Analyst Jeff Poe claims after a report by 9to5Mac, that the iPhone 15 Pro models will have a periscope lens with 5x optical zoom. This would be a huge improvement in photographic capabilities – after all, smartphones currently have only a very limited zoom range.

The analyst claims that Apple is in talks with Lante Optics, according to the report. The company manufactures the aforementioned endoscopic optics. It is assumed that samples have already been sent, and the supplier’s decision has not yet been decided, but should be made in the second quarter of 2022.

Rumors that Apple is planning to put a periscope lens in the iPhone 15 aren’t entirely new. The most famous analyst Ming-Chi Kuo had already mentioned it.

The speculum lens contains ordinary lenses, but inside there are one or more mirrors that redirect the light from the pupil of the outlet to the sensor. This means that the image sensor is no longer located directly behind the front lens, but, say, at the bottom of the iPhone. This has another advantage: annoying camera humps will be a thing of the past.

With this construction, the zoom lens can be set up in a space-saving manner – and zooms that extend into the wide-angle range can also be implemented. Even dual cameras can be built this way.

The idea of ​​a periscope lens is not fundamentally new. For years, Panasonic has installed such a system in especially powerful and compact digital cameras, but not in smartphones. However, the optics were very dim.

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