Like it or not, the megapixel wars are heating up, with 100MP+ phones around the corner
We may not need 100MP+ smartphone cameras, but that doesn't mean we don't want them
If Judd Heape, the semiconductor giant's Senior Director of Product Management within the Camera, Computer Vision, and Video department, is right, several brands have firm plans to release boundary-pushing cameraphones this year. There's no reason to question the reliability of Heape's information either, as the top Qualcomm exec works directly with some of the world's largest smartphone manufacturers to ensure Snapdragon processors can play nice with their latest technological developments.
By the way, that's already the case, as mid and high-end chipsets like the Snapdragon 660, 670, 675, 710, 845, and 855 all apparently (and theoretically) support handsets with camera sensors reaching as high as 192 megapixels. Of course, there are no 192MP sensors on the market yet, and the same goes for 100-megapixel smartphone cameras. But while we know very well larger pixels are the way to go in driving actual photography advancements rather than more pixels, there's this irrational desire building up inside us to try out a 100MP+ monster. After all, that's really the best way to evaluate any new technology.
On a somewhat unrelated note, Qualcomm also confirmed the Snapdragon 855 sequel (which may or may not be called Snapdragon 865) will integrate the company's own take on HDR10 video recording (which will be different from Samsung's current HDR10+ implementation), with added support for frame-by-frame and scene-by-scene metadata.
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