Samsung will bring four new ISOCELL camera sensors to upcoming smartphones

Samsung announced four new ISOCELL camera sensors with ISOCELL Plus and Smart ISO technology on board. The new lineup consists of a 108-megapixel (Mp) ISOCELL HM2, 64Mp ISOCELL GW3, 48Mp ISOCELL GM5, and 32Mp ISOCELL JD1. Samsung has shrunk the size of those sensors by opting for a slightly smaller pixel size - 0.7μm vs 0.8μm in the previous generation. By doing this, the Korean company was able to reduce the overall size of the sensors by 15%, and also make the new camera modules 10% shorter.

The reduced pixel size normally means that sensors may not gather as much light as their bigger cousins. Samsung is introducing ISOCELL 2.0, which tries to offer good performance in low-light conditions despite the challenges with decreasing pixel sizes. This technology improves the light sensitivity of individual pixels by up to 12%, according to Samsung.