The iPhone 15 Pro Max is Apple's first model to offer a 5x optical zoom upgrade, but as the tech company has done before, its hardware details have been shrouded in mystery for days. Fortunately, we have learned that most of the cameras used on the company’s high-end flagship phones are those used in last year’s iPhone 14 Pro Max.
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iPhone 15 Pro Max only uses different periscope zoom and lidar cameras this year
The CMOS information surrounding the iPhone 15 Pro Max was uploaded to Weibo by a netizen named "Fei Wei". This newly released 6.7-inch iPhone only uses different periscope and lidar cameras. As expected, all sensors are from Sony, and the main camera is 48 million pixels, the same as the IMX803 on the iPhone 14 Pro Max.
There were earlier rumors that Apple will use IMX903 on next year’s iPhone 16 Pro Max. It seems that this rumor has some basis. The ultra-wide-angle unit IMX633 also remains unchanged, while the telephoto camera is an IMX913, also the first of two new sensors launched this year. As for the lidar sensor, Apple decided to make an upgrade and use IMX591, instead of the IMX590 used last year.
The company didn't emphasize the significance of the change, but we should see it in more comparisons. For the selfie camera, Apple uses the same IMX714 as the iPhone 14 Pro Max. Considering the costs associated with adopting a completely new sensor every year, we can understand why Apple decided to reuse some of the optical hardware from the previous generation. Assuming we get new hardware every year, consumers will likely have to pay more than the $1,199 price of this flagship model, which already starts at $100 more than the previous generation. Apple has also focused on software, resulting in better computing results. Google has followed the same approach with its Pixel line for years, and there don't seem to be many complaints about the image quality of these phones.