Sony announces large "1 / 1.1 type" camera sensor for smartphones?

 　

Sony's large camera sensor for smartphones, which has been rumored to exist for a long time and has been speculated to be installed in various high-end smartphones, but has not appeared until today, may finally appear.
Mr. Satoshi Kaoru, a leaker who works at Weibo, posted in his account that "Sony is testing a 1 / 1.1 type sensor with a very large 50 million pixels."

It's just speculation, but according to GSM Arena, some people speculate that this sensor is a "Sony IMX800".
Speaking of 1 type, it is the sensor size installed in compact digital cameras such as RX100 series, AQUOS R6, Xperia PRO-I, and 1 / 1.1 type is close to that.

It was rumored that the IMX800 would be installed on the HUAWEI P50 as a type 1 sensor for the first time. After that, there is speculation that it will be adopted by Xiaomi 12 Ultra and Xperia 1 IV, but it is not installed in the P50 series after all, the latter has not been confirmed even because the terminal itself has not been announced.

(Xiaomi 12 Ultra. It has a huge camera bump and is expected to have a variety of camera configurations. The image is created by LetsGo Digital based on the information.)
 

The Mi 11 Ultra, a high-end smartphone that costs more than 100,000 yen, is equipped with Samsung's ISOCELL GN2, which can be a direct competitor to this image sensor. Sony is a little pushed by Samsung in this industry, but it may be decided in the future whether it will be adopted as the main camera of institutional smartphones such as Xiaomi 12 Ultra. I look forward to future information.