iPhone 15 rumored to get advanced image sensor from Sony
Sony will reportedly supply Apple with an image sensor for the iPhone 15 that is said to reduce over- and under-exposure.

iPhone 14 Pro camera
A report on Monday from Nikkei claims that Sony will bring its photography smarts to the iPhone. This would put them in direct competition with Samsung, who already supplies image sensors to Apple.
Sony's advanced sensor allegedly nearly doubles the saturation signal level in each pixel compared to current sensors. As a result, it's said to capture more light and reduce overexposure or underexposure in specific settings.
One benefit this brings is photographing a person's face in precise detail when the background is brightly lit, such as on a sunny day. Sony achieved this with a new semiconductor architecture that places photodiodes and transistors in separate substrate layers, resulting in a higher-density layer.
Sony has experience in manufacturing image sensors, with a 44% global share in CMOS sensors in 2021, edging out Samsung, which placed second at 18.5%. But the company hopes to capture a 60% market share by 2025, a target it first announced in 2019.
Apple could incorporate the Sony sensor across the entire iPhone 15 lineup or limit it to the Pro models. Those models may end up having exclusive features either way, such as Thunderbolt connectivity and solid-state buttons for power and volume.
Currently, one photographic rumor for the iPhone 15 is a periscope camera. It would bring better optical zoom to the smartphone lineup by using a folding camera system to put more space between the lens and the sensor -- and perhaps reduce the camera bump on the back of the phone.
Read on AppleInsider

iPhone 14 Pro camera
A report on Monday from Nikkei claims that Sony will bring its photography smarts to the iPhone. This would put them in direct competition with Samsung, who already supplies image sensors to Apple.
Sony's advanced sensor allegedly nearly doubles the saturation signal level in each pixel compared to current sensors. As a result, it's said to capture more light and reduce overexposure or underexposure in specific settings.
One benefit this brings is photographing a person's face in precise detail when the background is brightly lit, such as on a sunny day. Sony achieved this with a new semiconductor architecture that places photodiodes and transistors in separate substrate layers, resulting in a higher-density layer.
Sony has experience in manufacturing image sensors, with a 44% global share in CMOS sensors in 2021, edging out Samsung, which placed second at 18.5%. But the company hopes to capture a 60% market share by 2025, a target it first announced in 2019.
Apple could incorporate the Sony sensor across the entire iPhone 15 lineup or limit it to the Pro models. Those models may end up having exclusive features either way, such as Thunderbolt connectivity and solid-state buttons for power and volume.
Currently, one photographic rumor for the iPhone 15 is a periscope camera. It would bring better optical zoom to the smartphone lineup by using a folding camera system to put more space between the lens and the sensor -- and perhaps reduce the camera bump on the back of the phone.
Read on AppleInsider

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Don't get me wrong though. I'm all for such a camera, regardless of the bump.
what I would love to see, eventually, is an ultra wide with a 10mm to 20mm zoom, about as much as we could get in an ultra wide zoom, which is the hardest to make. A 20 to 60 mm zoom for the main camera, and a 60 to 240mm for the tele. That’s all reasonable. That would give a really wide range, with high quality optics, which Apple has been moving to over the past three years.
imwould also like to see high quality tele and ultra wide sensors, possibly somewhat larger and 24MP. That would make a huge difference. And if they could have the room for better stabilization for the tele, it would help a lot, particularly at the longer end of the zoom, which other smartphone zooms don’t have.
just remember that for years, CPU “experts” were saying that no ARM based processor would ever challenge Desktop CPUs. But that’s not true, is it?