Last Wednesday, 7 September, Apple has introduced a new smartphone iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus . One of the main features of the iPhone 7 Plus has become a dual 12-megapixel main camera with a wide angle and a telephoto lens. Dual Camera Plus is to be distinctive-chip version of the iPhone in the next year.
AppleInsider reports citing Ming-Chi Kuo, double main camera will be an exclusive feature of the iPhone Plus 2017 model year, while the regular version will be deprived of the chips. Apple's decision explains the analyst primarily high-value components to double the iPhone's camera. According to estimates, the cost of a double chamber ranges from $ 30 to $ 40.
Ming-Chi Kuo said that the iPhone Plus 2017 model year will be equipped with dual-core camera with two sensors, each of which will receive the optical image stabilization. Now equipped with optical image stabilization system is only one main camera iPhone 7 Plus .
By the way, even before the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus output sources reported that the LTE-modems for them instead of the Qualcomm will supply Intel. And today, our colleagues from PhoneArena confirmed this. According to them, the LTE-equipped with Intel modems GSM-version of the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus for the US market, working with mobile operators such as AT & T and T-Mobile.
It is reported that as early as 2015, Apple sent a team of engineers in Munich to work on the Intel 7360. LTE-modem, where they, together with Intel engaged in optimizing the chip to work on the iPhone.