WTF is an ultra wide sensor? I've heard of ultra wide LENSES...but not sensors.
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Kuo: 2026 iPhone to Use New Advanced Camera Sensor From Samsung
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Just because you do not design the sensor or lenses does not mean there is not a massive amount of engineering and design put into making off-the-shelf components work together in the best possible way.
Apple do engineer their camera's, displays and lenses and software to make them operate optimally which is why they perform so well vs others using exactly the same sensors & display panels.
iOS, FaceID, TouchID, Trackpads also Apple engineered among many other components.
I suppose an engineer is not really an engineer because they use the same bricks as everyone else?
I'm sure that their engineering team worked damn hard on this:
Apple patent shows yet another design for an optically-stabilized periscope camera module.
Huawei, Oppo, Samsung, Xiaomi and other smartphone manufacturers have already put periscope camera modules in their devices, but Apple continues to develop its own version destined for future iPhone models.
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Could be some black magic way to remove some of the spherical abnormalities you get from ultra wide lenses?
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Or just a typo
Like some people have speculated, I also think this is more of a cost-cutting measure than Samsung providing a sensor that is superior to what Sony offers. I’ll definitely watch out for the first camera tests on these iPhones equipped with the new Samsung camera sensor to see if photo quality suffers, even slightly because of the change.
Most of the reviewers, especially the early bird ones are well taken care by the marketing teams, hence I take their reviews with pinch of salt. You need to actually test the mobile camera capability in real life conditions than testing it in the showroom which are very well lit. Even the DxoMark seems to be doing the same in terms of their bias. I have iPhone 15 Pro Max and Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra. I can see the photos coming out of 24 Ultra is more detailed, vibrant and dynamic range whereas 15PM photos are True Tone, warm, bit underwhelming. Photos taken indoors or challenging lighting conditions, Samsung S24 Ultra wins but the ranking and scoring in the DxoMark will mislead you. Having said, iPhone photos are also good and long lasting in terms of iPhone camera app or iPhone photo app. The photos taken in my iPhone 3GS in 2010 is still usable in my iPhone with great picture quality. It is difficult to believe that Sony sensors which are being used in all flagship mobiles and digital cameras are NOT reliable and Apple has been perusing this sensors for almost decade or more and suddenly turning towards Samsung.
The main lens/camera of the 14 Pro was above average when shooting in 48 MP ProRAW, the 15 Pro doesn't quite achieve this level of detail and sharpness in 48 MP ProRAW, although the 24 MP HEIC is surprisingly good. If you look at the main camera of the s24u, high-resolution pictures are only good in daylight, it reaches its limits when taking pictures indoors. Hopefully there will be no further downgrade.
Excellent question. From the context I just think it's a sensor for the ultra wide camera module.