Prolific leaker expects new type of zoom camera on the Samsung Galaxy S24

The exact wording of Ice Universe’s tweet leaves a lot to the imagination, which could either mean that Samsung might be planning to use a new sensor or adopt a different type of lens altogether. 

Just yesterday, LG Innotek announced a compact new folded lens, which allows for optical zoom in the 4x-9x zoom range without loss of optical image quality. Similarly to the lens of mirrorless and DSLR cameras, LG’s latest breakthrough utilizes moving components but on a much smaller scale, saving space and potentially allowing for no loss of image quality.  Given that Samsung was at the forefront of the telephoto game with its folded periscope lens a few years back, we are certain that an appropriate answer is in the works over at the South Korean giant’s R&D unit, so we could probably interpret Ice Universe’s words this way. 

The Galaxy S22 Ultra certainly has the necessary hardware punches at hand, with a dedicated 10x optical camera and another 3x telephoto one, so imagine how good things could be if a single camera does the same function, but saves precious space.

Another possibility is that Samsung could use any of its existing high-res camera sensor of the ISOCELL lineup, or develop a whole new sensor altogether. The Galaxy S23 Ultra is widely rumored to utilize an ISOCELL HP2 sensor clocking in at the respectable 200MP.