The Samsung Galaxy S6 is nearing its imminent on March 1st at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, but details around it just keep on piling up. The latest rumor is that the Galaxy S6 will allegedly feature a 16-megapixel camera with a Sony IMX240 sensor. This is the same 16-megapixel sensor used on at least some Galaxy Note 4 units, and measures a larger-than-average, 1/2.6 inches.
This report by SamMobile clashes with earlier ones that stated that the Galaxy S6 will feature an all-new 20MP sensor, but it is actually not that surprising. Last October, an iFixit teardown of Samsung’s Galaxy Note 4 handset revealed that the company used the same Sony IMX240 camera sensor in the phablet. So, this isn’t the first time the company moved away from their in-house built camera tech.
Still, the quality of the images is said to have improved compared to the Note 4 thanks to multiple tweaks to the lens and the processing algorithms and other software on the Galaxy S6. We’ve already heard what should be the inevitable, the inclusion of a new manual camera mode where you get to control in-depth camera settings such as shutter speed along with earlier available controls over white balance and ISO.
As for the rest of the Galaxy S6’s innards, it will probably feature a 5″ or 5.1″ QHD (2,560×1,440) Super AMOLED touchscreen, Samsung’s upcoming Exynos 7420 SoC with an octa-core CPU, 3GB of RAM, along with 4G LTE and all the usual connectivity options. Its battery may only be a 2,600 mAh cell, while the software should be Android 5.0 Lollipop with Samsung’s own UI overlay on top.
Source: SamMobile
