Samsung announces two new 1/2-inch sensors likely destined for future Galaxy devices

Recent flagship smartphones have shown the newest arms race in the world of mobile photography is how many lenses you can stick on a device, but Samsung isn't giving up on the megapixels yet. Samsung has announced a new pair of half-inch image sensors destined for future smartphones: the 48-megapixel GM1 and 32-megapixel GD1. Both the 48MP ISOCELL Bright GM1 and 32MP ISOCELL Bright GD1 have 0.8μm pixels and are backside illuminated (BSI) CMOS sensors that use Samsung's latest pixel isolation te...