- Patent shows Apple came up with under-screen camera technology
- This solution still has major drawbacks, including the quality of the captured photos.
- A foldable iPhone might be the solution
A newbrevetjust spotted demonstrates that Apple has now mastered the technology very well to integrate a camera under the screen of a smartphone. More precisely, the manufacturer even hopes to be able to deploy up to two sensors this way, which makes sense given that today TrueDepth also sits at the top of premium iPhones. It is this system which makes it possible to operate the biometric unlocking of Face ID, in other words the recognition of faces behind theDynamic Island(or the notch, depending on the model).
Despite everything, as this is only a patent for the moment, there is no indication that it will materialize in our mobiles any time soon. Moreover, according to other information from Ross Young, we should actually wait2025as soon as possible to see Face ID land under the screen. Only the iPhone 17 Pro would then be affected, for the others you will have to wait even longer, perhaps until 2027.
Apple to go all LTPO in 2025, even base models to get 120Hz refresh, finally.https://t.co/n0ivg08pde pic.twitter.com/dL5H03SyON
— Ross Young (@DSCCRoss)April 3, 2023
Disadvantages still blocking
Today, the main fault of a sensor under the screen remains its ability to produce very good photos. Several manufacturers have already set out to market such an advantage, but often with resultspoor imaging. However, this is one of Apple's most vigorous marketing arguments with its iPhones in recent years.
In the case of the Galaxy Z Fold 4, released last year, we see for example that although the poses taken with the dorsal lens are excellent, this is far from being the case with the four megapixels of the lens under the screen. According to our colleagues from01netwho were abletesterthe beast, “the photo is less bright and appears slightly veiled“. Besides, goodbye to the bokeh effect here.
A foldable iPhone on the way, to compensate?
Like Samsung, however, Apple would also be working on a folding smartphone, allowing in theory to capture selfies with a rear photo module. But we will have to hurry:according tothe manufacturer Motorola, customers originally equipped with iOS mobiles are already turning to flexible devices, therefore from competing brands.
Patents have also proven that the hinge is within Apple's ropes, but the release date of a possibleiPhone pliantremains subject to caution. We are not banking on an arrival on the market before2025also, for our part.
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