Samsung has announced that it has started mass production of industry’s first 16-megapixel CMOS image sensor (S5K3P3) with 1.0μm-pixel size for high-end smartphones. This is smaller than the 1.12 micron-pixel based 16-megapixel sensor such as Sony IMX240 in the Galaxy S6 and the S6 Edge and Samsung’s own S5K2P8 sensor on the Galaxy S5. Continue reading “Samsung introduces first 16MP camera sensor with 1.0 micron pixels for smartphones”