Samsung Galaxy S10 Rumored To Arrive With Super Wide Angle Secondary Camera

The Samsung Galaxy S10 and S10+ are rumored to be announced during MWC 2019 in February, but numerous leaks are already painting a clear picture of what to expect from both devices. This week, new details regarding the cameras on both of the upcoming Samsung flagship phones have emerged online.

The regular Galaxy S10 and its rumored smaller variant, codenamed “Beyond0,” are both said to arrive with dual cameras on their backs. Like the Galaxy S9, both of the upcoming new models will arrive with a main 12-megapixel camera with a variable aperture lens, according to the German website AllAboutSamsung. The variable aperture lens will allow users to switch from f/2.4 to f/1.5 aperture.

The secondary camera on the Galaxy S10 and the Beyond0 model will have a 16-megapixel sensor with an f/1.9 aperture lens. The secondary camera will also have a super wide angle 123-degree lens. This might be an issue to users who enjoyed having a telephoto zoom lens on the secondary camera on the Galaxy S9. However, a wide angle lens could encourage people to take more creative photos.

As for the Galaxy S10+, the report claims that the device will arrive with three cameras on its back. Samsung may be doing this to catch up with Huawei, which released the Huawei P20 Pro earlier this year with triple rear cameras. The site claims that the Galaxy S10+ will have the same main and secondary cameras found on the Galaxy S10 and the Beyond0. The third camera is said to have a 13-megapixel sensor with an f/2.4 aperture telephoto zoom lens.

Perhaps Samsung is hoping that some consumers would just get the Galaxy S10+ because of the third camera. There may be a lot of users who prefer having a secondary telephoto lens on their phone instead of just a super wide angle lens.

Going back to the super wide angle cameras, the report claims that those won’t actually have optical image stabilization (OIS), nor will they have any form of autofocus. This is true for all of the new Galaxy S10 models. SamMobile pointed out that this is the same type of setup that LG has for its wide angle cameras on its flagship phones.

AllAboutSamsung says that all of these details aren’t final and Samsung’s plans could still change. The new Samsung Galaxy S10 models are rumored to launch in February, which is still a long time from now and gives Samsung enough time to finalize what types of cameras it wants to include in its 2019 flagship series.