Dual Rear Camera Likely to Remain Exclusive to High-End iPhones in 2017

[Sedulous]

I get it, it's too small to notice any difference. The issue is that the phone is down converting a 4K image and video to 1080p. So you have captured this great 4K still or video and you play it back on a 1080p screen. When you zoom in, it will not do it justice. I get the battery savings and all, not sure if the iPhone can use a scaling solution similar to the retina MPR and MB retina. Thoughts.

It's similar to having this great 4K BluRay title and you are viewing it on a 720p or 1080p screen around the ~50 inch size. It's nonsensical.

If you have 20/20 vision and hold phone about 1 foot away, the maximum dpi needed is about 300. Any DPI above that is unresolved and not beneficial. It could be 100,000K and would look no different. That is why we can't see the atoms that things are made of.

 

[hiddenmarkov]

I agree, but don't.
If I drop my waterproof watch in the tub / toilet and something happens in the form of water proofing, warranty covers it.
On the iPhone; nope.
Was a surprise. Makes the claim about waterproofing/resistance totally meaningless.

Why I was leery of the it makes it resistant line for the jack removal. Didn't see them bending over backwards here warranty wise. This based on the on the apple watch whose warranty is not iron clad for this either. Punchline being the watch should be more resistant. In theory like most watches the crown is the main if not only water entry point, assuming face/bezel seal good (and you assume a watch maker nails this as best they can).

Phone is lots of potential entry points. volume, power, connector, speakers....Apple knows this, warranty reflects that.

 

[bbbbbbb]

IDC what they do...as long as they put the OLED/similar type of screen on it, I'm getting it.

 

[Tomasulu]

You can't tell the difference between an iPhone 6s and an iPhone 7?

...and again, those two Porsche designs are 50 years apart.

Look there is no spinning the fact that the design of iphone 7 is almost identical to 6/6s. If we go with the car analogy it's a midlife nip and tuck. Not a new model. At least design wise.
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... and they are headed for a shallow life full of disappointment - - they have my sincerest condolences.

Are you one of those who wear bell bottom pants still?

 

[yankes]

Pretty sure it's triple cam next year.

or maybe 16 ... https://light.co/camera

 

[code-m]

If you have 20/20 vision and hold phone about 1 foot away, the maximum dpi needed is about 300. Any DPI above that is unresolved and not beneficial. It could be 100,000K and would look no different. That is why we can't see the atoms that things are made of.

Think AR. I am sure once Apple releases AR capabilities or an accessory and the screen is now 4K on the iPhone, people will jump for joy and negate any previous discourse.

 

[Benz63amg]

Hey guys, so i just read this article that was published today where ifixit is tearing down the new iPhone 7 Plus and one thing caught my attention, when they get to disassemble the dual camera array they say the following:

The moment we've all been waiting for: The 7 Plus camera array!

Apple's got us seeing double with two separate sensors, two lenses, and two sets of optical image stabilizers.

The two 12 MP cameras—one wide-angle (just like in base iPhone 7), the second a telephoto—allow for optical zoom.

The upgraded cameras almost make it worth the bigger exterior camera bump. The bump is now built into the chassis, another suspected waterproofing/dust-fighting tactic.

https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/iPhone+7+Plus+Teardown/67384

Now, could this be a typo by the person that wrote the article, but it does seem like the Dual Lens Camera in the iPhone 7 Plus has Optical Image Stabilization both in the Main Wide angle lens as well as in the Telephoto lens