One of iPhone 15 model launched in 2023 will feature a
periscope camera system, permitting increased optical zoom.
With the use of periscope system, light entering the
telephoto lens on the back of the iPhone would be reflected by an angled mirror
towards the camera's image sensor, this change in direction in which the light
travels let Apple to fit a longer telephoto setup inside the iPhone, that
enables the user to zoom in further without any blurriness.
Rumors about the iPhone with a periscope lens have been
circulating since early 2020, and reports were telling that a periscope lens
would be an iPhone 14 Pro feature, but it is now looking like we have to wait for
iPhone 15 Pro next year.
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periscope lens
Some Android smartphones have periscope lenses, including
Samsung's Galaxy S21 Ultra and Huawei's P40 Pro+. Both of them feature up to
10x optical zoom, in addition to a periscope lens, the iPhone 15 Pro could
follow suit. At the sametime, iPhone 13 Pro models are limited to 3x optical
zoom.