In a note to clients — as reported by 9to5Mac — KGI analyst Ming-Chi Kuo predicts that the next generation 5.5-inch iPhone, likely to be dubbed the iPhone 7 Plus, will have a dual back camera across the whole line. Previously, he thought that only the high end configurations of the iPhone would adopt the new camera technology.
“Dual-camera to become a must-have feature for high-end smartphone. The initial market response to Huawei’s (CN) new flagship dual-camera model, P9, has been better than expected, and we estimate shipments may reach 10mn units in 2016F,” Kuo told clients. “In our view, more high-end smartphones will adopt this feature going forward. And, in order to maintain its leading position in the high-end market, we expect Apple will fully adopt dual-camera on the new 5.5-inch iPhone in 2H16.”
If Apple does choose to bring the new dual-camera technology to all iPhone 7s (shown in mock-ups, not actual photos of the smartphone) with a 5.5-inch display, this means the company will include 3GB of RAM in all models to meet requirements of the new tech, notes 9to5Mac.
