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Lenovo's next gaming phone will also stick with a design optimized for landscape use
Live images of the Lenovo Legion Phone 2 Pro have surfaced online ahead of official launch, revealing the unconventional design of the phone.
Lenovo finally jumped on the gaming phone bandwagon last year with the Legion Phone Duel. Just like you would expect from a gaming-oriented smartphone, the Legion Phone Duel left no stone unturned when it came to raw power through hardware, shipping a 6.59-inch 144Hz AMOLED display, Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 SoC, up to 16GB RAM, and 256GB UFS 3.1 storage and a 5,000mAh battery with 90W fast charging support. However, it was the quirky design that really stood out. The phone featured all ports and a pop camera module on the right side, allowing Lenovo to deliver a full-screen experience without any notch cutouts and making the life of gamers easier who mostly prefer using the device in landscape orientation. It appears Lenovo will be sticking to that unconventional design on the upcoming Legion phone.
OmniVision's new OV50A 50MP sensor offers 100% PDAF coverage
The OmniVision OV50A is a 50MP image sensor with a 1.0-micron pixel size and a 1/1.5-inch sensor size. Read on to know more!
The Chinese image sensor maker OmniVision on Tuesday expanded its portfolio with a release of a brand new mobile sensor in the form of OV50A. The OmniVision OV50A is designed for primary and ultra-wide angle cameras and claims to offer superior autofocus and low-light performance.
The OmniVision OV64C is OmniVision's first 64MP image sensor
The OmniVision OV64C is the company's first 64MP image sensor for smartphones. It has a 1/1.7-inch sensor with 0.8-micron pixel size.
As we have explained before, the smartphone camera megapixel wars have resumed in full swing. In 2019, most mainstream lower mid-range, upper mid-range and affordable flagship phones opted to use some form of a 48MP Quad Bayer sensor. In 2020, it seems 64MP will be the new standard resolution for smartphone cameras. Both Samsung and Sony have released their 64MP sensors in the form of the Samsung ISOCELL GW1 and the Sony IMX686 respectively. Samsung has even gone a step higher by releasing two 108MP sensors in the form of the ISOCELL HMX and the ISOCELL HM1, the latter of which is used in the Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra. While the two companies battle it out for superiority, a third contender is quietly launching its own products in the market. The contender is OmniVision, and so far, it hasn't achieved success yet. It aims to keep trying, though, and it has now announced its own 64MP image sensor in the form of the OV64C.
OmniVision's new 48MP OV48C image sensor seems better than the 64MP IMX686
OmniVision has announced a 48MP image sensor for flagship smartphones. The OV48C sensor has a 1/1.3" optical size and a 1.2 micron pixel size.
In 2019, the most popular image sensor for flagship and mid-range smartphones was by far the Sony IMX586 48MP image sensor, which made its way to a surprisingly large number of phones. Flagship phones from the likes of Samsung, Huawei, Google, and Apple continued to use custom sensors, but vendors such as OnePlus, Xiaomi, OPPO, Honor, and others fully adopted the IMX586 Quad Bayer sensor, which proved more popular than its competitor, the Samsung ISOCELL GM1. In the latter half of the year, some high-profile phones did opt to use Samsung's newer 64MP ISOCELL Bright GW1 sensor, while the Xiaomi Mi Note 10 made itself a pioneer by featuring the 108MP Samsung ISOCELL Bright HMX sensor. In December, the IMX586's successor, the 64MP Sony IMX686, started being included in new launches. These days, the competition in the mobile image sensor market consists mostly of Sony and Samsung, but there is another player in the market: OmniVision. While their products have had few design wins over the last few years, it has tried to make itself more relevant by announcing a new flagship 48MP image sensor for high-end phones in the form of the OmniVision OV48C.
OmniVision announces a 48MP image sensor for smartphones
OmniVision has announced its own 48MP sensor, the OV48B, for use in multi-camera setups as the main, wide angle or telephoto camera. Read on to know more!
The camera on a modern smartphone forms one of the core experience in today's time. Smartphone OEMs who produce smartphones do not produce the camera component themselves. Instead, they rely on dedicated companies (or dedicated divisions within larger corporations) to innovate on digital image sensor technologies, and who then manufacture components which can be installed inside phone. One of the newer trends for smartphone cameras is large megapixel-count sensors. Sony began the trend its 48MP IMX586 sensor, and Samsung joined in with its 48MP ISOCELL Bright GM1 sensor, following up with the 48MP ISOCELL Bright GM2 and the 64MP ISOCELL Bright GW1 recently. Now, OmniVision is joining the trend with its new 48MP OV48B sensor.