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Apple’s iPhone cameras are getting a massive upgrade, but it’s only coming to the iPhone 15 Pro Max
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(Image credit: Parvez Khan)
(Image credit: Parvez Khan)
We might not have theiPhone 14yet, but work’s well underway on its replacement. We don’t have many details about theiPhone 15just yet, but a new report says it’s going to get a very significant upgrade to the camera system. That’s the good news. The bad news? The upgrade’s only coming to the most expensive model, theiPhone15 Pro Max.
That’s a shame, because the spec sounds excellent. The explanation is simple enough, though: periscope lenses are big, and the Pro Max is the only iPhone that’s big enough right now.
iPhone 15 Pro Max periscope lens: better zoom and sensor stabilisation
We’ve seen periscope lenses in other smartphones, such as in theSony Xperia 1 IV. It enables phones to deliver much higher levels of optical zoom without having to have a massive telescopic camera on the back, and in the case of theSonythat means a max optical zoom of 5.2. That’s impressive for a phone, but according to Kuo the one in the iPhone 15 Pro Max will go up to 6x optical zoom. That’s twice the zoom of myiPhone 13 Pro.
Interestingly, it seems thatAppleisn’t massively increasing the megapixels any time soon: the zoom lens will be using a 12MP 1/3" sensor. However the other cameras will be better than in theiPhone 13: we know that the iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max are both getting 48MP main cameras this year as well as improved autofocus in the front-facing cameras.
Kuo says that Apple will bring the periscope lens to the iPhone 16 Pro as well as the Pro Max, but don’t expect to see it in the standard iPhone 16: while that’s the same size as the Pro, cameras are one of the ways Apple differentiates the Pro from the standard iPhone. As with the iPhone 13, if you want the best cameras in any iPhone you’ll need to go Pro.
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