The iPhone 15 could have gotten a periscope lens and offered a much more efficient zoom.
Next year, Apple will bring its iPhone 14 to the market. It will most likely be the iPhone 15 next year. At the moment, no one knows all the details of this future iPhone 14, but according to analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, it turns out that some elements, concerning the iPhone 15 are already starting to leak out. And among them is information about the camera module.
The iPhone 15 could benefit from a periscope lens
According to an investor note written by an analyst, Ming-Chi Kuo says the iPhone 15 should use a different camera design, including a periscope lens. “Traditional”lenses pass light directly onto the sensor. In a periscope lens, of course, light always hits, but instead of hitting the sensor directly, it first passes through a prism.
The main reason a smartphone can use a periscope lens system is because smartphones are very thin. In “traditional”cameras, which have a body and a lens that is at least impressive, there is no need for a periscope system and reflection of light through a prism, since there is all the necessary space. On the other hand, the extreme fluidity of smartphones more or less requires the implementation of such a system if we are to go beyond what is being done today.
and offer a more efficient zoom
Indeed, in the long run, using a periscope lens could offer a much more powerful zoom without relying on digital zoom, which does nothing more and nothing less than cropping a photo. On the iPhone, the zoom is not the best compared to the competition, but if the device were equipped with a periscope lens system, it could put the Cupertino company back in the race. In any case, this new functionality is not expected for another two years. In other words, even if the information has been proven, which is far from the case, even if it comes from Ming-Chi Kuo, it will have to wait a long time before one can benefit from it.