iPhone 2020 likely to get major camera upgrade

• Chi-Kuo suggests top-end 6.7-inch model will get a new camera module for the wide-angle lens, known as the 7P.

Camera sensors in smartphone now became one of the key feature to attract market, with every passing day it is improving and enhancing. We saw a 108 megapixel sensor on Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra, and now we are expecting something similar on an iPhone scheduled to launch later this year.

As per Apple analyst Ming Chi-Kuo, the new line of iPhones is expected to get larger camera sensor and sensor-shift stabilization in place of the current lens-based optical image stabilization.

The information first appeared on the Digitimes last year which quoted Kuo saying the top-end 6.7-inch model will get a new camera module for the wide-angle lens, known as the 7P. This will have a 1/1.9? sensor – up from 1/3.6? in the iPhone 11 Pro – as well as sensor-shift tech.

What brings big sensors to the table is that it will be a huge impact on the image quality, especially when it comes to low-light photography. The larger the sensor, the less noise in the image. Pixel density is another factor here. The more pixels you cram into a given sensor size, the worse the noise problem.

Unsurprisingly, Kuo suggests this improved camera tech will filter down to other models next year. He also suggests that the telephoto lens will be next to benefit from sensor-shift stabilization.

Meanwhile, 9 to 5 Mac pointed out TOF sensors in the top two models in iOS 14 code.