Tuesday January 17, 2023 2:34 americium PST by Tim Hardwick
The iPhone 15 Pro Max volition beryllium the sole Apple smartphone of 2023 to get a periscope camera lens and payment from greatly enhanced optical zoom, with the hardware lone acceptable to go a diagnostic of some Pro models adjacent year, claims a caller Korean report.
According to The Elec, Apple intends a "Folded Zoom" periscope telephoto lens to beryllium an exclusive diagnostic successful the iPhone 15 Pro Max this year, corroborating a study by Apple expert Ming-Chi Kuo. Kuo has previously said the iPhone 15 Pro Max volition beryllium lone exemplary successful the iPhone 15 bid to get a periscope camera lens, a prediction that expert Jeff Pu has besides made. The Korean study claims Apple volition past marque the periscope lens strategy a diagnostic of some iPhone 16 Pro models successful 2024.
In a periscope system, airy entering the telephoto lens is reflected by an angled reflector towards the camera's representation sensor. The alteration successful absorption successful which the airy travels allows for a longer "folded" telephoto setup wrong phones, enabling users to zoom successful further without immoderate blurriness.
According to The Elec, Apple is tapping caller suppliers for the OIS actuators that volition beryllium utilized successful the periscope lens destined for this year's iPhone 15 Pro Max. Apple volition trust connected Korean companies LG Innotek and Jahwa Electronics to proviso the actuators, replacing existing iPhone camera module actuator makers Japan Alps and Mitsumi.
Both LG Innotek and Jahwa person worked with Samsung to make the ball-type actuators, which lend themselves amended to folded zoom modules than the outpouring actuators Apple presently uses successful its telephoto modules. Samsung's Galaxy S23 Ultra already features a 10x zoom periscope telephoto camera.
Apple's determination to marque hardware features exclusive to this year's 6.7-inch iPhone 15 Pro Max exemplary is apt to origin vexation among would-be upgraders who question the champion features successful the smaller 6.1-inch Pro model. Apple has not differentiated camera features betwixt its iPhone "Pro" models since the iPhone 12 Pro and iPhone 12 Pro Max.
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