Honor’s upcoming flagship Magic8 sequence will embrace fashions starting from 6.3” to six.8”, writes leakster Good Pikachu on Weibo (Honor will reportedly get into mini telephones quickly). What’s attention-grabbing is that the highest of the road Honor Magic8 RSR Porsche Design will characteristic a 1” sensor that was developed in-house, in keeping with the leakster.
The RSR telephone will put that sensor behind a lens with a variable aperture. This lens will have the ability to open broad to assemble extra mild in the dead of night whereas nonetheless having the ability to shut down for day photographs.
As for the sensor itself, it’s not clear what might need motivated Honor to develop one in-house – what does it keep in mind that it could possibly’t get from Sony, Samsung or OmniVision?
At one level there have been rumors that Huawei would develop its personal sensor for the Pura 70 fashions, however the Extremely ended up with a Sony sensor (IMX989, 1”, 50MP), whereas the Professional and Professional+ used OmniVision (OV50H, 1/1.3” 50MP). Let’s see if Honor has higher luck than its former dad or mum firm.
Anyway, the customized 1” sensor will solely be used within the expensive Magic8 RSR, but when it proves adequate (and if the corporate can get prices down over time), it may also be utilized by future Honor flagships.
Whereas we anticipate extra particulars, you may try our head-to-head article that compares the Honor Magic7 RSR with the Magic7 Professional. They’ve very related digicam {hardware}, although the RSR makes use of upgraded elements. Take a look at the article to see how a lot of a distinction that made.
