is there a limit on how big a cell phones camera sensor can be without having a huge lens? (camera bump being less than 14mm in total depth)

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is there a limit on how big a cell phones camera sensor can be without having a huge lens? (camera bump being less than 14mm in total depth)

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Yes. But it’s not necessarily the lens that’s the problem. Ultimately the size of the sensor is governed by the phones physical geometry in addition to the lens being used.

The sensors ability to capture an image is heavily dependent on how much light it can capture. The larger the sensor, the more light it can capture for a set ISO, Aperture and shutter speed. This can be offset to a degree with smaller sensors by using a longer exposure, but you risk introducing blur which reduces image quality. DLSR Camera sensors are several times larger than what you find in a phone and produce better images than phones with sensors with more pixels.