iPhone 15 will use Sony’s ‘state-of-the-art’ image sensor for better low-light performance

Apple’s next iPhone 15 models will feature Sony’s latest ‘state-of-the-art’ image sensors, report says Nikkei.

Compared to standard sensors, Sony’s image sensor doubles the saturation signal in each pixel, allowing it to capture more light to reduce underexposure and overexposure. Nikkei says it is able to photograph a person’s face better even with strong backlight, for example.

Sony uses a semiconductor architecture that places photodiodes and transistors in separate layers, allowing for more photodiodes. It’s unclear if all ‌iPhone 15‌ models will use the new sensor technology, or if Apple will limit it to the high-end “Pro” ‌iPhone 15‌ models.

Currently, rumors suggest that the ‌iPhone 15‌ Pro will have several exclusive features that won’t be available in the standard ‌iPhone 15‌ models, including an updated A17 chip, faster USB-C port, more RAM , and most importantly, updated zoom camera technology.

Apple is working on a periscope telephoto lens that will improve the optical zoom capabilities of the ‌iPhone 15‌ Pro, enabling up to 10x optical zoom to match some Android smartphones that are on the market.

The Sony image sensor technology described here would likely be used for the Wide Camera that Apple considers the iPhone’s “main” camera, since Apple typically uses a different technology for each lens.