Apple has acquired Israel?s LinX Computational Imaging Ltd. LinX develops and makes camera modules for smartphones and tablets. It has the technology to create 3D images, measuring depth via array cameras and software. There has been no press release from Apple
but if the report is accurate, we think it is possible that future iPhones and iPads will come equipped with dual cameras.
From the iPhone 7, which we expect to launch in 2016, iPhones will come with 3D dual cameras and that by 2017, 21% of smartphones will have shifted to dual cameras. With Sony having made a rapid string of image sensor capex announcements, we think there is a growing chance that dual cameras will spread in earnest from 2016.
