What it’s essential to know
- The Galaxy S24 Extremely might function solely three ear cameras as a substitute of 4.
- The corporate might swap the 3x telephoto lens for a steady zoom lens.
- Sony’s Xperia 1 IV gives steady zoom, and LG Innotek lately revealed a brand new sensor with comparable capabilities.
These previous couple of generations of Galaxy Extremely telephones from Samsung have featured 4 rear digital camera sensors, however an early rumor of the flagship signifies that one digital camera may very well be omitted from the rely.
In accordance with leaker Ice Universe on Weibo, the 3x telephoto sensor will not be current on the Galaxy S24 Extremely, which might convey its digital camera setup down to 3 sensors. This might be a departure from the Extremely lineup, which has featured a 3x telephoto digital camera lately along with a 10x periscope lens, equivalent to what’s discovered on the Galaxy S23 Extremely.
Nonetheless, concern not, as a result of it seems to be like Samsung might produce other plans for the S24 Extremely’s zoom capabilities. Ice Universe says that as a substitute of providing a 3x telephoto, the zoom stage might have been “merged” right into a periscope lens.
It is not fully clear what this implies, but it surely seemingly signifies that Samsung is pulling a Sony and will give the Galaxy S24 Extremely a steady zoom lens, à la the Xperia 1 IV. That system gives steady zoom from roughly 3.5x to five.2x, and whereas it isn’t an enormous distinction in zoom ranges, it is nonetheless spectacular to attain that form of optical zoom with out two separate digital camera sensors.
If Samsung does go this route, the corporate might probably choose to make use of the new sensor launched by LG Innotek late final yr. That sensor can obtain steady optical zoom between 4x and 9x, which is barely wanting the 3x to 10x leap Samsung at present gives with its two separate sensors.
This is not the primary time we have heard that Samsung might change up the Galaxy S24 Extremely’s telephoto sensor, though particulars had been scarce and admittedly nonetheless are. Regardless, we’re curious to see what zoom enhancements Samsung can convey to its subsequent premium flagship.
Different rumors for the S24 sequence embrace increased refresh price shows and a bump in RAM for the smaller fashions. That stated, it is nonetheless fairly early, because the Galaxy S23 sequence was simply launched a few months in the past. For now, we will take the whole lot with a pinch of salt, however we’ll seemingly hear extra about Samsung’s plans for the S24 sequence because the yr progresses.
