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2019 iPhone's Triple-Lens Rear Camera Design Allegedly Showing in New Renderings

This can't be real. It has to be disinformation. If it is legit I will seriously start to look for another smartphone to use after being part of this camp since 2007.
 
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The camera tech in iPhones has improved dramatically just in the last 4 years. They’re good enough for 75% of consumers since the iPhone 7 and the iPhone XS takes incredible photographs. Could they perform better in low light? Yes. But Apple doesn’t need to try and slap a DSLR on a phone.
 
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I don‘t see the point of those renderings at all, but if you have to do it, at least try to make it look like something Apple would do.
 
Taipan said:
I don‘t see the point of those renderings at all, but if you have to do it, at least try to make it look like something Apple would do.
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which apple? the one before or after SJ? because that render does look like something the current apple will do with it's current hiddious camera hump
 
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UltimaKilo said:
The camera tech in iPhones has improved dramatically just in the last 4 years. They’re good enough for 75% of consumers since the iPhone 7 and the iPhone XS takes incredible photographs. Could they perform better in low light? Yes. But Apple doesn’t need to try and slap a DSLR on a phone.
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I can't understand this mentality.

"Good enough for most people, so stop" is a terrible mantra. Apple should absolutely slap a DSLR in an iPhone if they can fit it.
 
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I don't believe this to be legitimate. This design lacks the esthetics normally associated with Apple products. If it does turn out to be true, I would be very worried about Apple's design language moving forward.
 
People often complain about the camera bump. It has never bothered me..... until now! That is one hideous bump!

Normally I would assume those renders are unlikely to be accurate but you never know with Apple these days!
 
Wow that's... ridiculous... So the notch becomes a huge square with 3 cameras in it. Why not just put a higher resolution camera and allow for better digital zooming, rather than cramming in yet another camera in there? And I thought 2 cameras was silly.
 
baryon said:
Wow that's... ridiculous... So the notch becomes a huge square with 3 cameras in it. Why not just put a higher resolution camera and allow for better digital zooming, rather than cramming in yet another camera in there? And I thought 2 cameras was silly.
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Because the explanation of the latest 18 camera technology will take up 15 minutes in a keynote that has little else to offer. Lots of pretty pictures to show. One will probably be of the dark side of the moon and how the third camera can see through the core of the moon and make these pics possible.
 
baryon said:
Wow that's... ridiculous... So the notch becomes a huge square with 3 cameras in it. Why not just put a higher resolution camera and allow for better digital zooming, rather than cramming in yet another camera in there? And I thought 2 cameras was silly.
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S10 is said to have 4 cameras on the back but least theirs look good
 
Gilligan's last elephant said:
Imo, the best notch is one you dont actually see. Huawei P20 Pro has a notch for the front camera, flash and speaker, but I have set it up so the screen to either side of the notch is dedicated to system /status info so the notch is not visible in apps or homescreen which I find a distraction. "Notch off" setting. See below. Without "notch off" setting, the white would be in the system info area causing the classic notch effect. The plain dark area in the middle top is the notch location.


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That’s actually a very cool option.
 
Wow, they've not only stopped reporting iPhone sales in unit numbers, they've also kept v-e-r-y v-e-r-y quiet the apparent departure of Head of Design Jony Ive. NO WAY WOULD HE LET THAT monstrosity pass. Wonder where he's gone?
 
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Wow, they've not only stopped reporting iPhone sales in unit numbers, they've also kept v-e-r-y v-e-r-y quiet the apparent departure of Head of Design Jony Ive. NO WAY WOULD HE LET THAT monstrosity pass. Wonder where he's gone?
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Sorry, Mr Ive can not respond to your request. He’s busy with an all-new design to match Xiaomi.
 
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jecowa said:
To me, the bump is an indication that Apple expects iPhone users to put a case on their phones. With a case, the camera bump does not matter.
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Possibly true. But if that is the case the design of the phone should be irrelevant or at least having the case included.

Apple betrayed it's core values with this.
Remember when Jobs paid extra to have all developers signatures lasered on the inside of the case..?
 
magicschoolbus said:
What's with all of the talk on MacRumors of Huawei phones? I've seen the iPhone compared to Android devices but never people bringing up Huawei phones.

Probably just China infiltrating our public discussion to change public perception of their phones - but either way, this is new.
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What's with all of the talk on MacRumors of Huawei phones? I've seen the iPhone compared to Android devices but never people bringing up Huawei phones.

Probably just China infiltrating our public discussion to change public perception of their phones - but either way, this is new.
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Probably because they at the moment offer the most severe competition of all Android phones, imho.

I switched from Apple to Huawei when Apple couldn't deliver a jet black 7+ 256GB for months. Liked it so much I've gotten two more since then. EMUI skin is iOS-like to aid switching over, but also more configurable.

Just an ordinary user in Sweden who was an Apple fan since the '70s.

Huawei happens to make superb phones, which I accidentally stumbled upon. Checked my P20 Pro before charging at 20% this morning: usage time since last charge, 3 days 6 hours. Now that's some real progress in a high end phone which I use a lot. Charge time to 100%, a little over an hour, with the original charger supplied in box.

And Mate 20 Pro has the camera configuration that inspired this rumor. An impressive phone that is priced within $50 of iPhone XR where I live. But, for the first time that I can remember, an iPhone has dropped faster in price than an Android, as the Mate 20 still is at launch price. Times have changed.
 
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ROGmaster said:
It's the other way around.
It's available on the vast majority of Android phones with a notch. Even the Pixel 3 XL has an option to hide the notch.

And even if it were like you said its Android after all and Nacho Notch exists.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.xda.nachonotch&hl=en
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I stand corrected. I see no reason Apple couldn’t develop software for iOS to enable the same feature. I again though like the look of the notch and it does not hinder my experience with the phone.
 
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