Technologue.id, Jakarta – Apple is preparing to release the iPhone 14 series, as the next generation of the iPhone 13 Series. But, before the iPhone 14 arrived, leaks about the iPhone 15 had circulated.
According to analyst Jeff Pu, Apple is currently testing prototypes and samples of periscope lens components that offer 5x optical zoom, which will reportedly be installed on the iPhone 15. This periscope mechanism has a concept to arrange the lenses vertically or horizontally, so they don’t protrude outside the body later. cell phone.
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The final decision on whether Apple will use this technology in the next iPhone will be taken in May 2022. While the iPhone 15 Pro itself seems to be released in 2023. After the decision is made, Apple will use these components on the highest model iPhone 15 series, namely the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max.
Jeff Pu said the telephoto lens may have been supplied by Lante Optics, or another vendor selected by Apple. They must be able to prepare more than 100 million units of lens modules to meet Apple’s demand.
For your information, periscope cameras on smartphones are actually not new, especially for Android smartphones. But so far, periscope camera support is only used in high-end smartphones.
For example, Samsung and Huawei use periscope cameras on the company’s flagship phones, which make smartphones do optical zoom up to 10x and zoom combinations up to 100x.
Periscope cameras make vendors to place longer telephoto lenses horizontally, so they still fit on phones that are designed to have a slim body.
Besides Jeff Pu, the same leak was also revealed by analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, who said that Apple plans to use a periscope camera on the “iPhone 2H23”.
According to Kuo, the addition of this component will help increase Apple’s market share, revenue and profits in the future.
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