First iPhone 15 Bad News Revealed In New Apple Leak

Consumer Tech First iPhone 15 Bad News Revealed In New Apple Leak Gordon Kelly Senior Contributor Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. I write about technology’s biggest companies Following New! Follow this author to stay notified about their latest stories. Got it! Oct 31, 2022, 10:38am EDT | New! Click on the conversation bubble to join the conversation Got it! Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin iPhone 15 leaks have already revealed several exciting design and performance improvements coming to Apple’s next-generation smartphones.

But it looks like a big one is not. Following the leak of multiple iPhone 15 specifications last week, respected analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has shot down talk of a major one: an upgraded eight-element (8P) primary camera. And this raises doubts about other upgrades in the leak.

Apple iPhone 15 Pro Max / Ultra concept based on leaks aliartist3d Kuo was responding to a leak by fellow analyst TrendForce, that claimed an 8P lens is coming to iPhone 15 models, along with a new periscope lens exclusively for the the flagship Pro Max/Ultra model, a jump to 8GB RAM and a “comprehensive” transition to USB-C. But Kuo said he believes that “the rumored iPhone 15 Pro series’s adoption of an 8P lens won’t likely come true. ” Kuo has not replied to requests from his circa-100,000 Twitter followers to comment on the other aspects of the TrendForce leak, but, given his excellent track record, it does call TrendForce’s information into question.

What does an 8P lens do? Increasing the number of elements in a lens enables wider apertures to be used. In turn, this increases the amount of light that can be gathered, which should lead to better pictures in all conditions. The downside is more elements means more complexity, and Apple only just moved to a 7P lens with the iPhone 14 Pro models.

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