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Latest Sony news
Here you will find the latest news and most recent developments on the Sony, with regular updates and all the information you need.
Sony extends lead over Samsung in CMOS image sensor market
Samsung has remained the second-largest CMOS image sensor provider on the market after Sony, but the gap between the two companies appears to widen at Samsung’s expense. In terms of market share in the third quarter of 2022, Sony and Samsung were followed by Omnivision, Onsemi, and GalaxyCore. According to a market report by research […]
- By Mihai Matei
- 2 months ago
Thanks to Wear OS 3, there are now 3x more active Wear OS devices
At Google I/O 2021, Google announced a refershed version of Wear OS (Wear OS 3), implementing the insights it got from its partner Samsung. Samsung also ditched its long-standing Tizen OS and adopted Wear OS 3 for its Galaxy Watches. Well, as per the data shared by Google at the ongoing CES 2023, Wear OS […]
- By Sagar Naresh
- 3 months ago
Samsung rival TSMC might not ship chips from its European plant to Apple
We are all aware of the tension between China and Taiwan. This has reportedly increased concern about delays in shipment and exports, which is why, for a long time, the Taiwanese semiconductor giant, TSMC, has been looking to diversify its production. TSMC is already building a plant in Arizona, USA, that will manufacture 4nm and […]
- By Sagar Naresh
- 3 months ago
Sony brings LYTIA branding to its camera sensors to compete with Samsung’s ISOCELL
Samsung (System LSI) and Sony are the two biggest smartphone camera sensor brands worldwide. While Samsung launches its camera sensors with the ISOCELL branding, Sony lacked a specific branding for its smartphone camera sensors. Now, the Japanese firm is changing that to better compete with Samsung. Sony (Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation) revealed (via FoneArena) that […]
- By Asif Iqbal Shaik
- 4 months ago
Study ranks Samsung the 4th most sustainable smartphone manufacturer
A new study meant to determine which smartphone manufacturers are the most and least environmentally friendly has ranked Samsung as the 4th most sustainable OEM after Apple, Google, and Sony. The study targeted smartphone companies that have sold at least one million smartphones a year, on average. The study found that Samsung isn’t even among […]
- By Mihai Matei
- 5 months ago
Samsung’s QD-OLED panel bags top honors in ultimate TV shootout
In this year’s TV shootout conducted by Value Electronics (via TechRadar) just outside of New York City, the Sony XR-A95K won the best 4K TV award. This award was bestowed upon Sony by a panel of TV testing experts, and they deduced that the Sony XR-A95K is the best among the rest of the competing 4K TVs. […]
- By Sagar Naresh
- 8 months ago
Samsung-made PlayStation VR2 OLED display is miles better
Samsung Display is reportedly supplying OLED panels for Sony’s upcoming PlayStation VR2 (virtual reality) headset, just like it did for the original PSVR. Sony now spilled the beans on its PS VR2 system in an “early look” blog post and revealed more details on the OLED panel that enables the virtual reality experience. The PS […]
- By Mihai Matei
- 8 months ago
SamMobile Podcast Episode 13: A new rugged Galaxy phone enters the arena
SamMobile Podcast Episode 13 is live, and for a change, this week’s topics don’t revolve around Samsung’s upcoming foldable phones or One UI 5 update. Instead, our YouTube host Benjamin expands upon Samsung’s new rugged phone, Sony’s surprising 1-inch mobile camera sensor, and ARM’s latest Cortex cores. After a string of leaks, Samsung finally unveiled […]
- By Mihai Matei
- 9 months ago
New video is out! What do the Sony IMX989 and ARM Cortex-X3 mean for Samsung?
Samsung is facing some serious competition from Sony in the smartphone camera segment, and ARM unveiled its next-generation CPU and GPU cores for 2023 Android flagships. It’s been a busy week, and these were the two topics we decided to expand upon in our new video, which as always, you can check out below or […]
- By Mihai Matei
- 9 months ago
Sony trumps Samsung, launches first 1-inch camera sensor for phones
While Samsung has been the first brand to cross 100MP and 200MP barriers in the smartphone camera segment, Sony has trumped its South Korean rival by developing a 1-inch sensor. The Japanese firm will be the first to launch a 1-inch smartphone camera sensor, the IMX989. The Sony IMX989 1-inch camera sensor will debut with […]
- By Asif Iqbal Shaik
- 9 months ago
Sony could join the megapixel race with 100MP sensors to compete with Samsung
It has been almost three years since Samsung launched its first 108MP camera sensor. Earlier this year, the company launched its first 200MP camera sensor. Now, Sony could join the megapixel race with its own 100MP smartphone camera sensors in a bid to attract more clients. It is being reported that Sony has been working on […]
- By Asif Iqbal Shaik
- 9 months ago
Sony says smartphones could beat DSLR cameras in a few years
Smartphone cameras could become powerful enough to take better pictures than single-lens reflex (DSLR) cameras in 2024. At least, according to Sony Semiconductor Solutions President and CEO Terusi Shimizu, who spoke on the matter at a business briefing session last week. It’s a bold claim, considering that smartphones will always have stricter space constraints than […]
- By Mihai Matei
- 10 months ago
Soon we may be viewing the world through Samsung smart contact lenses
Today’s wearable market consists mostly of smartwatches and wireless earbuds, but there may come a time when smart contact lenses will also be on the list. Market watchers expect this emerging segment to explode, and Samsung is one of the companies that will lead the charge. Smart contact lenses are a technology of the future, […]
- By Mihai Matei
- 11 months ago
Sony might have stolen a big camera order from Samsung
Samsung’s camera business may have lost a big order to one of its fiercest rivals, i.e., Sony. According to new reports, Xiaomi may have switched from a Samsung-made sensor to a Sony Exmor primary camera for its latest flagship phone. Xiaomi is one of the more popular Android smartphone brands out there, so its success […]
- By Mihai Matei
- 12 months ago
Samsung’s QD-OLED tech used in Sony’s flagship TV, Alienware gaming monitor
Yesterday, Samsung’s first QD-OLED TV was accidentally revealed. It uses the QD-OLED technology developed by Samsung Display, Samsung Electronics’ display manufacturing arm. Now, more products using Samsung’s QD-OLED panel have been revealed at the ongoing CES 2022 expo in Las Vegas, USA. Alienware’s new ultrawide gaming monitor—AW3423DW—uses Samsung’s 34-inch QD-OLED panel with 3,440 x 1,400 pixels […]
- By Asif Iqbal Shaik
- 1 year ago