He had already expressed it last April, and it would be for him the explanation of the latest stolen mobile phone diagrams: for Ming-Chi Kuo, the iPhone 14 Pro will be entitled to a Big angle better quality. More precisely, it would thus go from 12 megapixels on the iPhone 13 Pro to 48 megapixels with its successor. This will then result in more detailed snapshots for users.
The Taiwanese analyst delivered these conclusions in a post shared on his new Twitter account, opened just a few weeks ago. But his most precise predictions are above all reserved for the clients of his firm TFI Securities, for the most part Asian investors managing substantial portfolios.
The main reason for the larger and more prominent rear-camera bump of the 14 Pro/Pro Max is upgrading the wide camera to 48MP (vs. 13 Pro/Pro Max’s 12MP). The diagonal length of 48MP CIS will increase by 25-35%, and the height of 48MP’s 7P lens will increase by 5-10%. https://t.co/lrwgmnLNce
— 郭明錤 (Ming-Chi Kuo) (@mingchikuo) March 27, 2022
High-end photo capabilities
This is not the only thing that is assumed about the iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max. Indeed, our summary of the subject (available in full right here) also evokes the case of periscope lenses ordered from Innotek, a subsidiary of the Korean manufacturer LG. Objective: to offer a better zoom, enlarging perhaps up to ten times the captured images.
All this information, however, remains speculative at the moment, because Apple will not confirm it before the mobile presentation keynote. If the manufacturer’s habits do not change, they will be unveiled at a conference around September. This should be broadcast live on YouTube, as was the case for the launch of the iPhone SE and the iPad Air 5G earlier this month.
The competition already knows how to do it
If the 48 megapixels are indeed in the boxes for the iPhone 14 Pro range, this should not pose a major problem for the outsourcing circuits because most are already equipped for it. Especially since the sensors of the portable devices of Cupertino are manufactured by sonywhich is far from unknown in the photo market.
The competition is also there, with for example a Samsung Galaxy S22 with a 50 megapixel lens just like the Galaxy S22+. References whose performance in this area has been praised by critics since their debut on the market.
