A new report today echoes previous ones that this year’s iPhones – possibly called the iPhone 12S – will have a smaller notch.
We expect the design of this year’s models to be very similar to that of the iPhone 12, but a MacOtakara a report earlier this month suggested that Apple could reduce the notch on the screen …
The company also changed the position of the upper receiver to reduce the size of the TrueDepth camera, which could allow for a smaller notch on the iPhone 13 models. Earlier rumors also state that the entire iPhone 13 line will feature the LiDAR scanner, not just the Pro models.
Today Digitimes The report brings together a series of supply chain reports on changes to camera cameras this year, including a smaller notch.
The facial ID will also change the design, the notch size will be reduced […] To reduce the size of the notch, Apple adopted a design change, combining the emitter and receiver of the dot pattern in a single unit, similar to the LiDAR reader on the back of the iPhone 12 Pro models.
There is a lot of technology among current Apple iPhone models:
Currently, the dot projector – the infrared emitter – is on the right side of the notch when you look at the phone, while the infrared camera – the receiver – is on the left side. Combining them into a single module could visibly decrease the width of the notch.
There have been a number of reports of camera improvements this year, specifically for ultra-wide lenses.
First, Kuo expects the aperture to be expanded from f / 2.4 to f / 1.8. All other things being equal, this would let in more than twice as much light, significantly improving low light performance. In particular, it should allow for sharper and cleaner night shots.
Second, the sources indicate that the number of elements in the lens will increase from five to six. There are pros and cons to adding elements to a lens, but when a manufacturer takes an existing lens design and adds elements, it is often done to reduce distortion, which is especially important with wide-angle lenses.
Finally, he expects the ultra-wide-angle lens to autofocus for the first time. The current ultra-wide-angle lens is fixed-focus. This may seem surprising, but it is generally not a big problem with very wide-angle lenses, as they are used mainly for landscapes and urban landscapes, where everything in the shoot is far enough away to be in focus. However, switching to autofocus will be useful for pictures closer to wide angle.
Digitimes it also suggests that optical image stabilization (OIS) will be updated on three of the models. There are two ways to implement OIS, moving the lens elements or the sensor to compensate for camera movement. Moving the sensor is better because it is lighter than the lens, so it can be more responsive. Currently, only the iPhone 12 Pro Max has sensor change OIS, but today’s report states that it will arrive on all four models this year.
The site also echoes previous reports that this year’s lenses will have more elements to reduce distortion and continues to suggest that Apple update the contact image sensor to increase resolution. Personally, I would consider this last statement to be a superficial idea, but it will be interesting to see if we hear the same thing from other sources.
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