iPhone 11 iPhone 11 - Is the FaceID Camera system hardware more powerful

[humble turnip]

Back before the iPhone 11 came out, Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo said the FaceID camera system hardware would be more powerful, with the flood illuminator VCSEL having more output power.

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Anyone know if this ended up being the case, or was it just the same hardware from previous models with a wider angle?

Edit: Updated to be cleaerer

 

[mavis]

The FaceID system is slightly improved on the iPhone 11 Pro. Coming from an iPhone X, it's able to unlock at much more extreme angles than the X, and slightly faster.

 

[Freakonomics101]

The FaceID system is slightly improved on the iPhone 11 Pro. Coming from an iPhone X, it's able to unlock at much more extreme angles than the X, and slightly faster.

Also because of the wide angle camera.

 

[humble turnip]

@mavis @Freakonomics101 Thanks! But in the article, it said that "We believe that Apple will raise the output power of the flood illuminator VCSEL to lower the impacts from invisible lights of environment in order to improve the Face ID user experience."

Does the new Face ID have more output power, or is it just a wider angle?

 

[mavis]

Also because of the wide angle camera.

FaceID doesn't use the camera module. It uses a separate, Infared camera (which is why it works in the dark) ...

 

[JPack]

Does the new Face ID have more output power, or is it just a wider angle?

More output power.

We know this based on deduction. The TrueDepth Infrared Camera on iPhone 11 has the exact part number as iPhone Xs and X. It is still STMicro 56G08A.

As @mavis has mentioned, the RGB camera is irrelevant in this discussion.

 

[humble turnip]

More output power.

We know this based on deduction. The TrueDepth Infrared Camera on iPhone 11 has the exact part number as iPhone Xs and X. It is still STMicro 56G08A.

Thanks! Just to double-check, the output power means it has a stronger flood illuminator? Is this why people report the faceID works better than previous versions because it is better at lighting up the face for the FaceID to work.

 

[FlyingDutch]

More output power.

We know this based on deduction. The TrueDepth Infrared Camera on iPhone 11 has the exact part number as iPhone Xs and X. It is still STMicro 56G08A.

As @mavis has mentioned, the RGB camera is irrelevant in this discussion.

it surely works on a wider angle.