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iPhone 14 Pro Models Rumored to Feature 48-Megapixel Camera and 8GB of RAM
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I still don't understand the need for 8K.
If you film something in 8K and watch it on a 4K screen, your resolution is maxed out at 4.
What's the point of being able to shoot in 8 if the max screen resolution is 4?
I gather very few people have an 8K screen.
If you film something in 8K and watch it on a 4K screen, your resolution is maxed out at 4.
What's the point of being able to shoot in 8 if the max screen resolution is 4?
I gather very few people have an 8K screen.
I bought a 13 pro Max this year mainly cus I’ve been missing having one for the last few years. It has many uses at my job especially
There supposedly won’t be a mini next year. You should get a 13 mini, it’s a great device. I actually sold my 13 Pro and just picked up a 13 mini and the only things I’m missing in order of importance are.. macro lens, telephoto lens, more battery, LiDAR. The 13 Pro is just so damn big. Really loving the mini’s size. It just disappears in your pocket (and hand, it’s so damn light in comparison).
For years the vast majority couldn’t see their iPhone videos in 4K. Many still haven’t. Didn’t stop them from having to have it. Don’t look for logic. They’ll happily buy into 8k and 48mp and apple will have marketing ready on how incredible it is.
macOS supports virtual memory/swap files whereas iOS does not, therefore 8GB goes further on macOS than on iOS. Plus 8GB is fine for casual consumer’s needs in even in 2022. Heck the base iPad still ships with 3GB RAM and it does just fine.
It will probably be downsampled to 12MP - so you’ll get an extra sharp but normal size file. And 48MP raw files if you want.
Nokia did just that back in 2012.
Don't care about the Megapixels. Just add a 1" sensor or something similar as the Sony Xperia Pro-I.
You holding out so long for the perfect iPhone Mini that Apple will stop making them. Think about that.
Thats enough ram to run MacOS as well as a Mac. I wouldn't mind if it only ran MacOS while docked to a laptop case or cinema display looking case. I just want one computer, not 4 different computing devices I have to sync over the cloud to get to my stuff..
wow, you're a hero. i gave up and traded my xs this year.
Camera seems to be getting a major upgrade. Looks very interesting. 8GB RAM will be a bonus.
Just curious, but what qualifies as “innovation” to you? No doubt the smartphone platform is mature across the industry, but what features would people call innovative at this point.
Personally I find the CPU performance year over year and the changes there to be innovative but I’m a sucker for reading up on what’s new in SoC land every year.
For customer, scaling down means potentially more “details” on the screen and image looks sharper and clearer. For professionals, higher res means more headroom for post processing. 8K isn’t useless.
so apple would just jump from 12 to 48 megapixels after all these years? for what reason? they make excellent photos with the 12.
Surely, with a bigger sensor you’d need a thicker phone to accommodate the bigger distance between lens and sensor.
As backwards as this sounds, I could actually see this happening so that the base model 14 can get closer to the Mini’s current starting price.
Well the only tangible benefit to the larger camera sensor is better detail zoomed in. Judging by how well the 13 Pro cameras hold up to Samsung and Google’s much larger sensors for most pictures, I’d say that’s not a selling point for 13 Pro owners. The 8GB of RAM is nice, but I’ve noticed my 13 Pro keeps more apps open for much longer than the 4GB of my 11 Pro so I don’t see that as a big selling point. The 13 Pro is a really well rounded device so it will take something bigger than camera bump and RAM increase to tempt me.