Not only is Apple planning to redesign the front camera of the iPhone 14; a model that, recall, this year could come out with two holes in the screen area instead of a cutout. The Cupertino-based company, as analyst Ming-Chi Kuo said in a new publication, will also improve selfie camera inside. This will, in particular, new components capable of offering better results than the current iPhone 13.
The analyst, who usually reveals information about the next Apple products quite often, assures that Tim Cook’s firm has already chosen suppliers who will produce the front camera and lenses of the next product. iPhone 14, 14 Max, 14 Pro and 14 Pro Max. Sony, which previously worked with Apple, will be responsible for providing the sensors. Genius Electronic Optical and Largan Precision will produce lenses, while LG Innotek and Cowell will supply the front camera module. Finally, Alpes and Luxshare ICT new focus module. This is one of the most important components of the new iPhone camera.
According to Kuo, Apple has instructed both vendors to enable new autofocus (AF) system on iPhone 14; a significant improvement over the fixed-focus (FF) front-facing camera we’re seeing in the iPhone 13. The analyst says the autofocus will “significantly improve selfie and video performance.” And it’s that, unlike fixed focus, auto can detect if an object is overlapped by another and let the user choose which one the camera should focus on.
The iPhone 14 Pro will retain some exclusive features in its camera, but not on the front.
Kuo also mentions that the front camera of all iPhone 14s will include a voice coil motor (VCM), a component required for autofocus to work. It will also include a 6P lens compared to the 5P used in current iPhone models.
Improvements for the main camera, yes, they may not make it to the four versions that Apple releases this fall.. As the analyst previously confirmed, only the Pro models can include a 48-megapixel main camera that can also record in 8K resolution. On the other hand, only the iPhone 14 Pro is expected to include the new A16 Bionic chip, while the iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Max will retain the current models’ A15 Bionic SoC.
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