This month Apple CEO Tim Cook dinner took to Twitter to verify that Apple does use Sony picture sensors in its iPhones.

“We have been partnering with Sony for over a decade to create the world’s main digicam sensors for iPhone,” Cook dinner tweeted out, together with a picture of him taking a look at an iPhone.

We’ve been partnering with Sony for over a decade to create the world’s main digicam sensors for iPhone. Due to Ken and everybody on the workforce for exhibiting me across the cutting-edge facility in Kumamoto at this time. pic.twitter.com/462SEkUbhi

— Tim Cook dinner (@tim_cook) December 13, 2022

This admission from Cook dinner is uncommon for Apple, as the corporate is thought for being very secretive about the kind of parts that powers its smartphones. Though this isn’t completely shocking for some, there have been rumors over time that hinted that Apple was utilizing some Sony {hardware} as parts for iPhones.

Cook dinner’s tweet means that the partnership remains to be ongoing. In a current report from Nikkei Asia, the outlet claims that the following iteration of iPhones will embrace Sony’s newest “cutting-edge” picture sensors. Additional noting that these new picture sensors will be capable of seize extra gentle and cut back over and underexposure, after all, we actually will know as soon as these new telephones are out to actually check this.

Taylor is the Affiliate Tech Editor at IGN. You’ll be able to comply with her on Twitter @TayNixster.