Although the smartphone is not a device specially used for taking pictures, it is a "battlefield for military strategists" for image sensor manufacturers. As Sony Semiconductor Solutions, which accounts for the largest share of image sensor revenue in 2022, even stated at the Investor Relations Day: As soon as 2024, the photo quality of smartphones will surpass the ability to save the interchangeable lens. Radical conception. Why is the mobile image sensor market so important? Do mobile image sensors have a chance to overtake interchangeable-lens cameras? TechInsights Senior Analyst, Jeffrey Mathews.