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As smartphone’s imaging capabilities get better and better, manufacturers like Sony and Samsung will continue to push the boundaries of technology with its own hardware designed to make compact devices even more proficient in photography and videography. The latest IMX586 sensor from the Japanese giant is a 48MP sensor that will allow future smartphones to record videos and snap images with greater detail. Here is more information on the matter.

The 48 effective megapixels are found on an 8mm diagonal unit, which will enable enhanced photography in smartphones of the future. The latest sensor utilizes a Quad Bayer colour filter array, where adjacent 2 x 2 pixels come in the same colour allowing for higher sensitivity shooting. On top of that, during low light capturing, the signal from the four adjacent pixels are added, further increasing the sensitivity to a level equivalent to that of 12 megapixels, resulting in bright, low noise images.