The iPhone rumor mill keeps spinning. When the iPhone 12 arrived, the conversation immediately shifted to what the iPhone 13 could bring. Today brought a bumper crop for what could be the iPhone 2022 and iPhone 2023. Here are the main iPhone rumors.
Influential analyst Ming-Chi Kuo (via MacRumors) outlined what appears to be a fairly comprehensive roadmap for the upcoming iPhone models 2022 and 2023. After a big design refresh in 2020 and the addition of 5G, we don’t expect huge iPhone 13 updates in 2021. There’s the prospect of a switch to USB-C, a smaller notch and a Touch ID sensor underneath it. screen.
However, Apple has big things in store for the handsets eventually dubbed iPhone 14 and 15, according to Kuo. Here are the highlights …
Under Display Face ID Tech coming in 2023
If you’re hoping for under-displayed Face ID tech, to help Apple finally do without the unpopular notch, it might take a few years to wait. In a note to investors, influential analyst Ming Chi-Kuo (via MacRumors) estimates that Apple will be able to incorporate facial recognition technology into 2023 iPhone models.
Notch perforating cameras
On the verge of doing without the notch altogether, Apple will look to condense it considerably by using punch-hole cameras for the 2022 iPhone models. Right now, Kuo expects Apple to roll out this feature to the top-of-the-line 2022 models, but claims high production yields could allow it to spread the love across all devices in the lineup.
IPhone 2022 Camera Bonanza
According to Kuo, Apple is planning a major upgrade for the 2022 iPhone models, including a 48-megapixel main camera and 8K video. The former will offer better images for mixed reality experiences, according to Kuo.
He wrote: “In terms of pixel size, the ‘iPhone 12’, iPhone 13 and the new 2H22 ‘iPhone’ are 1.7um, 2um and 1.25um respectively. We believe the new 2H22 iPhone can simultaneously support 48MP direct output and 12MP output (four cell merge output mode). With an output of 12MP, the CIS pixel size of the new iPhone 2H22 increases to around 2.5um, which is significantly larger than the iPhone 12 and iPhone 13, and larger than existing Android phones, and close to the standard. DSC. We believe that the camera quality of the new iPhone 2H22 will take cell phone camera photography to a new level. “
The iPhone 2023 will have a periscope lens
Many Android phone makers have already adopted a periscope telescopic lens camera, which allows optical zoom (lossless) without adding girth to the phone itself. While there have been rumors that Apple plans to adopt the technology for the iPhone 13, that won’t happen until 2023, according to Kuo (via MacRumors).
Kuo added, “In the past, it was widely believed that the reason why the Tx lens had to adopt a glass material was to avoid distortion due to the heat generated by the operation of the VCSEL. Our latest survey indicates that the Face ID TX lens on the new iPhone 2H21 will be plastic instead of glass, thanks to improved coating technologies and the Tx plastic lens suppliers are Largan and Genius, with Largan being the primary beneficiary of this material change due to its higher supply share. “
No more iPhone mini from 2022
The iPhone 12 mini has been the least popular device in the lineup, perhaps thanks to the popularity of the 2020 iPhone SE. While it may have another chance in 2022 with the iPhone 13 lineup, it will be phased out. in 2022 according to Ming Chi Kuo (via MacRumors).
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Only two iPhone sizes from 2022
In the process, Apple only plans two iPhone sizes from 2022, according to Kuo. The range will remain at four handsets, but simply split into Standard and Pro editions, with the same size options for each. “We anticipate that the new iPhone 2H22 will come in four models: the high-end 6.7 ″ and 6.1 ″, and the low-end 6.7 ″ and 6.1 ″,” Kuo wrote in the note to investors.
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