Recently, Ming-Chi Kuo, a well-known analyst at KGI Securities who has put forward many opinions on Apple’s new generation iPhone, said in a report to investors on the 3rd that contrary to current industry speculation, Apple is likely to retain the current iPhone X The all-plastic lens serves as the design basis for its 2018 iPhone product line.
Ming-Chi Kuo pointed out in the report that because currently Apple’s most advanced camera platform is the iPhone X, which uses a 6P lens design. Therefore, he disagrees with market speculation that Apple plans to integrate a 7P (7 plastic lens array) or 2G 3P (2 glass, 3 plastic lens) hybrid design into the rear of the new generation iPhone in 2018. placed in the camera lens.
Guo Mingchi further pointed out that based on the current technical level, the rear camera lens of iPhoneX has achieved an excellent balance between image quality and appearance design. Therefore, from our point of view, switching from 6P lens to 7P lens or 2G3P hybrid lens, the camera module design is roughly the same as that of iPhone X, but the improvement in aperture performance is very limited.
Therefore, if Apple transitions to the new 7P lens or hybrid lens technology, it will bring unnecessary risks to the production and supply of the 2018 iPhone. Ming-Chi Kuo has pointed out in previous reports that Apple’s new iPhones in 2018 will avoid making decisions that restricted market supply like the iPhone X was launched in 2017.
A wide-angle lens , plus a telephoto lens 's unique dual-lens design, which debuted with the iPhone 7+ in the past, allowed Apple to enhance the shooting capabilities of the iOS platform. The new iPhone 8+ also has the same design, and further improves the quality of photo images through sensor upgrades. Currently, the most high-end iPhone X integrates a wide-angle camera with an f/2.4 aperture, which is faster than the f/2.8 aperture on the iPhone 8+. And for the first time, the optical anti-shake function can be used together in the wide-angle and telephoto cameras , providing excellent low-light shooting performance within a wide optical zoom range.
In addition, the report also pointed out that if Apple decides to stick to the 6P design, competitors of Apple’s supplier Largan Optoelectronics may see a slight increase in market share, but this change is not expected to have an impact on Largan Optoelectronics. Optoelectronics' leading market position has a great impact. Because the company has the largest lens production capacity in the world, it provides pricing flexibility and elasticity as it moves toward 7P lenses and hybrid lens designs.
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