Despite the fact that Apple is one of the first on the market offered a smartphone with a double camera, the company did not hurry to increase their number further. Only in 2019, when competitors have already produced five-chamber devices, it equipped the iPhone to the third module with an ultra-wide viewing angle. True, another one later - Lidar added to him. To call it a full-fledged camera, of course, it is impossible, but the fact that it is located nearby, in the view of users, still makes it a camera. However, no serious hardware changes that would directly affect the quality of shooting, was not. But it is long to wait.
The iPhone was never part of the dxomark's top rating, but this does not interfere with users to consider themselves their real cameras. After all, it is often enough so that it has been configured correctly and competently used the available hardware.
Already this year, Apple will start the larger transformations of the cameras of his smartphones. About this analyst TF International Securities Ming Chi Kuo wrote in a memorandum for investors. According to him, the most serious changes will begin in 2022, when the company proceeds to the use of Unibody cameras. If we speak in a simple language, in Cupertino plan to reduce the number of parts in each module, combining many of them with each other. This will, firstly, to reduce the dimensions of the cameras, and, secondly, to make them more reliable, minimizing the risk of failure.
Updating iPhone Camera
Using Unibody cameras will increase the number of lenses used in the design. Now they are five. Such an Apple system applies from 2011. Of course, since then the matrix and other components forming a photographic module have greatly advanced, but the number of lenses remained unchanged. However, in 2022, 7-lens cameras will start to be installed in the iPhone. This will contribute to the reduction of dimensions of modules due to a more holistic design with a minimum of individual components.
Apple pays great attention to the camera software, and the hardware founder has not changed for quite some time. And why, if the photos are at least a day, at least at night work perfect?
In addition to increasing the number of lenses, Apple intends to start equipping the iPhone periscopic chamber. No, it will not leave the smartphone housing, like Android-smartphones front camera. Pyriscopic will be its internal device - the components of the photo module will be located as if the letter "g". To do this, the system of mirrors will be applied in its design. This will allow the camera is not perpendicular to the back cover, but in parallel that again will allow you to save space and reduce the thickness of the cameras.
What is camera periscope
Periskopic chambers are already successfully applied by smartphone manufacturers. For example, such a module is installed in the flagships of the Galaxy line. With their help, Samsung provides smartphones the possibility of an optical approximation of images without loss of quality. Therefore, the likelihood is high that the transition to the periscopic cameras in the iPhone will give them the same opportunity. After all, now the maximum approach for them is 3x, and the periscoves are likely to increase it to 10x and even more.
If Apple has the combined technologies of different components of the cameras, it would be completely great if it combined different modules. From the main shine could be abandoned at all, and the telecommunication and superwomen - integrate with each other.
However, the iPhone 2021 is also waiting for a small upgrade, however, it will not be the main, and the frontal chamber. According to Kuo, Apple plans to replace the 5-lens module in the front of the smartphone to the 6-lens and refuse the glass in favor of plastic as part of Face ID. It will not affect how this will not affect this, but will allow a little to save on production and at the same time cut the dimensions of individual recognition sensors, since plastic, if neither twist, more plastic than glass.