news hardware Apple is already planning the future of photography on its iPhone 15
While the new iPhone 14s is expected for the start of the 2022 school year, Apple is already working on the photo portion of its iPhone 15s, which is slated for 2023. We can expect a telephoto lens that can see very far.
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- A large optical zoom on the iPhone 15?
- A long build-up process
- What is a periscopic telephoto lens?
Since the release of the iPhone X in 2017, Apple has always integrated a telephoto lens on the back of its mobile devices. At the time, this sensor mainly benefited from the portrait mode, but over time the proposal has been expanded. Like many smartphone manufacturers Apple doesn’t hesitate to improve certain features of its devices
A large optical zoom on the iPhone 15?
This is reported by the Korean site The ElecApple is currently in talks with the supplier Jahwa Electronics so that they can offer it a new photo modulelooking ahead to outfitting its terminals in 2023. Jahwa is far from unknown in the industry: it’s, oh surprise, Samsung’s supplier for the entire Galaxy S22 range.
Apple would have asked Jahwa Electronics to build new assembly lines in its factories. The American company is used to doing this with its partners, especially to avoid leaks of information (obviously missed). The contract between Apple and Jahwa is worth 191 billion won, or around 143 million dollars. The site adds that “The OIS sensors produced by the new assembly lines are probably intended for telephoto lenses”
A long build-up process
Setting up the assembly lines for Apple would take many more months, which would allow Jahwa Electronics to begin supplying Apple “from the second quarter of next year”. A point in time that would correspond to the start of production of the iPhone 15 series.
This therefore seems to confirm that this partnership has nothing to do with the iPhone 14, terminals of which we already know a lot. We can also remember that from 2020 Analyst Ming Chi Kuo predicted the arrival of a periscopic telephoto lens on a next-generation iPhone : At that time 2022 was mentioned, but for this year it probably won’t be.
What is a periscopic telephoto lens?
The principle of a telescopic telephoto lens is similar to that of a submarine periscope : The light enters the lens and is reflected by a mirror placed at a 90° angle. It then reaches the sensor above to take a picture. The peculiarity of the system is that it is horizontalwhich leaves him more space to work: the depth of the device no longer limits the installation of a large zoom.
This type of technology has already been used by OPPO, Huawei and even Samsung for several years: it’s nothing new but could significantly improve Apple’s photo offering.
For Apple and its iPhone 15, the horizon of 2023 already seems to be looming. while the iPhone 14 is already on its way to being considered a generation of iOS terminals that is not very innovative compared to the iPhone 13. This can make brand lovers want to wait another year before switching devices.
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