Qualcomm executives said that mobile phone cameras will use 100 million pixel sensors by the end of 2019

  Recently, Qualcomm updated specifications for some of the major Snapdragon processors, including the Snapdragon 855, Snapdragon 845, Snapdragon 710, Snapdragon 675, and Snapdragon 670. The new specification states that the Spectra ISP in these processors can support a single camera with up to 192MP pixels, thus providing an exciting possibility for a smartphone camera with a 100 million pixel sensor.

In a telephone interview, Judd Heape, senior director of camera, computer vision and video product management at Qualcomm, revealed that ultra-high-resolution smartphone camera sensors are indeed being developed and are currently being developed by some of the industry's leading sensor manufacturers. Although these products are not available as engineering samples until Qualcomm announces new specifications, they are expected to be available to OEMs by the end of 2019, indicating that such manufacturers are developing the same products.

Judd Heape denied this possibility when asked if Qualcomm actually tested a 192MP camera sensor with the ISP in the Snapdragon Snapdragon processor, because there is no such sensor. The most common large-resolution sensor on the market today is 48 million pixels, and more high-resolution sensors will appear in the 64-megapixel specification this year.

By the end of this year, we will see products from more than 100 million pixels from two sensor manufacturers. These will also be typical four CFA (Color Filter Array) image sensors. Qualcomm made this statement about its ISP design and its capabilities in terms of maximum width and height. Qualcomm is confident that it can handle such a large resolution, but so far there is no physical prototype to test, Qualcomm did not disclose the specific details of the frame rate of the video shot at that time.