Chipworks teardown of Samsung flagship smartphone Galaxy S6 confirms that its primary camera sensor is Sony IMX240. IMX240 is a 16MP stacked chip, BSI sensor with a die size of 7.09 mm x 4.68 mm (33.2 mm2) featuring 1.12 µm pixel and an on-chip phase detection pixels for fast AF:
The front-facing camera is based on Samsung S5K4E6, a 5MP BSI sensor with a die size of 5.31 mm x 5.87 mm (31.2 mm2). The pixels have a 1.34 µm pitch:
Update: BusinessWire: IHS publishes Galaxy S6 Edge BOM where the front and rear cameras account for about 7% of the smartphone's cost:
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