At the moment, there are many smartphones on the market with a periscope camera, such as, for example, the Huawei P40 Pro, which has a 5x optical zoom. The current generation iPhone boasts only 2.5x optical and 12x digital zoom. The appearance of the periscope camera in the iPhone will allow Apple smartphones to compete with devices that already have high-quality optical zoom.

iPhone with periscope camera

The analyst also shared his vision of what cameras will be used in iPhones in the coming years. Kuo believes the 2021 iPhone will feature a new Face ID sensor made of plastic rather than glass as it has in the past. The use of plastic lenses has become possible due to improvements in their production technology. Largan and Genius are expected to supply such lenses.

It is also expected that the older versions of the iPhone in 2021 will receive a new telephoto lens, and in 2022 there will be smartphones with a new design of the front camera, which will reduce the size of the notorious “bangs.” Kuo had previously predicted that Apple would start using displays with a punch-hole for the front camera in the 2022 iPhone. Displays with a hole should appear in older versions of the 2022 iPhones, but if the panels’ production volume is sufficient, they can be used in all devices of the generation.