Serial leakster Ice Universe strikes again with the Samsung Galaxy S20 rumours – this time, it’s a relatively small detail that he’s letting out, but a pretty cool one regardless.
He posted on Twitter saying that the Galaxy S20 and S20+’s telephoto camera, which shoots at 64MP resolution, won’t use pixel binning to achieve 16MP shots – so this means, you’re always going to get the full 64MP with this lens.
The telephoto sensor S5KGW2 of the S20 / S20+ is a special pure 64MP camera. It cannot be 4 in 1 combined into 16MP. It will be used for pixel cropping zoom and 8K video.
— Ice universe (@UniverseIce) January 29, 2020
Meaning the digital zoom that this camera could achieve will crop from the 64MP image to achieve the effect. The phones’ 8K recording capability will also be shot using this lens and not the main camera.
What this also tells us is that using the telephoto lens at night will not produce bright images – pixel binning is what allows for larger pixels, and since the feature is not present in this lens, telephoto shots will likely be poor at night.
As we’ve mentioned before, the phone is slated to launch at Samsung’s Unpacked event, which has been confirmed to take place on February 12. So, we won’t have to wait very long until we get to see what the Galaxy S20 series offers.