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

[iPadified]

Function over form I believe.

 

[RHammer]

Please - Please, for comfort and design purposes, make that camera array bump equal across the entire width of the device, and use the extra space for more juice.

 

[tuncer]

I call BS on that "render"

 

[usarioclave]

As an aside, have you wondered why Apple's cameras are offset from the middle of the phone? I have android phones that have the camera in the middle of the phone, and it seems that the phone is a tad more difficult to hold if the camera is in the middle. Has anyone seen any writing on this? Apple is generally pretty good about symmetry, and it's surprising that nobody has noticed the blatant symmetry break of the camera.

 

[YaBe]

If this is "real", just LOL!

 

[macduke]

Who cares about the hardware anymore? Obviously not Apple. Given their recent decision to load their software onto spyware ad-ridden smart TVs we can expect devices from Samsung, LG, Huawei, etc running iOS in the next few years. The new modular Mac Pro? It’s just loading macOS onto parts ordered from NewEgg and Amazon. Hah. Apple is giving up and going the Microsoft route of services. Boring and lame but safe. Think similar.

 

[PLondon]

The camera is one of the areas Apple can keep improving on to justify some people to upgrade. The iphone has long ago replaced point & shoot cameras, but alot of photographers are even using it as their main camera now. As absurd as it sounds, the iphone has replaced the dslr for some. Or at least become a backup camera. So it makes sense for Apple to keep pushing the cameras capabilities. Still lots of room for improvement. Especially in low light.

No self respecting working photographer would ever use an iPhone instead of a DSLR. Only as an emergency back-up should something of great news value happen when they are without their cameras would a pro consider using a smartphone to shoot a picture for work.

Also, and what is a bigger problem for Apple, they are now so far behind the Google Pixel , Huawei and Samsung that many photographers that I know have now swapped to one of the above as Apple fall further behind with each new phone.

It doesn't only come down to simple scores but Apple's biggest failure is in how images are processed by the phone once the image has been taken. The Google Pixel 3XL needs just one lens to wipe the floor with the iPhone XS Max and at almost half the price in many countries... Apple needs to get it's head out the sand and start innovating as they are now so far behind the competition on almost every level it's getting silly.

 

[Sovon Halder]

Ugliness Overloaded

 

[lordofthereef]

I will admit it doesn't look great, but then neither does the dual lense deal we have had for a few years now. If it drastically outperforms this year's offering, I am willing to forgive it.

Biggest factor will be price unless features blowme away. I am not looking to drop $1100 on a phone unless it significantly improves my life. A stellar camera would go a long way though, since my iPhone is my main camera.

 

[Hieveryone]

BEAUTIFUL!

Said no one

Lol
[doublepost=1546848479][/doublepost]What if the jokes on us and they actually do release that exact same design

 

[gwaizai]

At least one of this year's iPhone models is rumored to include a triple-lens rear camera, although early rumors are split on just what the third lens would be used for.
Some sources have indicated Apple is working on "time-of-flight" depth sensing for higher-quality augmented reality experiences, but reliable analyst Ming-Chi Kuo is skeptical

" higher-quality augmented reality experiences..."

The third lens hole dispensers an LSD dot?

 

[wolfboy]

It looks like the 3x linx camera that Apple acquired a few years ago, just with a flash added on top:
https://www.macrumors.com/2015/04/14/apple-acquires-linx-imaging/

 

[chatin]

The front is more important than the back. If they have dropped the notch and the X moniker unit sales may actually increase.

 

[Wanted797]

People with Trypophobia are going to hate future phones.

 

[Ballis]

Please Apple. When Im buying an iPhone, Im buying a phone first. Its nice that the device is multipurpose, but please stop. The camera unit doesnt have to compete with Canon nor Minolta, especially not when it comes with the cost of looking awful.

And please make the phones thick enought to be able to house the monstrosity.

 

[Wiesenlooser]

I hopethis isn't true... Well, I would just stick with my X for a while longer.

 

[rom3o]

if you put a case on (like almost everyone) then there is no camera bump

Why? 99.9% of the planet uses a case, and it sits flush with the back of a case.

Do people really don’t care about the aesthetics and haptics of their phone? Somebody should tell Jony Ive, he could save Apple so much money by designing cheap plastic phones instead of using glass and aluminium/stainless steel to give the iPhones a premium look and feel.

 

[unchecked]

It's ugly, sure. Pretty sure most of us face the front face more than the back. Kinda came to that conclusion when I got the 6th gen iPad. The colour of the back didn't really matter when I'm using a case. what matters is the front i.e. the notch and price.

 

[0947347]

A pig with a lipstick on a rectum seems more and more attractive nowadays

 

[AlexJoda]

Apple would never do something so ridiculous as this.

- Sent from my bent iPad Pro

That is an amazing signature

 

[9081094]

Apple is failing in China, and Huawei is killing it in China. And as the saying goes, if you can't beat 'em, join 'em.

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And Apple fans still call Huawei a copycat

 

[danny842003]

It looks awful but does it really matter? Once it’s in a case will it look and worse than the current dual lens set-up?

 

[HacKage]

As an aside, have you wondered why Apple's cameras are offset from the middle of the phone? I have android phones that have the camera in the middle of the phone, and it seems that the phone is a tad more difficult to hold if the camera is in the middle. Has anyone seen any writing on this? Apple is generally pretty good about symmetry, and it's surprising that nobody has noticed the blatant symmetry break of the camera.

Where the camera is imo is correct. When you hold the phone landscape like you should be for most photos or video that isn't a portrait, a centre camera will possibly be covered by a finger. My personal favourite is the sony implementation with a 2 stage shutter button on the chassis as sometimes when trying to keep perfectly still I miss or don't press the on screen button hard enough.

 

[Bacillus]

Horrible design.

One day, Joni may find out that enlarging the bump to the extreme means the whole iPhone could have been 0,5 mm thicker

 

[simonmet]

The cameras are already good enough just make the phone a better over all value. Increase the thickness of the phone slightly to get rid of the wobbly bump and improve battery capacity. Sell it for $150 less than this years.

But that would be like giving people what they want! Apple knows better than its customers remember! /s