Apple's Lens Supplier Confident in Triple-Camera Adoption in Upcoming Smartphones

[outskirtsofinfinity]

Samsung has 5 lenses! Apple still got some catching up to do... /s

 

[KevinN206]

Instead of more lenses, how about improve the low light picture quality?
Just the other night when I was at the candlelight dinner, the iPhone XS got whipped by the Xperia XZ2 premium in terms of the picture quality.
(Neither activated the flash. It is left at auto.)

Most flagship phones these days typically have the same Sony sensors. The differences are in the glass and software post-processing.

 

[Dominicanyor]

I wonder what will happen if people keep the iPhones that they have now and not upgrade to the next big thing.

 

[cmaier]

Apple, please don't become Gillette.

Even professional photographers have multiple lenses for multiple focal lengths. Having a 28mm/50mm/90mm/135mm-equivalent set of prime lenses would be ideal. There is a physical reason that more lenses/sensors is better than one or two.
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I’d be nice if Apple added more cool and innovative features to the iPhone instead we get a pointless third lens that nobody asked for or cares about.

If you ever take pictures of people or objects more than 20 feet away from you, that third lens is not pointless in the least.

 

[dampfnudel]

If only the iPhone 11 Max/Plus gets a triple-lens camera, what new marquee feature will the regular iPhone 11 get because an A13, smaller notch, slightly better camera and IP68 won’t be good enough reasons to upgrade my X.

 

[418]

I don't want to blow such a trivial thing out of proportion, but if Apple actually release the thing in that picture as an iPhone I think that might be the day I step off the Apple train.
It's 2019, my £999+ smartphone shouldn't rock when I type. Let alone on some sort of nightmare-inspired monstrosity half the width of the body.

 

[cmaier]

I don't want to blow such a trivial thing out of proportion, but if Apple actually release the thing in that picture as an iPhone I think that might be the day I step off the Apple train.
It's 2019, my £999+ smartphone shouldn't rock when I type. Let alone on some sort of nightmare-inspired monstrosity half the width of the body.

They won’t. It will be a horizontal centered three-camera array with a ring flash around the center camera.

 

[deadoctopi]

Apple really needs to focus on low light pictures. In day light I can take amazing shots considering how tiny the lenses are, but indoor or after sunset I really struggle getting something barely usable. I can always pick my DSLR but that's not the point, other brands do perform better in low light. Maybe colors are not accurate, but being able to see something is better than having a pic with no details at all.
Some enhancements can be made via software taking advantage of their amazing SoC, but I wonder if a dedicated lens could improve low light pics, I guess Huawei did something similar with the monochrome lens

Also Apples AGGRESSIVE Noise Reduction coats every indoor daylight or seemingly okay lit shot in fuzzy edged garbage smeary blah...let me reclaim something that actually holds detail, I think we’re at “good enough contrast and enough HDR stroking”

 

[Unity451]

The member you're replying to is from New Zealand, not Australia.

The reason for my comment had nothing to do with the person posting... just a happy coincidence [almost].

 

[ColdShadow]

at least design the 3 lens camera discreet and aesthetically pleasing like the Samsung S10 series, what is this ugly awkward mess?

 

[B4U]

Most flagship phones these days typically have the same Sony sensors. The differences are in the glass and software post-processing.

Which, Apple sucked here...

 

[Black Magic]

I would love to see Apple go with a larger sensor on the back of the iPhones going forward and I assume they will start doing this in the upcoming decade. If they were smart, maybe they could create a camera iPhone case that utilizes a much larger sensor and connects to the lightning port for enthusiasts.

 

[Hater]

Didn't Nokia have some super awesome 10 billion megapixel awesome camera phone with a huge sensor like 5 years ago? What happened?

 

[iMEric984]

Uninspired rendering, but if they change up the camera hardware, the software needs to be improved as well. I've personally tested the iPhone XS camera against the Pixel 3, and the Pixel is noticeably better, especially in low light. I'll go back to iPhone full time if the camera improves.

The pixel does better only in low light. Daytime pictures XS looks much more realistic. Pixel adds too much punch and contrast. iPhone camera I think is better if you like to edit in post, you can easily add contrast.

 

[Radon87000]

You mean the tanking sales at $84B. The second best quarter ever? Yep, only Apple could say their sales are tanking, when they take in a quarter what many companies take in a year. (and to boot have the second best quarter ever)

7B lesser than forecast which means sales are on their way down. Apple is literally begging users to upgrade at their stores by lowering the XR prices to embarrassing levels. If the rumours are correct,6s is losing support next year to force upgrades from 5s,6,6s users. The writing is on the wall. Enough is enough for the customers when it comes to Apple’s crazy prices.

Even Tim Cook sees it

"https://parallelstate.com/news/tim-...ina-we-ll-see-how-that-works-out-for-us/67321"

 

[Tech198]

..and a higher price.. don't forget a higher price... Apple can just do fancier stuff software as they always have done with two lenses. I guess there is is a physical limit, but not if you want a cheaper phone, there isn't

 

[I7guy]

7B lesser than forecast which means sales are on their way down. Apple is literally begging users to upgrade at their stores by lowering the XR prices to embarrassing levels. If the rumours are correct,6s is losing support next year to force upgrades from 5s,6,6s users. The writing is on the wall. Enough is enough for the customers when it comes to Apple’s crazy prices.

Even Tim Cook sees it

"https://parallelstate.com/news/tim-...ina-we-ll-see-how-that-works-out-for-us/67321"

Love it. That site is a macrumors shill site. However $84b is a revenue number that speaks for itself.

 

[blacktape242]

good lord, thats the bests you can come up with? of course as a possibility.

 

[Radon87000]

Love it. That site is a macrumors shill site. However $84b is a revenue number that speaks for itself.

Even $30B is a huge number so that doesn't mean much but looking at all the promotions, discounts and earlier than expected forced obsolescence of the 6s, alarm bells have started ringing at Apple's HQ. I have received 2 emails over the past months imploring me to get a XR. Why the need for so much aggression of everything is fine?

 

[I7guy]

Even $30B is a huge number so that doesn't mean much but looking at all the promotions, discounts and earlier than expected forced obsolescence of the 6s, alarm bells have started ringing at Apple's HQ. I have received 2 emails over the past months imploring me to get a XR. Why the need for so much aggression of everything is fine?

$84B still speaks for itself. Apple is doomed because they only raked in $84B after reducing their guidance. Second best quarter in history and “Apple is doomed”. It’s been doomed for 8 years. It’s possible the odds that San Francisco will have an earthquake are more.

I picked up an Xs max for the promotion. Apple has not contacted me about an xr.

 

[LPita]

My design predictions.