World's first smartphone with Samsung's 200MP camera sensor goes official

Motorola X30 Pro is world’s first phone with 200MP Samsung ISOCELL HP1 camera

The Motorola X30 Pro features a 200MP ISOCELL HP1 primary camera (1/1.22-inch) with OIS, an F1.95 aperture, and phase-detection autofocus. It can capture 12.5MP images in the 16-in-1 pixel binning mode, with a resulting pixel size of 2.56µm. The rear camera can record up to 8K 30fps and 4K 60fps videos.

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It also features a 50MP ultrawide camera with autofocus and a 12MP telephoto camera with 2x optical zoom and PDAF. On the front, the Motorola flagship phone uses a 60MP selfie camera (Omnivision’s OV60a) with 4K 30fps video recording.

This high-end smartphone has a 6.7-inch OLED screen with Full HD+ resolution and a 144Hz variable refresh rate. The phone is equipped with the Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 chipset, 8GB/12GB RAM, 128GB/256GB/512GB storage, Wi-Fi 6E, Bluetooth 5.2, GPS, NFC, USB Type-C port, and an under-display optical fingerprint reader.

The Motorola X30 Pro is powered by a 4,610mAh battery and supports up to 125W fast wired charging, 50W fast wireless charging, and 10W reverse wireless charging.

Looking at its specifications, the phone can compete head-to-head with the Galaxy S22 Ultra. It is priced at CNY 3,699 (around $548) for the 128GB version and goes up to CNY 4,499 (around $668) for the 512GB version.

Samsung could also bring a 200MP camera with the Galaxy S23 Ultra

Even Samsung is expected to adopt a 200MP camera sensor in the Galaxy S23 Ultra that will be launched early next year. However, the upcoming flagship Galaxy device is said to feature a slightly improved sensor and it could be the ISOCELL HP2, which hasn’t been unveiled yet.