Korea's LG Innotek and Jahwa confirmed to being the suppliers for the all-new Folded Zoom Lens aimed for Apple's iPhone 15 Pro Max - Patently Apple

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On December 22, 2022, Patently Apple posted a study titled "LG Innotek, Apple's Largest Optics Partner, volition unveil their Breakthrough Ultra-Compact Optical Zoom camera module astatine CES successful January." On December 23, we presented a 2nd study titled "Rumor claims that LG Innotek volition put $1.289 Billion connected their caller works that volition marque Optical Telephoto Zoom Modules for the iPhone 15.

Today, a Korean proviso concatenation study states that the folded zoom actuator for this year's iPhone 15 series, volition beryllium supplied by 2 Korean companies, LG Innotek and Jahwa Electronics that volition regenerate Japan's Alps Alpine and Mitsumi, an existing iPhone camera actuator partner, arsenic it is expected to person trouble supplying actuators for Apple's folded zoom this year.

LG Innotek and Jahwa Electronics are expected to relationship for 70% and 30%, respectively, of OIS actuators for the iPhone 15 bid folded zoom that Apple volition merchandise successful the 2nd fractional of the year. Apple plans to use Folded Zoom for the archetypal clip this twelvemonth to the apical exemplary of the iPhone 15 series, the Pro Max.

Folded Zoom is simply a telephoto camera module that bends airy with a prism and transmits it to the representation sensor. High-definition shooting is imaginable lone erstwhile actuators determination aggregate lenses rapidly and accurately.

The shot usher benignant actuator that Jahwa Electronics has developed with Samsung Electronics and Samsung Electro-Mechanics successful the past has strengths successful folded zoom.

LG Innotek is expected to proviso not lone the folded zoom arsenic the main proviso this time, but besides to relationship for much than fractional of the actuators for the folded zoom. It is known that the actuator is simply a cardinal portion successful folded zoom, and that the shot usher benignant actuator is highly profitable.

Lastly, The Elec noted that  it is known that Apple plans to use the caller folded zoom exclusively for the iPhone 15 Pro Max exemplary this twelvemonth and successful some the iPhone 16 Pro and Pro Max models successful 2024.

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