:: Samsung Galaxy S3 and iPhone 4S have similar camera sensors :: What will be your initial reaction when you’ll hear that the Samsung Galaxy S3 has the same camera sensor as that of the iPhone 4S? According to iFixit, who collaborated with Chipworks on the teardown of the Samsung Galaxy S3, the 8 megapixel camera sensor used on the Samsung Galaxy S3 is a Sony BSI unit and that it is actually the same camera sensor used on the iPhone 4S. Chipworks, a company specializing in patent infringement analysis of semiconductors and electronic systems, published a report last year revealing that the iPhone 4S is using Sony’s IMX145 camera sensor. The company pointed out that the Samsung Galaxy S3 is also equipped with an 8 megapixel Sony image sensor. “Chipworks has confirmed that the camera has a Sony BSI sensor, and that it’s basically the same unit found in the iPhone 4S,” iFixit wrote on its blog.