Sony has just announced its rumored 200MP sensor , the LYTIA 901 , aka LYT-901. That sensor was known as the Sony IMX09E as well, as that’s what Sony employees used internally, it seems.

Sony has just announced its flagship 200MP camera sensor for smartphones

This is not just any sensor, it’s Sony’s new flagship camera sensor for smartphones. It’s the camera sensor that those upcoming ‘Ultra’ phones are expected to utilize, more on that later.

Let’s talk about this thing. It is a 1/1.12-inch sensor with a 0.7um pixel size. It uses a Quad-Quadf Byer Coding (QQBC) array and other flagship technologies. Tech such as DCG-HDR, Fine 12-bit ADC, and HF-HDR.

This sensor basically completes the transition to a 2 x 2 Bayer pattern. Sony is actually using AI in order to make dense pixel data easier for phone SoCs to handle. As already noted, a 12-bit analogue-to-digital pipeline is leveraged here, and backed by a Fine 12-bit ADC.

Sony merged two HDR technologies here

We’ve also mentioned HF-HDR. That stands for Hybrid Frame-HDR. Sony essentially merged that with Dual Conversation Gain HDR and thus created a very interesting combination for handling HDR.

The dynamic range is also supposed to be much-improved, while the sensor handles 2x hardware zoom for photos and 4x sensor-in-zoom for stills and video.

This is also the only sensor that covers 3x hardware zoom and 4K video at 30 fps, with 120 fps 4K capture available in 4x binning configurations. Pixel-binned profiles include 50MP (2×2) and 12.5MP (4×4).

This camera sensor will be used by the upcoming ‘Ultra’ phones in 2026

This is almost certainly the rumored 200MP main camera sensor that the Vivo X300 Ultra will use. That phone is tipped to have two 200MP sensors (main and periscope telephoto), in addition to a 50-megapixel ultrawide unit.

The OPPO Find X9 Ultra is also expected to utilize this 200MP camera sensor. It remains to be seen if the Xiaomi 17 Ultra will use it as well, but that is not as likely, as that phone will probably be just a rebranded Xiaomi 17 Pro Max, or at least close to it. Don’t expect to see this camera sensor on the Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra either.