According to DigiTimes, citing its own sources, Apple plans to introduce a new type of optical stabilization in the 5G line of iPhones, which will be shown next September.

What is the cardinal difference?

The stabilized object is moving. If now only the lens of the main and telephoto lenses is stabilized, then in 2020 the sensor itself will stabilize.

That is, at the moment of shaking, the camera matrix itself, and not its lens, will be balanced.

Why do it?

Why the iPhone is still unknown. But applying some knowledge about stabilization, we can assume that videos and photos obtained with such sensors will be much smoother.

The fact is that optical stabilization on the lenses is used only in three axes: left-right, up-down, forward-backward. Stabilization of the matrix occurs, in addition to the above, in two more: here slopes up and down and left and right are added.

What are the difficulties?

This system takes up too much space, because of this, there is not a single smartphone with sensor stabilization yet.

What else?

Top-end iPhones are expected to receive three regular cameras. However, early rumors claimed that a ToF laser module or, as it is also called, a “time-of-flight camera” could be added to them.

ToF-module is necessary to create the effect of depth of field: the camera “sends” a laser pulse and, looking at the time when it returns, gets an idea of ​​the volume of space.

I talked about these and other cameras in smartphones in more detail earlier:

Apple is expected to unveil four smartphones in September. The top-end versions will receive a 5G modem, as well as an iPhone 4-style design.