Key Highlights
- Some of the more notable innovations in recent years include periscope cameras, 200MP sensors, and all-pixel autofocus. However, one of my favorite hardware features arrived in 2022: one-inch camera sensors.
- Unfortunately, adoption of this tech has seemingly stalled in the last year or so, and it doesn’t look like we’ll see much of it in 2026.
- What went wrong?
- Do you prefer larger camera sensors or more megapixels?0 votesA larger sensor, pleaseNaN%More megapixels for meNaN%One-inch cameras were the future — until they weren’tAamir Siddiqui / Android AuthorityOne-inch 50MP camera sensors debuted on the Xiaomi 12s Ultra back in 2022, and it really felt like this was the next big thing.
- In fact, Xiaomi, vivo, OPPO, and HUAWEI wasted little time bringing this tech to their top-end phones. Fast-forward to 2026, though, and it seems like smartphone makers aren’t so crazy about this technology.
