Kuo reiterates 120 mm tetraprism camera coming to iPhone 16 Pro
A supply chain report says the smaller iPhone 16 Pro will have Apple's tetraprism 120 mm camera, driving demand for the technology in 2024.
iPhone 15 Pro Max
The iPhone 15 Pro Max may have only released in September, but there are already plenty of rumors about the iPhone 16 Pro inheriting its tetraprism camera. The 120 mm focal length is currently exclusive to Apple's biggest pro model, but that is expected to change in 2024.
Suppy chain analyst Ming-Chi Kuo shared a short report about tetraprism supplier Largan and Apple's orders for 2024. Apple is expected to include the new camera in its smaller pro models in 2024, which would lead to a 160% year-over-year growth in iPhones with the technology.
Kuo's earlier report suggested iPhones using tetraprism would increase by only 110%, but that was due to lower yield rates from Largan. Apple has worked with Largan to increase the yield from 40% in 3Q23 to 70% or more in 4Q23.
That change has made the component more profitable to assemble. Largan also supplies periscope lenses to Huawei, which will also increase its use of the component in 2024.
Kuo's report is sourced from supply chain orders. His history of accuracy and supply chain reporting make this report more likely.
Apple will reveal the iPhone 16 Pro in September 2024. Rumors suggest it will have larger displays, new camera systems, and Wi-Fi 7.
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A photographer would tell you to not to be so lazy and move position instead.
Having seen those sawtooth charts of resolution vs zoom between the 0.5x, 1x and 5x, if you really want the quality and a variable zoom, you still may be looking at a real camera since that’s not Apple’s approach to the zoom. (And a DSLR/mirrorless is better for a number of reasons - real depth of field. low light performance, swappable lenses with better optics, ergonomics… Just not convenience.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPVHVtQClp8
Fuji GX680III
Beast...
i actively chose the 15 Pro over the Pro Max to avoid the 120mm. Initially marketing was persuading me in the other direction, but having used the Pro Max, the 120mm is just an underwhelming camera - too tight and (to my eyes) quite noisy.
Definitely a beast. I have absolutely no use for that kind of equipment. But I want it anyway. 🤣
will there ever be an advance on next generation iPhones that doesn't involved better/more cameras
it's hard to get excited for new iPhone when the only advance is better and better cameras
how much more quality do you really need on a phone that used to take drunken selfies
its the same story every time now
faster cpu, same battery life, better camera
end result is pretty much the same experience as each ios is more bloated than the one before
so that extra cpu speed doesn't really improve the experience
i think the camera quality was more than enough for 90% of users around iphone 12
as for folding displays
i've used microsoft surface duo, surface duo 2, and google pixel fold (currently)as work phones
yes its a nice feature, but unless you rely on your phone for media consumption
doesn't really add much, other than bulk
surface duo 2 was the nicest since it had 2 screens, so when you launch an app it maximizes to the screen you launched it from
and you still had access to home screen on the other, where you could open another app
i loved doing video calls on one screen, and had word or excel open on the other to see the numbers etc during the call
it would just always randomly reboot at various times of the day
microsoft for you
Incremental, iterative improvement is the name of the game. Gruber wrote about this fact over a decade ago:
https://daringfireball.net/2010/05/this_is_how_apple_rolls