INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
We're already seeing phones upping the ante by building rear cameras from three lenses instead of the usual two, but that's not an
lenses on the back of its own devices.That's according to a research note from Deutsche Securities analyst Jialin Lu, via the Taiwanese
Economic Daily News, via MacRumors
It's all going to serve the iPhone's 3D depth-sensing and augmented reality capabilities, something we know Apple has a fondness for.Two
of the sensors will capture an object from different angle, Lu says, with the differences between the two snaps used to calculate distances
and apply whatever AR trickery was required
There have also been rumors that Apple is investigating a laser-based system to achieve the same effect.Two lenses good, three lenses
betterThe prediction matches something we heard only last month about the iPhone 12 (or whatever Apple ends up calling it)
and run.With several months to go before the 2018 iPhones arrive, it might seem a little early to be talking about the ones launching in
September of next year but Apple will certainly have its plans laid out
The extended time frame here does mean that the company might decide to change course and stick with a dual-lens snapper after all.We've
also heard that the iPhone might support the Apple Pencil in 2019, so if the rumors around the iPhone XI aren't enough to satisfy you,
there's always next year to look forward to
We'll see if Apple drops any clues at WWDC 2018 at the start of next month.
