It should indeed produce better pictures, but in several galleries available so far the difference comparing to previous generation is very subtle. Bokeh in portrait mode is just awful in many cases. Let's wait for some proper testing, but so far camera didn't convince as expected.
That illogical, the camera is better every year. Next years non s is better than last years s
I tried, says he was an industrial designer and his first job at IBM was in the PC division.
yup, you sound high pitched/piercing to me
The display of the XS Max can display more content; it’s 414 points wide (in portrait) whereas the XS is 375 points. So the XS is about 10% wider.
I agree and I would not invite those who purposely hate for no reason. However, as a reviewer, he/she must be objective in reviewing any products as consumers don't have the time and/or money to buy and compare products. We, the consumers, rely on getting getting information from objective reviews or wait to read feedbacks from those who have sufficient time to use their new phones. I would like to hear users compare their new and old phones and hear what they like and didn't like as well as any issue encountered. Again, a consumer's review could be objective or subjective but I would have to filter out which may seem legit or not legit complaints.
More people will upgrade because of it. Their purpose is to make as much money as possible. It's an easy choice for them.
I’m also a trained photographer. Been shooting professionally for 18 years, 10 years as an amateur before that. You can’t control lights in spontaneous situations. The only place where you have real control over light is in a studio.
There’s a real issue with reflections on the front glass of the iPhone since I believe the iPhone 6. It became a serious problem with the iPhone X. This is caused by a gap between the front glass and the lens. A lens alone would cause lens flare which is normal. Reflections on the other hand ruin photos. Nighttime video in a city with cars and other bright lights can become unusable pretty quickly.
Here’s a good demonstration that I found:
This is of course a forced example to make the problem clear but it does pop up regularly in non staged situations.
Here’s a real world demonstration. The lights on the dock reflect in the sky like a runway.
This is not normal lens behaviour. It’s a design defect that Apple has ignored because a front glass cover is the most efficient way to build water protection for the phone. To prevent this, they’d have to build the lens elements into the case itself. You’d have a curved lens on the outside, not a flat cover glass. Reflections would not occur. Presumably, this would be more expensive to build at scale since the case and the camera components come from different manufactures.
I wonder if a lens coating would fix this. That’s why I ask if the Xs had solved it.
EDIT: there’s a whole MacRumors thread on this:
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/huge-defect-with-the-camera-extreme-lens-flare.2085341/
As expected, many people don’t understand the difference between lens flare which is normal and reflections which are not.
I'm upgrading from the SE to the Xs. I'll let you know if I think it's worth it.Happy for all you phablet fan boys. But gotta say...I'm loving my new iPhone SE. Classic form factor with HP jack and home button. Bigger and faster than my 4S.
That wasn’t always the case. Not everyone updates the iOS, too, so I’d think prior ratings should still show, unless now only reviews are shown restive to the iOS you’re on?
