HMD Global had surprised the smartphone industry earlier this year by launching the Nokia 9 PureView with five rear-mounted cameras. A new leak reveals that Sony is working on a smartphone with six rear-facing cameras. There is no accurate information on the arrangement of the camera sensors. However, an image that speculates that the six camera setup of the mysterious Sony phone is now doing rounds on social media sites.
The leak reveals that the mysterious phone will be featuring dual front-facing cameras. The smartphone is also rumored to arrive with advanced facial recognition technology. It is speculated that the six camera setup of the mysterious phone will include a superwide lens, a telephoto sensor and a ToF sensor. There could be two monochrome sensors in the setup.
Sony is known for announcing its new flagship phones at the IFA tech trade show that is annually held in September. Hence, it remains to be seen whether the Sony phone with six rear-facing lenses will be made official at the IFA 2019 tech event.
Sony has recently launched the Xperia 1 smartphone as its most powerful flagship phone. Its features a 21:9 aspect ratio supporting OLED screen that supports 4K HDR+ resolution. The Snapdragon 855 chipset is present under the hood of the device with 6 GB of RAM. It features an internal storage of 128 GB.
The rear shell of the phone features triple 12-megapixel camera sensors. For selfies, it has a front camera of 8-megapixel. It features a 3,300mAh battery that carries support for 18W fast charging through USB-C. The Android 9 Pie OS comes preloaded on the device.
