In this case, the sensor will not be the largest
Apple is quite conservative about the sensors used in the iPhone camera – the company has never pursued either the physical size of the matrices or the resolution. There will be no hundreds of megapixels in the iPhone 15 Pro Max , but, nevertheless, the main sensor of the main camera of this model may be the most advanced on the market.
As well-known informant Ice Universe writes, this sensor is Sony IMX903. Its belonging to the top line speaks volumes in itself. But that is not all. According to preliminary data, the optical format of the IMX903 is 1/1.14 inches. That is, Apple will come close to an inch sensor, as Honor did with its Magic5 Pro, which now occupies second place in the DxOMark rating. The IMX903 is said to outperform Samsung’s 200MP HP2 sensor with 20% more light capture, support for 14-bit DNG RAW in hardware. The difference between these sensors is only in resolution: 48 megapixels for the Sony sensor versus 200 megapixels for the Samsung sensor.
iPhone 15 Pro Max will get the most advanced and most expensive Sony sensor
But that’s not all: according to insider Digital Chat Statin, the Sony IMX903 may be more expensive than the Sony IMX989 inch sensor! There is evidence that the IMX903 is twice as expensive! Despite the fact that it is still less than an inch sensor.
“ This changes my idea of Apple being so dedicated to the camera ,” Ice Universe tweeted. Indeed, if everything is as it is presented by insiders, then the iPhone 15 Pro Max can become an outstanding camera phone – and in terms of photo and video quality, it can be better than Xiaomi 13 Ultra and Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra.
Ice Universe has previously been the first to accurately talk about the new trend for smartphones with waterfall screens, about the iPhone X bangs, about the new design of the iPhone 14 with a Dynamic Island cutout, and about different 200-megapixel image sensors. And Digital Chat Station was previously the first to accurately report the specifications and release dates of Redmi K50 and Xiaomi 12.
