Apple is pretty conservative about the sensors used in the iPhone camera – the company has never tracked the physical size or resolution of the matrices. The iPhone 15 Pro Max will not have hundreds of megapixels, but with all that, the main sensor of this model’s main camera may be the best on the market.

As the Ice Universe informant wrote, this sensor is a Sony IMX903. The fact that it belongs to the top row says a lot in itself. But that’s not all. According to preliminary data, the optical format of the IMX903 is 1/1.14 inch. So, as Honor is currently doing with the Magic5 Pro, which ranks second in the DxOMark rating, Apple will get very close to the one-inch sensor. The IMX903 is reported to outperform the 200-megapixel Samsung HP2 sensor based on its specs – it provides 20% more light capture, supports 14-bit DNG RAW at hardware level. The difference between these sensors is only in resolution: 48 MP on the Sony sensor and 200 MP on the Samsung sensor.

But that’s not all: According to Digital Chat Statin, the Sony IMX903 may cost more than the Sony IMX989 inch sensor! There is data that the IMX903 costs twice as much! Although still smaller than an inch sensor.

“It blows my mind that Apple cares so much about the camera. “, wrote on the Ice Universe Twitter page. And indeed, if everything is as presented by the insider, the iPhone 15 Pro Max could become an outstanding camera phone – and better than the Xiaomi 13 Ultra and Samsung in terms of photo and video quality. Galaxy S23 Ultra .

Ice Universe was the first to fully describe the new trend for smartphones with waterfall displays, the explosions on the iPhone X, the new design of the iPhone 14 with the Dynamic Island cutout, and various 200-megapixel image sensors. And Digital Chat Station was the first to accurately report the specs and release dates of the Redmi K50 and Xiaomi 12.