Leica’s First Smartphone Makes Use of a Massive 1-Inch Sensor

Smartphone cameras have taken a giant leap in recent times, going from a single scanner system to a dual-camera setup to, in recent times, quad-camera setups. Megapixels too have been increasing in a shocking amount, going from 12MP or 16MP sensors to 64 or 108MP sensors. The credit for this goes to two parties, one the company itself that sells these devices and, more importantly, the camera makers who make this feat possible.

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One such camera maker is the German brand Leica. Leica has been in close collaboration with Huawei in recent times, having offered some great cameras that have propelled the Chinese company’s products to great heights in terms of the cameras and led to significant growth due to more camera focused audience paying attention to the company’s products.

However, despite this success, the camera maker Leica has not yet launched a phone under its own brand name or moniker. That changed on Thursday due to the announcement of the Leitz Phone 1, which marks the launch of the first smartphone that, not only makes use of a Leica made camera system but also includes its branding.

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The phone, announced at a Tokyo press event, as was revealed by Engadget Japan, the phone might seem a bit familiar to some. In terms of the design, the handset comes with a single, yet massive 20MP camera sensor measuring 1-inch, the biggest sensor to have been present on a smartphone. The module also includes a magnetic circular lens cap.