used by the company for its internet-gen Galaxy Southward-series flagship.

Samsung Electro-Mechanics earlier this month shared a video (see below) showcasing how its 5x optical zoom camera module will work. Every bit can be seen, the periscope mechanism will utilise a prism for redirecting light rays much the same way as the camera module in the Huawei P30 Pro. However, whether Samsung will actually apply the technology in the Galaxy S11 still remains to be seen.

In case y'all don't know it already, Samsung final month appear the new 108MP ISOCELL Brilliant HMX sensor that it claimed is the world's showtime mobile image sensor to get beyond 100 megapixels. The 0.8μm epitome sensor comes with a large ane/1.33-inch size, which lets it absorb more calorie-free than standard sensors in depression-lit settings, resulting in better images in the dark. Its pixel-merging 'Tetracell' technology likewise allows it to imitate big-pixel sensors, producing brighter 27MP images.