The high-end iPhone Apple is expected to release this fall will be the company's first smartphone to come with three cameras instead of two, according to reports from Bloomberg and The Wall Street Journal. These reports indicate that only the most expensive, largest new iPhone — presumably the successor to the iPhone XS Max — will have this triple camera setup. Bloomberg does note, however, that this feature could eventually come to other models.
But a more recent report from Macotakara — a Japanese blog focused on Apple news — suggests that Apple is planning to release two new iPhones with triple camera systems this year.
Samsung's flagship phones have a 12-megapixel telephoto camera, a 12-megapixel wide-angle camera, and a 16-megapixel ultra-wide-angle camera mounted on their rear panels. The Galaxy S10 5G also as a fourth depth-sensing camera.
Apple's upcoming trio of iPhones may support bilateral wireless charging, well-known Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo of TF International Securities wrote in a note which 9to5Mac reported.
This feature would make it possible to wirelessly charge another device — perhaps an Apple Watch or the new AirPods wireless charging case — by resting it on the back of the iPhone.
Samsung's Galaxy S10 phones have a feature called Wireless PowerShare, which makes it possible to power up a compatible device by resting it on the phone's back panel. That means Galaxy S10 owners can also charge two devices at once by plugging in their phone and resting another device on its backside.
The company says most devices compatible with the Qi wireless charging standard should work with Wireless PowerShare. In the photo above, the Galaxy S10 is being used to charge Samsung's wireless earbuds, the Galaxy Buds.
The Lightning port has been the standard method for charging the iPhone since 2012, but that could change this year.
Apple has been testing versions of its 2019 iPhone that include a USB-C port instead of the Lightning port, according to Bloomberg, but it's unclear if this is slated to launch.
Instead of doing away with the Lightning port altogether, Apple may include a USB-C to Lightning cable with its next iPhones, Macotakara reports.
Samsung has been using USB-C for its flagship smartphones since the Galaxy S8 launched in 2017, making the S10 the third generation of Galaxy S phones to adopt the technology. That means that unlike iPhones, you don't need a proprietary charger to power up Samsung's smartphones.
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