Saturday 31 March 2018

sensor - Is "Ultrapixels" just marketing or is there a real benefit?


HTC has branded the sensor in its new phone (the HTC One) to be "Ultra pixels". For the same sensor size it only gives you 4MP where today's standard for top of the line smartphones is 8MP and up. Of course this may have benefits in low light conditions, but I am wondering whether the exact same effect could not be replicated by setting the 8MP camera to take a 4MP photo ?


Is the term "Ultra Pixels" just masking the fact, that I do not have the option to take higher resolution photos in well lit conditions ?





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