IPhone 8 could take a revolutionary approach sensors - BGR

Apple launches three new iPhones this year reported said, with the iPhone 8 the most interesting of the three. Apple's suppliers are in the iPhone-8, as the popularity significantly increase revenues heavily concentrated. One such company is a chip maker in Europe is already an iPhone to do 7, the correct component appears.

After STMicroelectronics has online Thursday the results published in 2016, driven by the sale of mobile phones and a part of the car. STM, the third largest company in the semiconductor - in Europe, also said it plans to increase the plant's capacity. The measure aims to increase revenue this year. And Apple could be to blame.

Without naming names, MCI said it has signed a customer agreement, to generate the "substantial revenue" in the second half of the year.

Analysts believe that the company is that Apple provide 8 parts iPhone and STM, including a component that July, in Apple's 2016 iPhone iPhone Jewels 7 plus is found.

Deep shutdowns confirmed that Apple has placed a new kind of proximity sensor on the front of the phone, which acts as a "precision rangefinder camera for auto photo." We have called a theft detection (TOF).

"The advantage of TOF does not depend on the level of the reflected light, but actually the photon propagation time measuring emitted from a laser diode and the term is independent of the reflectivity of the surface of the target," it Chipworks explains.

Apple is not the only company with TOF sensors. Last year, some upscale smartphones from competitors also TOF STM sold, including Huawei P9, G5 or Z LG Moto force. The difference is that other companies use the TOF for research apart instead of proximity sensors.

Now analysts expect Apple to keep STM as a supplier of this type of TOF sensors. But they also say that European society could bring a new product for the iPhone in August

"This is probably a new product to be 8 more dislocations of flight time sensor on the iPhone," said Liberum analyst Janardan Menon. "We expect that STM converted strong sales growth in higher margin and higher multiple expansion."

It is not at this time, if appropriate, the STM-component may work well known. However, a recent report has shown that the new iPhone will include a new type of facial recognition system / gesture. This function can with "with a new laser sensor and an infrared - sensor - supported camera mounted near the front," are Cowen and Company analyst Timothy Arcuri of a note . STM these parts for Apple?

It is interesting that the iPhone 8 should have a fully to the screen design, which means that Apple does not try probably add other sensors on the front of the phone that the reduction might prevent the upper window. Instead, Apple can search sensors for multiple features are used, as is the case with the proximity sensor / TOF STM is. In addition, Apple has at least bold of patent represents the integration of all sensors at the front of the screen. Even so, Apple would probably in the front have the smallest possible number of sensors.