A report from DigiTimes says Apple is engaged on bringing on one other provide chain provider for its upcoming iPhone 15 Professional Max. The report says the Cupertino firm is including a second periscope digicam lens module producer for its new handset.
Trade sources inform the publication that Genius Digital Optical (GSEO) might be introduced on-line to offer further provides of the module.
The iPhone 15 Professional Max is anticipated to be geared up with a brand new periscope digicam system, which might take mild coming into the telephoto lens on the again of the handset and reflecting it with an angled mirror in the direction of the cellphone’s digicam picture sensor. The periscope system permits Apple to squeeze an extended telephoto setup contained in the gadget, which might enable iPhone customers to zoom in on a scene nearer with none blurriness.
We’ve seen loads of rumors a couple of periscope lens for the iPhone since early 2020. Respected supply Apple business analyst Ming-Chi Kuo had initially stated the periscope lens would debut on the iPhone 14 Professional, however now it appears as if the brand new lens will premiere alongside the iPhone 15 Professional Max later this 12 months. (Probably in September, as that’s the conventional month for iPhone debuts.)
The iPhone will be part of a rising checklist of smartphones which might be geared up with periscope digicam lenses, as a number of Android handsets are already geared up with periscope lenses, together with Samsung’s Galaxy S21 Extremely and Huawei’s P40 Professional+.
It had been beforehand reported that the only provider of the periscope lens system can be Largan Precision. Nevertheless, it’s trying doubtless that Apple will add GSEO to its iPhone 15 Professional Max provide chain to make sure that it has a ample provide of periscope lenses for this 12 months’s iPhone 15 Professional Max mannequin.
Kuo has additionally stated that he believes each iPhone 16 Professional fashions in 2024 might be geared up with the identical or comparable periscope lens because the one destined for the iPhone 15 Professional Max. Provider GSEO may begin offering periscope lenses for the iPhone 16 Professional, Kuo stated again in March.
A January report by The Elec stated Apple will depend upon two new suppliers for the OIS actuators for use within the periscope lens used on this 12 months’s iPhone 15 Professional Max. OIS actuators mix OIS and autofocus capabilities in a single.
South Korean firms LG Innotek and Jahwa Electronics will provide the actuators, changing the prevailing iPhone actuator makers Japan Alps and Mitsumi.
An April 2022 report stated Jahwa Electronics deliberate to spend $155 million USD on manufacturing amenities for the brand new optical picture stabilization (OIS) actuators.
Some experiences have stated the iPhone 15 Professional Max may boast as much as 6x optical zoom, which might be fairly an enchancment over the present 3x optical zoom within the iPhone 14 Professional fashions.
We can also see Apple additional differentiate the next-generation iPhone 15 Professional and iPhone 15 Professional Max, says Kuo. He believes Apple might develop unique options for the iPhone 15 Professional Max to encourage clients to buy the dearer handset.