It is rumored that many Chinese Android brand mobile phones are preparing to follow up the iPhone 17 series with square selfie sensors. (Photo/Reuters)
Apple introduced an 18-megapixel Center Stage front-facing camera for the first time in the iPhone 17 series. With its 1:1 square sensor design, it has won praise from many Apple fans. The latest news points out that as the iPhone 17 series is almost a year away from the market, the Android camp is finally catching up.
At present, most smartphone front lenses use 4:3 or 16:9 rectangular photosensitive elements. The biggest advantage of the 1:1 square photosensitive element is that although it cannot improve the quality of selfies, it allows for more flexible shooting operations. For example, whether you take a horizontal or vertical selfie, you can directly frame the shot. Users no longer have to rotate the phone to adjust the direction. It also uses AI technology to automatically expand the framing range and keep people centered.
According to the Chinese Weibo account “Digital Chat Station”, OPPO, Huawei and Honor have all begun testing 1:1 square front lens solutions, and vivo and Xiaomi are also conducting evaluations, which means that major Chinese mobile phone brands have begun to follow suit. Overall, although the size of the 1:1 square sensor is slightly larger than the traditional solution, it provides a more convenient shooting method, so it is favored by many people in the industry.
In the past, there was a lack of mature square sensor products on the market. However, driven by the iPhone 17 series, China’s sensor supply chain has successively developed corresponding products. Mobile phone brands only need to complete software adjustment and hardware integration to carry them. It is expected that among the new wave of flagship mobile phones that will be unveiled as soon as the second half of this year, there is a chance to see the first Android mobile phone with a square front lens.
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