OmniVision outs 13 MP camera sensor with big 1.4-micron pixels and phase-detection autofocus

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The world's second-largest phone camera sensor maker just outed what may be the most impressive phone units, at least on paper. How about having giant 1.4 micron pixels, like on the iPhone 6, but in a camera with the hearty 13 million pixels resolution. Larger pixels theoretically mean more light caught in the pixel "bucket" at once, hence better low-light and night photography, the Achilles heel of today's smartphones.

OmniVision managed to stuff the 1.4 micron-large pixels of the 13 MP OV13880 sensor in a 1/2.4″ sensor size. For comparison, given that most ...


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