A picture shows the third-party case of the upcoming iphone14 series. Although there is nothing new in the design, it provides important information about how big the camera module bulge of Apple's flagship smartphone will become After seeing the weak sales of iPhone 13 mini, Apple will focus on larger iPhone models this year. We expect to see 6.1-inch iPhone 14, 6.1-inch iPhone 14 pro, 6.7-inch iPhone 14 Max and 6.7-inch iPhone 14 Pro max.
Although no major design changes are expected, all these models may see the upgrade of the camera. Therefore, the raised area of the camera will change by about 5%, and the difference is most obvious on the Pro Model (corresponding to the first and third cases from the left in the picture).
All iPhone 14 models are expected to see the upgrade of the wide-angle camera at the rear of the device, while iPhone Pro models may see significant improvements to the main wide-angle camera and updates to the telephoto lens.
Apple analyst Guo Mingyu believes that the iPhone 14 Pro model will be equipped with a 48 megapixel wide-angle camera and 8K video recording function, which will be a major upgrade to the current 12 megapixel camera.
The 48 megapixel camera of the iPhone 14 Pro model may also be able to provide 12 megapixel photos through a process called pixel sorting. Pixel sorting combines the data of multiple smaller pixels on the camera image sensor into a "super pixel" to improve the sensor sensitivity in low light.
Whether it is worth introducing the huge size of the camera module for enhanced camera quality has not been confirmed by the market, but it is enough to explain that due to the increase in size, the shell designed for iPhone 13 is unlikely to be suitable for iPhone 14.
If Apple follows the previous release schedule, we expect to see the iPhone 14 at the event in September 2022.