Samsung may ditch its own camera sensors to go with Sony on the Galaxy S25

Samsung may ditch its own camera sensors to go with Sony on the Galaxy S25،

Samsung could ditch the 50MP S5KGN3 1/1.57″ sensor with Tetracell pixel binning technology used in phones like the Galaxy S23, S23+, S23 FE or the Z Fold line, and use one of the promising sensors from Sony in its S line instead, in a marked break with its usual vertical integration.

THE advice that Samsung will switch it to Sony camera sensors, however, it is not for the next Galaxy S24 And Galaxy S24+ which will be released next month, probably still with Samsung sensors, but rather for their successors.

Sony Galaxy S25 and S25+ camera

Samsung usually shakes up its phone camera game in a big way every three generations, so it's not out of the question to consider big camera upgrades for the Galaxy S25, S25+, and S25 Ultra. The final choice of Sony as a supplier is also not surprising, as it now holds almost half of the phone sensor market thanks to its diverse offerings.

The new LYTIA line of stacked mobile camera sensors with higher light sensitivity and better color reproduction, announced this summer, for example, is already making its way into phones with an appearance on the OnePlus 12.

There are a number of 50MP+ versions, any of which could feature in the Galaxy S25 and S25+ at a time when Sony sensor prices may have already fallen enough to make them competitive with GN's own line of sensors. Samsung.

Sony LYTIA camera sensor list – Samsung could ditch its own camera sensors to go with Sony on the Galaxy S25

List of Sony LYTIA camera sensors

If Samsung opts for the new generation of Sony sensors for the cheaper Galaxy S25 series models, we'd bet it could go as far as a 1-inch 200MP sensor for the Galaxy S25 Ultra, a sensor that the same sources complaints is already in development by Samsung.

Unfortunately, this could also mean that the Galaxy S24 series' camera upgrades will be mostly marginal, like the new telephoto sensors announced for the S24 Ultra, but then again, that's the only area the phone must address because Samsung's zoom game is pretty. Already a lot of stuff in stupid territory. However, seeing what other camera beasts are hitting the market, mainly from Oppo, Vivo or OnePlus, Samsung will have to keep up with the Joneses.