Taimur Asad·

Apple’s 2027 20th-Anniversary iPhone Could Boast An In-House Image Sensor

Apple’s iPhone 17 lineup has only been on sale for a few weeks, but attention is starting to turn to 2027’s models. Apple will celebrate 20 years of the iPhone, and a new report suggests it will add its first custom image sensor to celebrate.

The report comes via leaker yeux1122, posting to the Korean-language Naver blog and picked up by MacRumors.

According to him, Chinese manufacturers are also looking to use LOFIC technology in their own flagship phones in 2o26, and Apple looks set to follow in 2027.

The use of LOFIC technology would allow iPhones to capture images with improved detail across both bright and dark areas within the same shot.

LOFIC, or Lateral Overflow Integration Capacitor, is a next-generation imaging technology that enables each pixel to store varying amounts of light based on scene brightness. This allows a sensor to capture detail in both bright highlights and dark shadows within a single frame, potentially reaching up to 20 stops of dynamic range – comparable to high-end cinema cameras and approaching the range of human vision.

Apple has been rumored to be looking into a LOFIC image sensor for a while, and a patent filed in July described a stacked sensor design. It’s also been rumored to have been testing the technology in development hardware, although it won’t make its debut until 2027.

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