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While the Galaxy Fold boasts a pioneering foldable screen design, its camera still falls short of perfection.
1. Galaxy Fold: Opening the door to the future of foldable smartphones
While the Galaxy Fold boasts a pioneering foldable screen design, its camera still falls short of perfection.
Smartphone cameras have seen significant advancements in recent years. However, they still cannot match dedicated cameras. Foldable smartphones, in general, and the Galaxy Fold, in particular, are expected to bring a new and unique camera experience to smartphones.
Galaxy Fold.
Smartphones have seen significant improvements in image and video quality despite their limitations. Advanced software tricks, increasingly complex camera algorithms, and stable video systems have greatly enhanced the performance of smartphone cameras. However, one thing remains unchanged: the size of the sensor.
Larger Sensor
Clearly, at its most basic level, the camera is physical hardware. The size of each individual pixel in the camera sensor determines the amount of light it can absorb, thereby determining the image quality and general characteristics of the camera. Users can adjust through software, but fundamentally, you cannot change the physical hardware.
Galaxy Fold is quite thick.
So, to bring about an immediate improvement in camera quality, smartphone manufacturers will have to increase the size of the sensor! But a larger sensor size will also make the phone much thicker. So... how to solve that conundrum?
A larger sensor size will deliver higher-quality images.
And foldable phones, with their ability to fold, hold the key to solving this issue. Take for instance the new Samsung Galaxy Fold, which measures 0.6 inches (15.5mm) in thickness when folded. This size is over 50% thicker than today's average smartphones. Therefore, there's no reason why manufacturers shouldn't utilize thicker form factors to accommodate larger sensors on smartphones.
Huawei Mate X features large grip edges.
For instance, Huawei's Mate X design boasts quite thick grip edges, providing a perfect opportunity to incorporate a 'gigantic' camera sensor. This has the potential to truly 'rewrite the rules of photography,' as Huawei recently claimed in the blink of an eye. Unfortunately, Huawei has yet to make significant changes in sensor size to enhance the camera capabilities of its high-end smartphones.
Galaxy Fold only offers an intriguing display
This is also why Galaxy Fold missed out on this great opportunity. Samsung's $2000 smartphone (equivalent to 46.5 million VND) only offers a camera setup similar to the much cheaper Galaxy S10, which is priced at less than half. Although the quality of this camera system is very good, it's not worth $2000! The product is still far from being a perfect 'revolution.'
Galaxy Fold and its protective case.
Therefore, tech experts anticipate that in the future, to leverage the thickness advantage of foldable smartphones, large camera sensors will be integrated inside, transforming the camera experience on smartphones. This also makes the 'cutthroat' prices of these devices more justified, with customers being more willing to open their wallets.
