It's earnings season, and that means that future plans of various companies are sometimes divulged during conference calls or reports. Samsung Electro-Mechanics recently had an earnings report in which they stated that they have a dual-camera prototype that features two sensors and lenses. A prototype doesn't necessarily mean it will come to market, but they said that it would be ready for the first half of 2016. That implies that it will come to market, and the first half could mean that we will see it on the Galaxy S7.
Dual rear cameras is nothing new. HTC tried this with the One M8 (pictured above) and they have given it another shot on the One M9+, but it hasn't caught on with most consumers. Samsung is saying the main benefits for the dual camera is backlight compensation, better zooming quality, faster shutter speed, and the ability to add bokeh effects.
This all sounds like a gimmick, and we know Samsung is great at that, but I am open to this one. Samsung has clearly taken a huge lead in the camera department, and if they think a dual camera setup would provide even better performance, than I am game with that. What do you guys think?
Let’s just hope that by the time the S7 comes out Samsung will have stopped copying Apple and release a truly next big thing.