Apple may be planning to include a triple-lens rear camera in a 2019 iPhone model, according to Taiwan’s Economic Daily News (via MacRumors).
The report claims that the new camera will still have a 6P lens design with 5x zoom, although it’s unclear on whether that’s a optical zoom or merely a digital or hybrid zoom; only the dual-lens iPhone models currently offer optical zoom capabilities by using the second lens for a 2X zoom — it’s conceivably possible that a third lens could similarly provide a 5X zoom.
A three-lens rear camera could also provide even more improvements to low-light performance, if the use of such camera systems on competing phones are any indication.
