Exynos 8895 processor supports 4K video at 120 fps and 28MP cameras

Worth remembering that Samsung had a strong product range with its own cameras but got out and left its camera customers in a difficult position.

Perhaps if we stopped using mobile phones as an image capturing device, bought a small compact instead , then Nikon and others would flourish?

As much as i have to admire the technology and innovation by Samsung and the like I will always carry a compact and use it over my cell phone on principle.

There was a time when we could not get by without the traditional camera industry. Why not support them?

Eff principle. Do you process all your digital photos at a film store too? Times change. Compacts are increasingly worthless. Camera companies need to make products that deliver value to customers.

sportyaccordy, I agree that times do change but my reference point is not past technology. I don't agree that compacts are worthless. Sony, Canon, Fuji and Panasonic still think there is demand for compacts and in the round they are impressive devices that are more caperble than mobile phones.

Equally I do not see the value characteristic of mobile phones. They are expensive, you are tied to another contract (add your cellphone contract to that of your broadband and multiply x 12 and see how much you pay) In some instances the IO is buggy, the product refresh cycle keeps you spending on upgrades, they are not especially or consistently good at their primary purpose, voice messages, after which you are left with a bunch of fun gadgets and gimmicky apps that are not strenuous to live with out.

IMHO cell phone are over rated, over valued techno junk. I am amazed that any one is impressed with them. There are plenty of superior alternatives available for photography both older and new.

I think you need to read reviews about the new AMD Ryzen 7 line of 8-core, 16 thread processors (1700, 1700X, and 1800X).
I have been building desktops with Intel and AMD processors for over 20 years.
I will not go back to greedy Intel.
AMD's launch is today, and the 1800X is already out of stock.
Initial launch batch of the above 3 processors was 1 million. So they have been very well received by computer builders and enthusiasts.

Also, the i7-7700 is a 4-core processor, and sits at the bottom of the line of the i7 processors. Intel's i7-6900K is $1050. AMD's 1800X beats it hands down at $500.

let's do a AMD vs Intel war :p

"if i start saving up now for this sensor i'll be able to afford a flagship phone by 2027"
A used one you meant!!!

And what is the point of watching 4k on a phone display? You can't see the pixels on a 30" 4k display so putting that many pixels on a 5" display is nuts.

I bet the last image will win every photo contest 2017 because technology alone is everything!

Not buying a Canon camera unless it has 4k

I wish they'd sold their NX line to Nikon, as rumored.

Samsung can simply put this SoC on a high end APSC camera such as the NX1 and obliterate all the competition in terms of frame or data rates while having Wi-Fi and an LTE connection that uploads photos or videos in realtime.

They were even ahead of Sony by releasing the NX1 with a back illuminated sensor.

Is the camera market really that small for Samsung to abandon it?

zodiacfml, Samsung can do whatever they want ... provide 8k video at 120fps and store it real time to a private server on the moon - they will not gain the trust of professionals back.

"Is the camera market really that small for Samsung to abandon it?"

According to CIPA, the Japanese manufacturers (which account for the vast majority of cameras sold) shipped 24.2m digital cameras in 2016 (12.6m fixed-lens, 8.4m DSLR, 3.2m mirrorless).

That's not a huge market compared to, say, smartphones. Also, the market is still shrinking, and Samsung reportedly had a very small market share, so they probably didn't think there was much prospect for growth, despite making excellent cameras.

apparently nobody is releasing any devices with Snapdragon 835 because Samsung has grabbed them all for the S8...that said the Exynos could be implemented in the Asia region version of the S8...

As usual, there will likely be two versions, the Qualcomm Snapdragon (SD835 in this case) and the Exynos version (8895). The only recent exception was the S6, which was released with Exynos SoC's only.
The Exynos S7 (as most other Exynos versions) was released in Asia (minus China) and Europe. So it's likely that Europe will receive the Exynos version of the S8 too.

To me, the more interesting question is, whether the SD835 equipped S8 will end up with inferior specs to the Exynos version, because the latter SoC is simply more capable when it comes to 4K recording and playback (120fps vs 30 fps), or whether they will cap the Exynos version to the limit of the Snapdragon version... I hope the latter is not the case and I can think of one precedent, where the Exynos version of the S4 was capable of 120 fps 720P recording, where as the Snapdragon version was not.

[[apparently nobody is releasing any devices with Snapdragon 835 because Samsung has grabbed them all for the S8]]

http://www.trustedreviews.com/news/snapdragon-835-phones-processor-specs-speed-benchmark-chipset-cores

This claims that Sony is using the 835.

yes, @Rob Bernhard, but the Sony is not going to be available before June or so, by that time there will be enough 835s for everybody :) The S8 is expected to launch late March.