Sony recently made some interesting forward-looking statements about the smartphone market. It is their belief that by 2024 the image quality of a smartphone will exceed that of an interchangeable lens camera. Nikkei covered the statements.
The image quality of smartphones will exceed that of single-lens reflex cameras in 2024, and Sony G will show the prospect
“We expect that still images will exceed the image quality of single-lens reflex cameras within the next few years.” Terushi Shimizu
Smartphone sensors have always incorporated the latest and greatest sensor technology, but I am curious what kind of leap Sony expects that will make the significantly smaller sensors in a smartphone outperform a larger sensor camera.