Consumers can expect a 20 mega-pixel smartphone camera next year Korea IT News reported Monday.
"When Samsung Electronics included the 13-mega pixel camera module in the next-generation smartphone roadmap after its development of the 8-mega pixel product, it virtually became the industry standard," an industry insider told Korea IT News. "After the 16-mega pixel product, the 20-mega pixel product will become the general trend."
The news comes after the company previously decided on a 16 mega-pixel camera for the Samsung Galaxy S5 smartphone when it's released in January. The device could also come with a plastic chassis, faux leather back.
The 16 mega-pixel camera will be installed on 25 percent of the Galaxy S5 smartphone. Ninety-percent of consumers are expected to request the device out of 360 million total, the company plans to distribute next year.
The company hopes to get a leg up on its competitors, who also have camera smartphones, so it can stand alone, when it makes its 20 mega pixel camera available for sale.
The new phone is expected to have a plastic chassis, and faux leather back. This will be available in different colors in black, white, pink, lime, and yellow. According to the Galaxy S5 website, the new phone could also have an adjustable OLED YOUM display screen measuring 5.3 inches.
The leather bottom comes as a surprise, since many people thought Samsung was going to opt for devices with metal backs following its acquisition with Catcher, a Taiwanese metal casing maker that provides metal materials for Apple iPads, MacBooks, and HTC.
Samsung will instead use the metal material in their series of Galaxy F series or its line of Android devices. The company expects to unveil this new product in the second fiscal quarter next year.
According to The International Business Times, after receiving criticism about putting plastics on its more upscale phone products, the company states the plastic chassis or enclosure will be more effective.
