• It was rumoured that Sony supplied the camera sensors for earlier iPhone models.
• Kenichiro Yoshida, CEO of Sony, accompanied Tim Cook on a visit of the Kumamoto facility.
• Sony has not yet started manufacturing iPhone 15 camera sensors.

 Apple CEO Tim Cook admitted in a recent tweet that Sony image sensors have been a part of the iPhone for more than ten years at the Cupertino company. This is a rare case of Apple providing specific information about the components utilised in their products. 

The resolution, aperture, and other basic minimum information about the camera are frequently listed in the company's iPhone models' specs. There have been many rumours over the years suggesting that Sony was providing camera sensors for the iPhone. It's expected that even the iPhone 15 will have a cutting-edge Sony image sensor.

Sony has supplied the iPhone's camera sensor for more than ten years, according to a tweet from Cook on Tuesday. A photo of Cook and Sony CEO Kenichiro Yoshida touring the Kumamoto factory was also included. The various rumours that the iPhone used Sony camera sensors seem to be dispelled by this assertion.

 According to a new source, the iPhone 15 series will make use of a state-of-the-art Sony picture sensor. Even under harsh backlighting, it is said to be able to record a person's face in detail.
Each pixel on Sony sensors reportedly has a doubled saturation signal intensity. It is said that the sensor in this rumoured Sony camera can capture more light while reducing under- or overexposure. The production of these sensors has not yet begun at Sony. They will reportedly be made in the company's Nagasaki plant, according to reports. Apple is rumoured to debut the iPhone 15 series in the second half of 2023. 

According to reports, Sony held a 44 percent market share for complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) image sensors in 2021, followed by Samsung with 18.5 percent. In order to control about 60% of the CMOS image sensor market by 2025, the business has reportedly allocated about JPY 900 billion (about Rs. 54,000 crore) for 2023.