A few days after the launch of the iPhone 13, Samsung's Galaxy S22 return to new rumors. In fact, they will be the ones to deal with the new top of the range of the Cupertino company, although the launch is scheduled not before 2022. In any case, at this turn, the photo industry ends up under the magnifying glass. The adoption of a 50 megapixel main camera seems obvious. The point is to understand which sensor you're talking about.
According to the well-known leader Ice universe, the South Korean company is expected to implement on Galaxy S22 and Galaxy S22 + the ISOCELL GN5 sensor. Native resolution of 50 megapixel, 1 / 1.57 inches, pixel size of 1 µm. It can capture images of 12.5 megapixel (2 µm pixels) in pixel binning mode 4 in 1, as well as up to 100 megapixel using a dedicated algorithm. It features automatic dual Pixel Pro focus, Front deep trench isolation to reduce noise, can capture 8K video at 30fps and 4K video at 120fps.
Although this would be an improvement over the 12 megapixel sensor (1 / 1.76 inches) used on the Galaxy S21 and S21 +, the GN5 is not the best sensor available to Samsung. The South Korean company has in its quiver GN1 (1 / 1.31 inches) and GN2 (1 / 1.12 inches), both equipped with native pixels larger than those of GN5. Different speech for the Galaxy S22 ultra, which instead should be able to count on a 108 megapixel main camera.
In any case, it seems obvious the adoption of a configuration with three rear cameras for Galaxy S22 and Galaxy S22 +. The main 50 megapixel sensor will be joined by a 12 megapixel wide angle and a 10 megapixel telephoto lens with 3X optical zoom. The photographic part will therefore remain a key point in the Galaxy S series. It remains to be understood whether all this will be enough to compete with the iPhone 13, whose Pro range can count on a completely renewed photo industry, with new software features such as cinema mode for videos.