Rumor: Apple may use technology similar to Huawei’s P9 dual-lens system for iPhone 7 camera

It’s a rumor, but it’s got some interesting elements to it.

Following Apple’s acquisition of LinX Imaging last year, Apple could be in line to use the Huawei P9 dual-lens camera system in its next-gen iPhone. The P9, created in a partnership with Leica, users two 12-megapixel cameras. One camera captures a normal color image, while the second takes a monochrome image that allows for more focus on the lighting of a scene. The advantage, Huawei claims, is a better overall image with higher clarity and professional camera-like quality.

Huawei is not the first to use a dual-camera setup, and other vendors have used somewhat different combinations of cameras to achieve varying goals. The LG G5 uses two cameras to achieve different focal lengths, while the 2014 HTC One M8 used two cameras to allow for better depth perception.

Granted, there are still about two months before the anticipated release of the rumored iPhone 7, which is said to include a slightly thinner build, faster Apple A10 processor, repositioned antenna bands, and the removal of the headphone jack, but this could be a substantial jump in Apple’s onboard camera technology.

Stay tuned for additional details as they become available.

Via MacRumors