Sony announces new CMOS sensors, 12+ megapixel cameraphones coming soon
![](https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/6bYpvkKRjxVjUZ4SfsDgdA--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTk3MQ--/https://s.yimg.com/uu/api/res/1.2/NP.5dvHThODylNNK2rzAgg--~B/aD02MDc7dz02MDA7YXBwaWQ9eXRhY2h5b24-/https://www.blogcdn.com/www.switched.com/media/2008/11/sony-exmor-imx060pq.jpg)
If you've enjoyed the point-and-shoot megapixel race, which has pushed sensor resolutions in your average 3X zoom compact cam well into the teens -- leaving a sad trail of dark and noisy holiday pictures in its wake -- you're going to just love the mobile phone megapixel race. Samsung's 10 megapixel SCH-B600 currently holds the lead, but Sony's got a ringer chomping at the bit with the Exmor IMX060PQ CMOS sensor, which, paired with its matching auto-focus lens module, will turn some lucky handset into a 12.25 megapixel shooter when it enters the race in March. Sony has also announced 5.15 and 8.11 megapixel sensors, but really, anything not in double digits is so last year.
[Via Akihabara News]