Apple patents periscope lens design for its iPhones with two prisms, LG and Corning working on liquid lenses
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- Anonymous
- 39r
- 13 Jul 2021
Anonymous, 13 Jul 2021Why do tech sites keep calling optical zoom? Fixed focal ... moreYou worry about gimmick 2.7x optical on Xperia 1 III that gets outperformed by mi 11 Ultra digital zoom
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- Former iOS user
- JEa
- 13 Jul 2021
Anonymous, 13 Jul 2021Apple as usual always copying and stealing, zero originalit... moreI migrated to Android (Galaxy S21 Snapdragon) after being on iOS for decade.
I can confirm all these frustrations. Always having to wait for next year to get some new thing, with no guarantee that you'll get that next year.
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- TheLastOracle
- vG1
- 13 Jul 2021
Apple marketing will call this 're-inventing the wheel'. Lol
On a more serious note, by the time Apple reaches 3x zoom, Samsung and many others would have reached 20x optical zoom. Metalens, liquid lenses and other technologies are the future of Imaging. Apple needs to focus its energies on better technologies, instead of more hype and marketing.
Also, its curious how nobody has truly created a CFA pattern circumventing the limitations caused by the Bayer Pattern (detail and light loss).
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- Anonymous
- 6XG
- 13 Jul 2021
5 year late Apple...5 year
- Peter-B
- xJM
- 13 Jul 2021
zD, 13 Jul 20212 prisms = sensor placed like regular cam with no prims cou... moreI thought about that, but the size of the prisms has to match the size of the sensor, so I'm not sure there's any actual size saving to be had.
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- Anonymous
- Dpc
- 13 Jul 2021
Anonymous, 13 Jul 2021Another feature that is available 5 years late on iPhones. ... moreIf you want cutting edge tech, Android is the way to go.
IPhone is a laughing stock if you are expecting something new or high end
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- Anonymous
- Dpc
- 13 Jul 2021
Apple fans are gonna drool over this. Oh my god!!! The cameras are different!!
They'd be like "My iphone 12 pro max is old now. I'll buy the 13 pro Max" and flex it on my friends
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- Anonymous
- 3%s
- 13 Jul 2021
Apple as usual always copying and stealing, zero originality.
No wonder so many iPhone users have migrated to Android after getting frustrated 😤 for years having to b€g for features that existed on budget Android phones.
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- AnonD-1003038
- puk
- 13 Jul 2021
AnonD-1008637, 13 Jul 2021But you said LG no longer making smart phones ? 😕It's not. They can still make components for them. LG is pretty strong with displays and they probably make bunch of other things like battery cells, sensors and lenses even.
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- Anonymous
- gnQ
- 13 Jul 2021
Another feature that is available 5 years late on iPhones. People already enjoy the 10x zoom with great image quality, not to forget how important it that reach is in videos.
100x is also great to read something that you cant with your naked eye
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- Anonymous
- LkB
- 13 Jul 2021
AnonD-1008637, 13 Jul 2021But you said LG no longer making smart phones ? 😕The sensors + lens elements and OIS bought by Apple are delivered to LG Innotek. There the modules are made.
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- Anonymous
- LkB
- 13 Jul 2021
Why do tech sites keep calling optical zoom?
Fixed focal length is not optical zoom.
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- AnonD-1008637
- U@$
- 13 Jul 2021
But you said LG no longer making smart phones ? 😕
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- zD
- 3gb
- 13 Jul 2021
2 prisms = sensor placed like regular cam with no prims could lead to a bigger sensor + prism, maybe that's why they choose this design
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- kupfernigk
- 0p6
- 13 Jul 2021
It is amazing that these companies are able to patent what amounts to "common military periscope design *but on a phone*".
The USPTO hasn't been fit for anything but US protectionism for many years.