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iPhone With Triple-Lens Rear Camera Will 'Likely' Launch Next Year Says Analyst

Apple is likely to launch at least one new iPhone model with a triple-lens rear camera in the second half of next year, according to the Taipei Times (http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/biz/archives/2018/05/07/2003692621), citing a research note from Yuanta Securities analyst Jeff Pu.





<img src="(http://cdn.macrumors.com/article-new/2018/05/iphone-x-triple-lens-martin-hajek-idropnews-800x652.jpg)" alt="" width="800" height="652" class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-635049" /><center>A triple-lens iPhone X mockup by Martin Hajek via iDrop News (https://www.idropnews.com/rumors/triple-lens-iphone-camera-renders/69546/)</center>


The report does not provide any additional details, but a Chinese report from the Economic Daily News last month suggested the camera system will have a 6P lens design with up to 5x zoom (https://www.macrumors.com/2018/04/09/iphone-triple-lens-rear-camera-2019-rumor/) and at least one 12-megapixel lens.





The addition of a third lens would likely enable 3x optical zoom on an iPhone for the first time, enabling users to magnify the image in the viewfinder by up to 3x without a blurry reduction in quality like digital zoom. iPhone 7 Plus, iPhone 8 Plus, and iPhone X models feature 2x optical zoom for comparison.





A triple-lens rear camera would likely be a feature reserved for Apple's highest-end iPhones, so if accurate, this rumor probably applies to a third-generation iPhone X and/or iPhone X Plus launching around September 2019.





<img src="(http://cdn.macrumors.com/article-new/2018/04/huawei-p20-pro-800x354.jpg)" alt="" width="800" height="354" class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-631071" /><center>Huawei P20 Pro</center>


Huawei's new P20 Pro smartphone is the first with a triple-lens rear camera system, including a 40-megapixel lens, a 20-megapixel monochrome lens, and an 8-megapixel telephoto lens with 3x optical zoom. The Verge's Vlad Savov said he prefers the P20 Pro's camera (https://www.theverge.com/2018/4/6/17198708/huawei-p20-pro-review) over those on the iPhone X and Galaxy S9.





For anyone hoping this might be a 2018 move instead, former KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has previously ruled out any significant changes (https://www.macrumors.com/2017/11/02/iphone-x-dual-lens-camera-design-for-2018-iphones/) occurring to the iPhone X's current dual-lens rear camera system this year.

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