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Sony makes the l̶e̶n̶s̶e̶s̶ sensors on modern iPhones and, if rumors are to be believed, also the micro OLED displays on a forthcoming new product category.

Sony makes the l̶e̶n̶s̶e̶s̶ sensors on modern iPhones and, if rumors are to be believed, also the micro OLED displays on a forthcoming new product category. It's funny. The 1970s Sony Trinitron CRT TVs are what inspired Steve Jobs to make the Apple II case, and here they are working together, at the highest end of technology, many decades later.

alphabettsy 5y ago
I think Sony make the sensors only.
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olliej 5y ago
Sony only make the sensor, it looks like a bunch of companies manufacture the lenses (sharp, lg infotech, and another company I forgot from my googling 10 seconds ago). But as the linked thread says, apple designed the lens itself (as it has a patent on it, which is apparently common?) I am curious what the Samsung lens system looks like given it has real optical zoom
- Miraste 5y ago
  Samsung doesn’t have real optical zoom. Their system works by using a separate 1x, 3x, and 10x zoom camera and software interpolation for in-between levels. The 10x zoom camera has the most interesting optics because its lens stack is too long to fit in the phone, so instead it’s a “periscope” camera in which the lenses are sideways and light hits them through a prism, then goes through another prism to hit the sensor. Here’s a diagram of Apple’s (shorter focal length and hitherto unimplemented) version: https://www.dpreview.com/files/p/articles/8346943838/iPhone_patent_2.jpeg https://www.dpreview.com/files/p/articles/8346943838/iPhone_...
  - perryizgr8 5y ago
    The periscope lens has variable optical zoom, doesn't it?
    - Miraste 5y ago
      No, it's all digital.
systemBuilder 5y ago
Sony also made the AppleColor 640x480 monitor in 1987 with the release of the Mac II. This was quite likely the most fantastic monitor available in this size in this year. It was rumored to be a regular Sony Computer monitor without an anti-reflective coating so it could be brighter and clearer.

alphabettsy 5y ago

I think Sony make the sensors only.

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olliej 5y ago

Sony only make the sensor, it looks like a bunch of companies manufacture the lenses (sharp, lg infotech, and another company I forgot from my googling 10 seconds ago). But as the linked thread says, apple designed the lens itself (as it has a patent on it, which is apparently common?) I am curious what the Samsung lens system looks like given it has real optical zoom

Miraste 5y ago
Samsung doesn’t have real optical zoom. Their system works by using a separate 1x, 3x, and 10x zoom camera and software interpolation for in-between levels. The 10x zoom camera has the most interesting optics because its lens stack is too long to fit in the phone, so instead it’s a “periscope” camera in which the lenses are sideways and light hits them through a prism, then goes through another prism to hit the sensor. Here’s a diagram of Apple’s (shorter focal length and hitherto unimplemented) version: https://www.dpreview.com/files/p/articles/8346943838/iPhone_patent_2.jpeg https://www.dpreview.com/files/p/articles/8346943838/iPhone_...
- perryizgr8 5y ago
  The periscope lens has variable optical zoom, doesn't it?
  - Miraste 5y ago
    No, it's all digital.

systemBuilder 5y ago

Sony also made the AppleColor 640x480 monitor in 1987 with the release of the Mac II. This was quite likely the most fantastic monitor available in this size in this year. It was rumored to be a regular Sony Computer monitor without an anti-reflective coating so it could be brighter and clearer.