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All four models of the upcoming iPhone 17 are rumored to feature metalens technology, which could significantly reduce the size of the Dynamic Island and improve Face ID integration, marking a potential major redesign across the lineup, though these details remain speculative until Apple's official announcement.
Apple is reportedly incorporating 'metalens' technology across all iPhone 17 models, which will enable a smaller Face ID sensor and Dynamic Island, potentially increasing the screen-to-body ratio, although details are still uncertain and should be taken with caution.
Researchers at Harvard SEAS have developed a 10-centimeter-diameter glass metalens using conventional CMOS fabrication technology, allowing it to image the sun, moon, and distant nebulae with high resolution. By overcoming engineering challenges, the team demonstrated the metalens' ability to survive extreme conditions and produce detailed images comparable to those taken by conventional lenses. This breakthrough opens new opportunities for space science and technology, as well as applications in astronomy, free-space optical communications, long-range telecommunications, and directed energy transport.
Canon has entered the field of metalenses, a relatively new optical technology that aims to replace traditional camera lenses with smaller systems using nanoparticles and metasurfaces. Metalenses have been primarily pursued by startups and scientists, but Canon's involvement and production of the necessary equipment for manufacturing them further legitimizes the technology. Metalenses have the potential to eliminate the camera bump on smartphones and downsize camera systems. With Canon's investment and showcase at Canon Expo, the likelihood of metalenses appearing in consumer devices has increased. However, Canon has not provided detailed information or photos of its metalens technology.
Scientists have developed a multifunctional metalens that can manipulate and structure quantum emissions from solid-state single photon emitters (SPEs) such as hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) defects. The metalens, which can tailor the directionality, polarization, and orbital angular momentum (OAM) degrees of freedom, allows for arbitrary shaping of quantum emission in multiple dimensions. This breakthrough technology has the potential to advance quantum photonic applications and enable the generation of high-dimensional single-photon hybrid quantum states, leading to improved quantum information science and the development of more secure quantum networks.
Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo predicts that Apple Glasses, the company's augmented reality glasses, will launch in 2026 or 2027 at the earliest, pending the development of new metalens technology. Metalenses are a flat lens technology that use metasurfaces to focus light, and they are set to enter mass production in 2024 for use in Apple's Face ID system for iPad Pro, then iPhone in 2025 or 2026. If development goes as planned, they would eventually be used in Apple's AR glasses.
Apple is reportedly planning to replace plastic lens covers with metalens technology for its future iPad Pro and iPhone models, starting from 2024. Metalens is cheaper to mass produce and helps reduce thickness. The technology is expected to debut on the iPad Pro's Face ID camera cover, with the iPhone to follow later. Metalens is predicted to become a widely adopted component by 2028 to 2030, even on low-end cameras or LiDAR systems. Apple may also introduce it to its augmented reality glasses in the future.
Apple is reportedly developing metalens technology to replace plastic lens covers in future devices, starting with Face ID covers for iPad Pro in 2024. The technology would eventually be used for Apple Glasses, expected to go into production in 2026 or 2027 at the earliest. Metalens technology uses nanostructures to focus light and is expected to replace plastic lenses on low-end cameras or LiDAR systems by 2028 to 2030.