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To people not in the know, the actual physical sensor size (in mm^2) is many many times larger than say the iPhone 4S and at least twice as large as many standa

To people not in the know, the actual physical sensor size (in mm^2) is many many times larger than say the iPhone 4S and at least twice as large as many standalone compact cameras . The biggest sensor before this in any cameraphone has been in the N8 (to my knowledge) and this one has an even bigger sensor. So its not just the megapixels, it is backed up an actually physically large sensor. Add in the great Xenon flash (which gives out much larger amount of light than say the tiny LED flash on the 4S) and you get a great cameraphone.

bryanlarsen 15y ago
This is very important. A typical phone has a 1/8" sensor. The iPhone 4S has a 1/3.2" sensor, which captures 6 times more light. The N8 has a 1/1.9" sensor, so it captures almost 3 as much light as a 4S. 1/2" sensors are standard for point and shoot cameras, so differences in quality between point and shoots and the N8 would be mostly attributable to the optics of the respective cameras. The 808 has a 1/1.2" sensor, so it captures 2.5 times as much light as the N8. If you're keeping track, that's 44 times better than a typical camera phone. This size is comparable to the worst compact DSLR's (the four-thirds system used by Olympus and Panasonic), although even cheap DSLR's are likely to have much better optics than a camera.
- falling 15y ago
  > This size is comparable to the worst compact DSLR's (the four-thirds system used by Olympus and Panasonic) Are you sure? The article says the whole camera module is about 1cm in width and height. 4/3 sensors are 13x17mm. Sensor sizes are very weird, 1/1.2" is not the diagonal: http://www.dpreview.com/learn/?/Glossary/Camera_System/sensor_sizes_01.htm http://www.dpreview.com/learn/?/Glossary/Camera_System/senso... Looking the table there, I would guess this sensor is about 10x7mm, which is huge for a compact camera and 4 times (not many) the area the iPhone 4S, but a quarter of a 4/3. However, it's incredible they could fit the lens for such a sensor in a phone, and in fact you see in the video that it's already quite thick in the camera side.
  - bryanlarsen 15y ago
    No, I'm not sure. Actually, I'm fairly sure I'm wrong, now that you've taught me something.

bryanlarsen 15y ago

This is very important. A typical phone has a 1/8" sensor. The iPhone 4S has a 1/3.2" sensor, which captures 6 times more light. The N8 has a 1/1.9" sensor, so it captures almost 3 as much light as a 4S. 1/2" sensors are standard for point and shoot cameras, so differences in quality between point and shoots and the N8 would be mostly attributable to the optics of the respective cameras. The 808 has a 1/1.2" sensor, so it captures 2.5 times as much light as the N8. If you're keeping track, that's 44 times better than a typical camera phone. This size is comparable to the worst compact DSLR's (the four-thirds system used by Olympus and Panasonic), although even cheap DSLR's are likely to have much better optics than a camera.

falling 15y ago
> This size is comparable to the worst compact DSLR's (the four-thirds system used by Olympus and Panasonic) Are you sure? The article says the whole camera module is about 1cm in width and height. 4/3 sensors are 13x17mm. Sensor sizes are very weird, 1/1.2" is not the diagonal: http://www.dpreview.com/learn/?/Glossary/Camera_System/sensor_sizes_01.htm http://www.dpreview.com/learn/?/Glossary/Camera_System/senso... Looking the table there, I would guess this sensor is about 10x7mm, which is huge for a compact camera and 4 times (not many) the area the iPhone 4S, but a quarter of a 4/3. However, it's incredible they could fit the lens for such a sensor in a phone, and in fact you see in the video that it's already quite thick in the camera side.
- bryanlarsen 15y ago
  No, I'm not sure. Actually, I'm fairly sure I'm wrong, now that you've taught me something.