While several smartphone manufactures employ Sony to provide them with camera sensors, it appears that Samsung wants to limit the success of several tech companies by using its own homegrown components inside its mobile products. After severing its partnership with leading mobile chipset maker Qualcomm, Samsung might slowly be cutting off Sony from the equation as well. This is because according to Sam Mobile, some models of Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge feature Samsung's own camera sensors.
The website has stated that although several teardown details reveal that both Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge were fitted with IMX240 camera sensors from Sony (the same one present on Galaxy Note 4), the latest shipment of the flagship duo have seen the incorporation of Samsung's own ISOCELL camera sensor instead of Sony's. Samsung's camera sensor features the model name S5K2P2.
While details are not available as to how it performs when pitted against Sony's IMX240 sensor, chances are that they will be at par. Test results have shown that the camera sensor is able to outperform the camera sensor present inside Galaxy Note 4, but it appears that Sony made several improvements before placing its camera sensors in Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge.
Currently, Sony holds the largest market share for smartphone camera sensors, followed by OmniVision and then Samsung. While Samsung did have a reason not to incorporate Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 (overheating and thermal throttling) albeit there were ulterior motives behind the company's final decision, the South Korean phone giant appears to become less dependent on other tech firms.
There are other rumors that Samsung's upcoming smartphone, which has been placed under 'Project Zen,' is going to be incorporated with the company's own camera sensor. Unfortunately, confirmation of this rumor can only be given once the device makes its way to the market, later in the year.
