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3 cameras were never a big rumour. Some people just randomly started talking about it.
 
It should happen for 2019 when design gets changed/modified since it won’t be an ‘S’ year
 
They upgraded the sensor size, which was long overdue.

Apple won’t use three cameras next year, so there might be some other change.
 
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