The Huawei nova10 Pro just released not long ago is equipped with the industry's first front-facing 60 million full-focus tracking dual cameras. The front ultra-wide-angle lens has the industry's highest 60 million pixels, equipped with a 100-degree ultra-wide angle, 1/2.61-inch

Careful friends can easily find that the pixel value of the smartphone (front) camera is much higher than that of the notebook. A laptop is much larger than a mobile phone, so why can't it be equipped with a higher-quality camera?

The pixels of the front camera of mobile phones have exceeded

In order to improve the quality of video beauty and night portraits, the front cameras of smartphones have also begun an "arms race". The most representative new products are moto edge X and vivo S12 Pro , they are equipped with 60-megapixel OmniVision OV60A (1/2.76-inch, 0.64μm equivalent to 1.28μm) and 50-megapixel Samsung JNV (1/2.6-inch, 0.61μm equivalent to 1.22μm) sensors, respectively, for selfie imaging effects It's top notch.

Huawei’s nova10 Pro, which was just released not long ago, is equipped with the industry’s first front-facing 60-megapixel full-focus tracking dual camera. The front-facing ultra-wide-angle lens has the industry’s highest 60-megapixel, equipped with a 100-degree ultra-wide angle and a 1/2.61-inch outsole. Support 4K image quality. Excellent resolution and sensitivity lay a solid foundation for front-facing photography of exquisite portraits.

The unprogressive laptop camera

In comparison, the notebook camera seems a bit "unprogressive". For a long time, it has stuck to the ancestral 720P high-definition camera, but this so-called "high definition" is actually only about 1.3 million pixels. . So, why can’t laptop cameras be more ambitious?

The reasons are mainly reflected in two levels.

First of all, the space between the A and B sides of the notebook is indeed limited. In addition, ultra-narrow borders are now popular in the notebook field, and it is really impossible to fit a lens module that is too large. You may not believe it, but the size of the laptop camera is smaller than the front camera of a mobile phone. This disassembly picture shows a 2-megapixel mobile phone front camera, which is huge compared to laptop cameras.

Secondly, there has been no demand for selfies in notebooks for a long time. The main tasks of the camera are video conferencing, online classes, facial recognition login, etc. when paired with an infrared camera. The requirements for pixel value and imaging quality are not high. In addition, the sales volume of notebooks is not comparable to that of mobile phones, and manufacturers are not interested in optimizing and iterating.

As a result, laptop cameras, limited by size and practical requirements, have long struggled with distorted images, low resolution, and narrow field-of-view cameras that don’t perform well in low-light conditions.

Advanced Optical, Jiuhe Optical, and New Juke are the main suppliers of Lenovo , HP , Dell , Apple , Acer , Asus and many other manufacturers. Together, the three companies have the largest market share in notebook cameras in the world. The market share was once as high as 90%. The familiar , Samsung , , Sony , and Howey are not interested in participating in the notebook camera involution battlefield.

Laptop camera upgrade battle

When laptop hardware fell into homogeneity, clearer video conferencing imaging quality became the differentiation direction of a few products. The most representative one is the MagicBook V 14 released by Honor at the end of September 2021. This notebook features the "best audio and video conferencing system" composed of 5 million ultra-high-definition wide-angle dual cameras + 4 microphones + 4 speakers. The industry's first customized 5-megapixel ultra-high-definition wide-angle camera and miniaturized ISP chip not only support 16:9 ratio 1440P video and 90° ultra-wide-angle shooting, the resolution is 4 times that of common HD cameras in the notebook field, and it does not affect ultra-high resolution Narrow bezel design.

The good news is that upgrading the quality of laptop cameras is about to become a normal operation.

Intel With the release of the 12th generation Core laptop platform, it also launched the third generation EVO certification standard. In addition to expanding the certification scope to more laptops and new foldable design forms, it also supports video calls. A hard target requirement is put forward - the notebook needs to reach the level of "intelligent collaboration" in order to participate in a high-quality video conferencing experience, which means it must be equipped with a webcam that supports 1080P, as well as Wi-Fi 6E and AI-based audio enhancement. , to reduce background noise.

Therefore, you will find that many notebooks launched this year have abandoned the ancestral 720P lens and fully upgraded to 1080P (FHD) ultra-high-definition cameras. Although it is only a small improvement and cannot be compared with the cameras of smartphones that can shoot 4K and 8P videos, it is still a big improvement for notebooks.