Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo claims that Apple has settled on employing a 6P autofocusing lens made by Genius, for its iPhone fourteen front-facing camera.
The iPhone 14's selfie camera has been rumored to induce autofocusing before, and Kuo has been reporting on improved cameras for years. Now, though, he claims that Apple has settled on specific suppliers for this, and for other camera parts.
As he has been doing since March 2022, Kuo tweeted his report — except for the first time, that tweet was primarily a link to a fuller document on Medium.
"iPhone 14's front camera can upgrade to AF (vs. the existing FF), significantly rising the selfie and video performance," Kuo says therein document. "The vital hardware upgrades embody adding a VCM and upgrading to a 6P lens (vs. the present 5P)."
Two companies area unit cashing in on Apple's move, says Kuo. Specifically, Genius "is the most provider for the 6P lens, and also the ASP is about 2 hundredth over 5P."
"[And] CCM maker Cowell, below Luxshare ICT cluster, will like the vertical integration of CCM and VCM," he continues, "given Luxshare ICT is that the new VCM provider for the front camera."
Apple doesn't usually reveal that suppliers it's victimization that elements, however it's antecedently been known to use Largan for its VCMs. These area unit the Voice Coil Motors, that a part of the iPhone camera system's focusing mechanism.