It seems Apple is preparing one of the biggest changes to the iPhone camera in recent years. According to the latest information, it is starting production of the componefor variaa billowing curtain that should arrive in iPhone 18 Pro and above Pro Maxin September this year. And if this information is confirmed, it will be the first ever iPhone, which will offer something like this. Until now, Apple relied exclusively on a fixed aperture, specifically ƒ/1.78 on models from the iPhone 14 Pro onwards iPhone 17 Pro. And this is where the breaking of bread begins.
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VariaThe aperture allows you to control the amount of light that hits the sensor, which in practice means better photos in poor light and more precise work with depth of field. In other words, iPhone would be a little closer to classic cameras, without the need for software crutches. What is pleasing is that, according to behind-the-scenes information, Chinese supplier Sunny Optical has already started production of key componentsonent and the assembly of the modules themselves should start at the beginning of the summer. Traditionally, the main word should be given to LG Innotek, which is reportedly preparing to start production sometime around June or July.
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The entire system is expected to be significantly more complex than the current solution, which means, among other things, greater involvement of suppliers and probably higher production costs. We have already seen a similar situation with the periscope zoom at iPhone 15 Pro Max, where LG Innotek initially took most of the production for itself. Apple so it is clearly continuing its strategy of gradually catching up with and in some cases leapfrogging the competition in hardware, but doing so at its own pace. And if everything goes according to plan, iPhone 18 Pro Max could be one of the most interesting photo cars ever Apple created, which is after last year's 8x hybrid zoom of the iPhone 17 Pro (Max) great news.
Where the whole internet goes on this nonsense about variaDoes a small aperture improve photography in poor light? The aperture allows you to reduce the aperture, not enlarge it (increasing it would improve it in poor light, but the option of closing the aperture – reducing the aperture – does not do that, it does the exact opposite).