Samsung Galaxy S22 could get Olympus-made cameras — what we know

Samsung Milky way S22 could get Olympus-made cameras — what we know

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Samsung's adjacent flagship phones could have Olympus-produced cameras that would further improve their already superb photographic skills.

Co-ordinate to multiple leaks from usually reliable sources, outset reported on by Tom's Guide French republic, the two firms are set to partner on photographic camera tech for forthcoming smartphones, including the Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra and Samsung Milky way Z Fold 3. And while there's nix official almost this partnership yet, the testify is starting to pile up.

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Industry leaker Yogesh offset tweeted most the potential link-up yesterday, challenge that "Samsung might be jumping on the latest trend of partnering with a photographic camera make. We might come across this possibly happen on a special edition Fold."

He then followed up past stating that it wouldn't exist "Zeiss, Leica or Hasselblad" earlier announcing that Samsung had held talks with Olympus.

Equally per the info I got, both Samsung and Olympus held talks near a possible partnership. The current status and extent of this partnership is non exactly articulate. They could work on a special edition Fold or nosotros could run into this happen on 'H3' (S22 Ultra)https://t.co/y4ykWKIIR7April 7, 2021

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That claim was lent farther weight by Ice Universe on Chinese social media platform Weibo (reported by Gizmochina), who posted in response that "My source told me that this is reliable news Samsung x Olympus."

According to Yogesh, the first fruits of the partnership could exist seen on either a special-edition version of the Z Fold iii that nosotros're expecting to launch this year, or the S22 Ultra — which will almost certainly arrive in early 2022.

If truthful, it would make Samsung the latest in a growing line of smartphone makers who turn to photographic giants for extra aid in producing their photographic camera modules.

Concluding calendar month, the OnePlus 9 and OnePlus 9 Pro arrived with Hasselblad-tuned cameras that lifted them from boilerplate performers in photographic terms to genuine contenders for the all-time photographic camera phones listing. Huawei, meanwhile, has been working for several years with Leica.

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A partnership would certainly make sense for Olympus. In February, information technology announced its intention to collaborate with other companies, with its main technology officer stating "Instead of just doing things on our own, we will work with other partners when necessary."

That said, at that place's yet the possibility that these rumors stem from no more than a misunderstanding. Samsung is said to exist working on a new Exynos processor codenamed 'Olympus', and that could have led leakers to jump to the wrong conclusion based on details they've spotted somewhere.

It'south also questionable whether Samsung needs a lot of assistance with its cameras. In our Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra review, for instance, we were impressed by its overall quality and power to zoom in close to the action and promptly placed it 2d in our our best camera phones list. Even so, Samsung does remain a step backside the iPhone 12 Pro in terms of computational photography and image processing.

Recent Z Fold 3 camera rumors have pointed to it existence the first Samsung phone with an under-brandish camera on the front, just we've non yet heard anything nearly its rear sensors that would conflict with it possibly using Olympus tech.

Given that Samsung's side by side flagship foldable is expected to get in later this year — possibly every bit shortly as next month — we may non have to wait long to find out either fashion.

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As U.Chiliad. Editor in Main on Tom's Guide, Marc is responsible for the site'south U.K.-focused output as well equally overseeing all gaming, streaming, audio, TV, entertainment, how-to and cameras coverage. He previously edited the tech website Stuff and has tested and written about phones, tablets, wearables, streaming boxes, smart home devices, Bluetooth speakers, games and much more. He also spent years on a music magazine, where his duties mainly involved spoiling other people'south fun, and on a car mag. An gorging photographer, Marc likes nothing better than taking pictures of very small things (bugs, his daughters) or very big things (afar galaxies). When he gets time, he also enjoys gaming (panel and mobile), cycling and attempting to spotter as much sport as any human can (peculiarly cricket).