Latest Apple patents reveal Apple is working towards slimming the iPhone’s camera bump

08 October 2019
Apple has two multi-lens patents designed to improve image quality while reducing the size of a camera bump.

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For once, I bless camera bump on smartphones. Just look at the Nokia 808 PureView and the Nokia Lumia 1020, the bump is there because of the big sensor and true photographers will know that bigger sensor means more precise details. You just cannot beat hardware physics, it will stay that way.

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    • Sallv
    • TkT
    • 17 Oct 2019

    STHENDE, 13 Oct 2019Its clear you don't follow gadgets my guy, you just read an... moreHm... nah. It doesn't. It's behind A70, P30 Pro, P20 Pro even...

      zeevon, 10 Oct 2019Dear Apple CEO, Do you know that most Iphone user are carr... moreIts clear you don't follow gadgets my guy, you just read and conclude, iPhone 11 pro max has the best battery life amongst all flagship smartphones you can think of,
      its a tested proven facts, don't look at the battery life Mah and believe those numbers
      Iphone 11 pro max has up its game a lot.

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        • SH3
        • 12 Oct 2019

        So apple is comming to copy paste caviar.

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          • zeevon
          • IVx
          • 10 Oct 2019

          Dear Apple CEO,
          Do you know that most Iphone user are carrying Iphone + powerbank all the time? Why you want to make your phone slimmer? I suggest you make your phone thicker and equip with higher capacity battery. Let's say your ordinary Iphone come with 3000mah and the Plus version come with 5000mah or 6000mah battery. At least you have some selling point on your next iphone. Nobody care about the thickness as long as not over 12mm thick., we care about the battery capacity.
          Imaging how thick is an Iphone + powerbank ? It's about 25mm. People can accept carrying 25mm of thickness and why you want to make your phone slimmer?
          Believe me, try you next Iphone with 3000mah and 5000mah + dual sim. Your sales will come back like when Steve Jobs is still living.
          Best regards,
          Teo Zee Von

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            • maxsURBAN
            • 2Au
            • 10 Oct 2019

            hello apple please also work how in slimming the prices so we can afford

            from not so fortunate to have fat money
            #thanks

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              • Anonymous
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              • 09 Oct 2019

              Anonymous, 09 Oct 2019Filed March 28, 2017, not this morning for all of you that ... moreEven then not patent worthy and still not originally theres

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                • Anonymous
                • I8m
                • 09 Oct 2019

                Anonymous, 09 Oct 2019"Latest Apple patents reveal Apple is working towards slimm... moreStill nothing worthy of a patent.

                  Well, some companies work on new ideas like periscope, spectrometer, liquid lens and Apple is slimming the iPhone. What a bleeding-edge innovation!

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                    • Anonymous
                    • 81X
                    • 09 Oct 2019

                    Filed March 28, 2017, not this morning for all of you that don't understand the patent process.

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                      • mpR
                      • 09 Oct 2019

                      How can they get away with this? Panasonic launched a very slim compact camera, and I believe Minolta did even earlier, with a folded optics (periscope) type lens system.
                      And more recently the Chinese phone companies have done the same.
                      I know, it's in the claims, but this looks fairly like prior art.

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                        • Anonymous
                        • 7XY
                        • 09 Oct 2019

                        "We're going to spend billions in R&D for making camera lenses thinner and smaller instead of just making the phone thicker. This means your phone won't cost $799, no it won't cost $699 but instead you can get your shiny brand new iPhone for the lowest price ever of $1999.99!"

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                          • 09 Oct 2019

                          Looks like the design teem has been sleeping since the iP 6.

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                            • Anonymous
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                            • 09 Oct 2019

                            Anonymous, 09 Oct 2019periscope camera was huawei with p30 pro AFAIK. Mind tellin... moreHow on earth was the p30 pro the periscope camera on a phone?

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                              • Anonymous
                              • I8m
                              • 09 Oct 2019

                              Patent??????????

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                                • Anonymous
                                • D0i
                                • 09 Oct 2019

                                Scram, 09 Oct 2019Oh please, the only folks cloning in the MIC are the Chines... moreLOL No , it's indigenous innovation

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                                  • ftK
                                  • 09 Oct 2019

                                  Anonymous, 09 Oct 2019They asked a USA patent ASAP of the chinese periscope camer... moreOh please, the only folks cloning in the MIC are the Chinese.

                                  Your "chinese supersonic UAV" is a clone of the Lockheed D-21.

                                  It is one thing to "invent" gradient coloring; it's another to build out a supersonic UAV without espionage.

                                  Next time stick to the topic.

                                    Camera bump is the ugliest part of iPhone 11 series

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                                      • ibf
                                      • 09 Oct 2019

                                      Their innovation for next in line iphone

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                                        • 09 Oct 2019

                                        Pabliell, 09 Oct 2019Dear Apple, I will give you a perfect and really easy way t... moreyes