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Other Camera: 16 Pro vs 16 Pro Max
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I guess we’ll know in September 
Just kidding.
There was something similar between iPhone 12 Pro and Pro Max. But the 47 %!!! larger sensor of the iPhone 12 Pro Max was almost unnoticeable. You will find many comparisons, hard to tell a difference. So maybe Apple tries to keep the differences artificially smaller, that would make it less terrible to go with the normal pro.
But to answer your questions:
Will only the Pro Max receive the newer and bigger sensor? - Well it happened before and yes I believe Apple could do it again. The rumors indicate it, so probably that is true, unfortunately.
300 mm Superzoom camera - There wasn’t a lot of chatter about it. I doubt it as it would only make sense in two unlikely scenarios. Either with a real variable zoom, or as a fourth camera. I don’t know how much 300 mm
would be in times x zoom, but there is no point in having something like 1x, 2x, 12x. The gap is too big. So either it’s a variable 5-12x lens, or super zoom is coming as an additional camera. But all of this is speculation. There are no rumors regarding a fourth camera and no rumors regarding variable zoom I think. Maybe the current 5x was already Apples superzoom?
Edit: With a 48MP Telephoto sensor and 5x lens next year Apple will possibly introduce a 2x crop mode similar to the current wide camera, where just the inner area of the sensor is used. That will create a kind of 10x zoom level providing 12MP photos. So the iPhone 17 will likely have this feature.
Just kidding.
There was something similar between iPhone 12 Pro and Pro Max. But the 47 %!!! larger sensor of the iPhone 12 Pro Max was almost unnoticeable. You will find many comparisons, hard to tell a difference. So maybe Apple tries to keep the differences artificially smaller, that would make it less terrible to go with the normal pro.
But to answer your questions:
Will only the Pro Max receive the newer and bigger sensor? - Well it happened before and yes I believe Apple could do it again. The rumors indicate it, so probably that is true, unfortunately.
300 mm Superzoom camera - There wasn’t a lot of chatter about it. I doubt it as it would only make sense in two unlikely scenarios. Either with a real variable zoom, or as a fourth camera. I don’t know how much 300 mm
would be in times x zoom, but there is no point in having something like 1x, 2x, 12x. The gap is too big. So either it’s a variable 5-12x lens, or super zoom is coming as an additional camera. But all of this is speculation. There are no rumors regarding a fourth camera and no rumors regarding variable zoom I think. Maybe the current 5x was already Apples superzoom?
Edit: With a 48MP Telephoto sensor and 5x lens next year Apple will possibly introduce a 2x crop mode similar to the current wide camera, where just the inner area of the sensor is used. That will create a kind of 10x zoom level providing 12MP photos. So the iPhone 17 will likely have this feature.
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Three consecutive years with the same sensor on Pro? Seriously?
iPhone 16 Pro: 48MP, IMX803
iPhone 15 Pro: 48MP, IMX803
iPhone 14 Pro: 48MP, IMX803
iPhone 13 Pro: 12MP, IMX703
iPhone 12 Pro: 12MP, IMX603
iPhone 11 Pro: 12MP, IMX503
I prefer the regular Pro size but this year I will buy the Pro MAX just because of the sensor change:
iPhone 16 Pro MAX: 48MP, IMX903
iPhone 16 Pro: 48MP, IMX803
iPhone 15 Pro: 48MP, IMX803
iPhone 14 Pro: 48MP, IMX803
iPhone 13 Pro: 12MP, IMX703
iPhone 12 Pro: 12MP, IMX603
iPhone 11 Pro: 12MP, IMX503
I prefer the regular Pro size but this year I will buy the Pro MAX just because of the sensor change:
iPhone 16 Pro MAX: 48MP, IMX903
Since I never use the phone features much, I'll stick with the 16 Pro.
More than happy with the images I snap occasionally - hate the file size - very large files - bloats the capacity...
