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TL;DR Samsung is reportedly working on a new smartphone camera sensor with global shutter-like capabilities.
This should result in better image quality when taking photos of fast-moving subjects.
It’s believed that this 12MP sensor could land on a next-generation flagship Galaxy smartphone.
Virtually all smartphone cameras on the market use a rolling shutter to capture photos, but Samsung may have developed a new camera sensor that has “global shutter-level” capabilities.
Sisa Journal (h/t: Jukan on X) reports that Samsung has developed a smartphone camera sensor with global shutter-like capabilities. It’s believed that this tech could come to its next-generation Galaxy flagships. It’s unclear if the outlet is referring to the Galaxy S26 series, the Galaxy S27 family, or upcoming foldables.
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Virtually all smartphone camera sensors use a rolling shutter, which gradually captures a scene by exposing one line of pixels at a time. By contrast, global shutters capture a scene by exposing all pixels simultaneously. This approach means global shutters are better at capturing moving subjects, while also reducing subject warping compared to rolling shutters. However, camera sensors with global shutters typically have a low resolution as the technology requires very large pixels.
Samsung’s new camera sensor still uses a rolling shutter, but apparently achieves “global shutter-level” performance thanks to a new pixel structure and an “optical flow” algorithm to compensate for motion. The camera sensor is said to have 1.5-micron pixels and a 12MP resolution.
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