Yea I just saw that
. Does anyone know if the hardware indicated it being able to record in 1080p in the fcc doc? Pretty much I want to know if it can be added with an OTA.
Technically it should be able to record 1080p at some level. But no, the FCC schematic document was not much of a help as it didn't list the sensor model. We probably won't know specifically which model until release day reverse engineering and tear downs.
Even the Evo 4G's sensor can
technically record at 1080p. The Evo 4G features
Omnivision's BSI OV8810 or OV8812 which lists 1080p @ at 30FPS. Its just once you put the entire "recipe" together that creates the phone you lose some of the "flavor" from each of the combining components.
There must be a reason that they are not taking full advantage of the sensor. I'm guessing software problems (Android OS, Sense, Codecs, frame rate?) or some other hardware limitation (power control, processing, battery?). It must not be economical to the phone's environment sub-system to overdrive it just to record par or less than stellar 1080p. I have an archaic knowledge of these super technical things, maybe someone with a well versed knowledge can enlighten us better?
If they don't include it as an option then there is less chance of the general public being mad about its poor performance. Where as, we who studied the fact sheets and preliminary data feel hugely let down since we feel like we were "promised" something that is not being delivered. I would imagine it could be added via OTA, but sadly I have my doubts that it will happen (kind of like how we seemingly know 720p video recording for the Evo 4G could be better and fixed via OTA, yet it never is).
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I've been tooling around the net for hours and just realized that the Sensation can record at 1080p. I realize the hardware is slightly different (less RAM, different Sensor), but if the Sensation can do it then there should be little to no reason why the Evo 3D can't...