We’ve typically stated that TF International analyst Ming-Chi Kuo is so plugged into Apple that he can inform you what the soup of the day will likely be on the cafeteria in Cupertino a yr or two sooner or later. Kuo is now speaking about an improve to the front-facing FaceTime digicam for subsequent yr’s iPhone 17 collection. In a weblog put up, Kuo forecasts a income enhance over the subsequent one to two years for Genius, the corporate that’s Apple’s major provider for the lens used on the iPhone’s FaceTime digicam.
One of the explanations for this top-line growth for Genius is an improve to the iPhone 17 line’s front-facing digicam from the present 12MP, additionally anticipated for this yr’s iPhone 16 collection, to 24MP. The FaceTime digicam can even use a six-element lens on the iPhone 17 in contrast to the five-element lens used for the FaceTime digicam lens on the iPhone 15 and iPhone 16(*17*) traces. This ought to assist to enhance the standard of video chats utilizing the FaceTime digicam in addition to the standard of photographs shot or recorded utilizing the digicam. The unit value of the six-element lens (6P) is 100% to 120% greater than the price of the 5P lens.
Kuo says that the iPhone 16 Pro fashions (iPhone 16 Pro render is on the left) could have a 48MP ultra-wide digicam
With the bigger 6.3-inch display screen anticipated for the iPhone 16(*17*) Pro this yr, we must always see the Tetraprism periscope zoom seem not solely on the iPhone 16 Pro Max but in addition on the iPhone 16(*17*) Pro. While Largan stays the primary provider of the periscope lens for the iPhone, Genius can be supplying the 2 iPhone 16(*17*) Pro collection fashions with periscope lenses and will begin delivery them on the finish of the second quarter this yr or early within the third quarter.
The firm can even be the unique provider of the ultra-wide lens for this yr’s iPhone 16(*17*) Pro collection which will likely be upgraded to 48MP with a pixel measurement of 0.7um and a sensor measurement of 1/2.6″. That compares to the iPhone 15 Pro collection 12MP ultra-wide digicam with a 1.0um pixel measurement and a sensor measurement of 1/3.6″.
Genius will likely be Apple’s unique provider of the flat, skinny “pancake lens” used on the Vision Pro. It additionally will ship the ultra-wide lens for (*16*) upcoming new P70 flagship collection anticipated through the first half of this yr.
Kuo’s monitor file may need dropped off a bit of however when it comes to Apple, you continue to have to hear to what he’s saying.