A French phone maker fused 108MP Samsung HM2 camera in its new HarmonyOS phone

Huawei’s self-developed operating system HarmonyOS is getting used by a France-based smartphone vendor, HuaweiCentral reports. For the operating system in Chinese models, WIKO utilized HarmonyOS but didn’t compromise with camera sensor as WIKO 5G phone uses 108MP Samsung HM2 sensor.

Established way back in February 2011, WIKO is a French smartphone company with its head office in Marseille, France. Unlike Samsung, Apple and Xiaomi, WIKO is not a prominent phone maker, but it could gain market in China as an exclusive Huawei alternative with 5G network and HarmonyOS.

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The main hero of this article is Samsung’s 108MP HM2 camera sensor which is used in the WIKO 5G smartphone that runs HarmonyOS operating system. As per Samsung, HM2 sensor features include 0.7μm pixel size, 108-megapixel resolution, 1/1.52″ optical format, ƒ/1.9 aperture and more.

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This 108MP camera sensor is capable of video recording at up to 24fps in 8K, 120fps in 4K, 240fps in FHD, and 360fps in HD resolutions. Similar to Samsung phones, it brings the ability of phase detection autofocus (Super-PD) as well as pro-grade output formats like RAW8 and RAW 10.

Samsung’s Galaxy S20 Ultra smartphone debuted with 108MP ISOCELL HM1 camera, while the Galaxy S21 Ultra utilizes the HM3 variant with same resolution. For non-Galaxy devices, Samsung’s ISOCELL division produced the HM2 version with 108 megapixel resolution.

Samsung 200MP beast is on its way

In February, Samsung will introduce the Galaxy S23 series of flagship smartphones. The upcoming smartphone lineup will set an example in mobile photography with the Ultra variant equipped with cutting-edge 200MP camera sensor developed by Samsung.

We’ve seen the leaked camera shots, which look promising with significant upgrades in color details and accuracy. For the S23 Ultra, the Korean tech giant is reportedly working on the production of ISOCELL HP2 sensor that packs additional goodness for Samsung Elec.