Twitter person “RGcloudS” today claimed that this 12 months’s iPhone 15 lineup will sport a glass-plastic hybrid lens with an ƒ/1.7 aperture. RGcloudS additionally says Apple will make additional enhancements to the lens within the 2024 iPhone 16 lineup.
The improve would make the iPhone 15 collection the primary smartphone lineup offered in a rustic apart from China to have a hybrid lens design. At the moment, units utilizing the hybrid lens design from cellphone makers like Xiaomi are offered solely in China.
Apple’s iPhone 15 hybrid lens is claimed to function a single glass factor and 6 plastic parts. The huge digital camera at present used within the iPhone 14 lineup makes use of seven lenses produced from plastic.
The primary digital camera for use within the iPhone 15 lineup is claimed to function an ƒ/1.7 aperture, which is simply a slight enhance over the iPhone 14 Professional fashions’ ƒ/1.79 aperture. It’s also anticipated that the identical 48-megapixel rear digital camera that debuted on the iPhone 14 Professional and iPhone 14 Professional Max shall be used on the iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus fashions.
This 12 months’s iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Plus each function a ƒ/1.5 aperture. Which means the iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus may truly obtain an aperture downgrade this 12 months.
The bigger aperture permits the huge digital camera to seize as a lot as 20 p.c extra mild, permitting for improved efficiency in low-light situations, together with quicker shutter speeds. A bigger aperture additionally creates a shallower depth of area, offering further blurring of the topic’s background, and making the topic stand out extra.
As for the enhancements mentioned to be coming to the 2024 iPhone 16 Professional Max, it’s mentioned to set to obtain an improve of its huge digital camera, receiving an eight-part hybrid lens design, made up of two glass parts and 6 plastic parts. 5- and six-element hybrid lenses are anticipated to debut on the iPhone 16 Professional Max ultra-wide and telephoto cameras. The lenses are anticipated to be manufactured by Sunny Optical Expertise.
This rumor comes from the identical supply that final week mentioned the iPhone 15 lineup could use a brand new kind of stacked battery expertise. Nonetheless, the leaker now says the battery improve shall be used within the iPhone 16 collection as an alternative. 40W wired charging and 20W charging by way of MagSafe will come alongside for the journey. RGcloudS says Apple is planning to concurrently debut bigger picture sensors and stacked battery expertise on the iPhone 16.
In associated information, Bloomberg on Monday reported that Apple is “contemplating” elevating the worth of this 12 months’s iPhone 15 Professional and iPhone 15 Professional Max fashions. The report mentioned that though it’s anticipated that we’ll see a decline in smartphone gross sales this mannequin 12 months, Apple is seeking to seize a rise in its general income by climbing the worth of the 2 high-end iPhone 15 fashions.
Everyone knows the principles in terms of Apple-related rumors, proper? Rumors needs to be taken with a grain of your favourite salt-free seasoning. We gained’t know for certain if these rumors will come to go till the official debut of the brand new iPhone 15 lineup later this 12 months, in addition to the iPhone 16 lineup in 2024.
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