Actually the camera it is probably the most used module in smartphones, so much that it killed the market for portable digital cameras; for most people it’s the only camera they have and they take shots of family events, with partners, with children and so on, and probably care that they can shot great ones; smartphones are all about 3 things: camera, battery and connection speed, probably in this order. You may not be interested in something but pretending your needs are universal while it is exactly the opposite doesn’t help at all.
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Case Allegedly Designed for Upcoming iPhone 13 Pro Shows Significantly Larger Camera Module
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Actually the camera it is probably the most used module in smartphones, so much that it killed the market for portable digital cameras; for most people it’s the only camera they have and they take shots of family events, with partners, with children and so on, and probably care that they can shot great ones; smartphones are all about 3 things: camera, battery and connection speed, probably in this order. You may not be interested in something but pretending your needs are universal while it is exactly the opposite doesn’t help at all.
They'll probably fill the rest of the phone with magnets for their new extra energy-inefficient wireless charging where people won't be able to use their phones because they're trying to charge their airpods on top of them or something.
If it means larger and better sensors, I'm all for it.
Although I appreciate the difficulty in engineering ultra-precision lenses and sensors - every iPhone past the 8 series has been getting uglier!
Is there anyone left at Apple with an aesthetic sense?
Is there anyone left at Apple with an aesthetic sense?
with a bump that size, they may as well centre it at the top
im happy as long as they increase pixel size, and pixel count
im happy as long as they increase pixel size, and pixel count
They won’t be compatible.Apple will want you to spend even more money.
This is what they are doing with computational photography. But the more you have to "dream up" with AI, the less real it becomes. I think the larger components are a good sign, at least in the larger devices.
I wonder if this is eventually the approach they'll take on MacBooks. They can't/won't make the lid much thicker, and apparently also don't want to do a camera bump. That leaves multiple adjacent lenses as one of the few remaining options.
I just want one camera lens, no bump and a bigger battery..... I don't need three cameras.
Looks promising, hopefully iPhone cameras will finally get competitive with Android competition for once.
There's still a lot of bezel to play with that a linear array could occupy. Even if they slim it down.
I said before: each year the camera bump will grow larger, gradually covering more of the back of the phone.
In a couple years, the camera bump will cover the entire rear of the phone- thus making the phone slightly thicker and in reality have no camera bump at all- just like everyone wants.
In a couple years, the camera bump will cover the entire rear of the phone- thus making the phone slightly thicker and in reality have no camera bump at all- just like everyone wants.
Absolutely. I think they need to improve a lot in order to compete with Android phone cameras.
If they do that (and only if they do), iPhone 13 will be mine.
That is huge. People are going to need a case to help cover the case that was trying to protect the camera. Next year, there will be no room for a case on the back. It will be one camera the entire size of the back of the camera. 
You will need a separate case for the camera bump...That is huge. People are going to need a case to help cover the case that was trying to protect the camera. Next year, there will be no room for a case on the back. It will be one camera the entire size of the back of the camera.
I think the weight of the modules are not as significant compared to the weight of the stainless steel body and battery, so it probably won't be top heavy.
for your hobby i hope, i would be annoyed that i hire a photographer and all he use is his iphone 😂
They need a 5x or 10x optical zoom lens like the Note 20 Ultra and S21 Ultra have. I've used it many times and it's much more useful than the 2x. I have the Samsung and chose a 12 mini as a second phone because I didn't want the 2x zoom offered by the iPhones.
The current iPhone models are already uncomfortable to hold. This is only going to increase the overall weight, so not good progress in my opinion. I miss the old iPhone 7 days — still the best iPhone ever made.
Most photographers will have more than one camera body, with the phone being 2nd or 3rd. Mobile photography has evolved. Larger pixels, faster apertures, vastly more computational power and good software.
As an example I would expect the ultra wide angle lens on the next iPhone to work just fine for real estate. The current one is surprisingly decent considering how wide it is.