This year, 2020, more 48-megapixel and 64-megapixel cameras will now officially come into people’s hands |
Stepping
into 2020, an article published on the Associated Press (https://APNews.com)
forecasts 5G, more screen forms, more megapixels, foldables, etc. are the
technology innovations that most smartphone manufacturers are expected to
prioritize in high-tech investment and continually enhance it in order to
obtain the leading market position in terms of the creativity of products.
According to the article, more megapixels is going to be the key trend in
2020s, as standard of a camera nowadays has been of one of the most important
elements and features judging a smartphone.
Development
of networks and technology has caused very positive impacts on smartphone
application software with social APPs springing out in the past few years.
Human lifestyle changed accordingly: besides communication, people also share
pictures and videos of life moments onto these platforms. Spending time on
social APPs becomes a ‘basic activity’ for people currently.
This phenomenon requires a smartphone with high standard camera, resulting in
users expecting more from their mobile photography. Companies try their best to
figure out ways to improve the pixel performance in order to meet people’s
growing needs. Some devotes time and effort to the front camera; some works on
multi-lens.
Mobile photography is one of the most important standards when judging a
smartphone. Within 20 years, the pixel has improved 640 times, which is a
milestone for mobile photography. Can you imagine that, in 1999, camera of
phones was just 100 thousand pixels, with a single camera? Now smartphones can
possess 64-megapixel, multiple cameras, thanks to the rapid development of
technology.
As Sony IMX586 and Samsung GM1 CMOS sensor have come to the market, most of the
smartphones in 2019 carry a camera of 48 megapixels. This year, 2020, more
48-megapixel and 64-megapixel cameras will now officially come into people’s
hands. In 2020s, the smartphone industry will undoubtedly embrace a brand-new
era of ultra-high pixel.
Once the new generation of this super high definition smartphones put into
batch production in 2020, it will trigger the battle of camera pixel amongest
the smartphone industry. It could be an indication that companies will
competing to bring up new phones with even more powerful cameras, and possibly,
even the ‘Billion megapixel’ may soon be brought into reality very soon.