iPhone 15 Will Have New “State-of-the-art” Low-Light Camera

Analysts at Nikkei report that the next iPhone 15 will feature Sony's latest image sensor. Since Google included 'Night Sight' in its Pixel phones, all other smartphone manufacturers have been trying to up their game in low light, and Apple is no exception. iPhone's Night Mode is good enough as it is, but it could be even better. The potential is there. But with this new Sony sensor, Nikkei believes Apple will leap to a new level of low-light photography. Right.

                  "Sony’s new image sensor roughly doubles the saturation signal level in each pixel compared with conventional sensors. In other words, the sensors can capture more light and reduce overexposure or underexposure in certain settings, enabling a smartphone camera to clearly photograph a person’s face even if the subject is standing against a strong backlight.

                                       Nikkei                                             

Currently, Nikkei is not aware that certain iPhone 15 models have newer Sony sensors than others, and Apple is not aware of any differentiation of certain models, such as the possibility of the iPhone 15 Max having a telephoto 'periscope' lens. We know that it must be planning to do so.

As is tradition, Apple is always planning each and every new iPhone to be better than the previous - whether that be a better camera or maybe just prettier colors. So we have to assume that the new low-light camera will somehow be a major selling point for the iPhone 15 line.