mobile-phone photography, but iPhones might reclaim their lead if a startup acquisition works out. Apple bought InVisage, a company developing image sensor technology called QuantumFilm that could outdo traditional image sensors from giants like Sony. Apple confirmed the acquisition to TechCrunch on Thursday. QuantumFilm, which relies on tiny specks called quantum dots, offers three big advantages, InVisage chief executive and co-founder Jess Lee said in a 2015 interview at the company's Menlo Park, California, headquarters. https://www.cnet.com/news/iphone-photos-faceid-help-from-apple-invisage-acquisition/