So guess this won't come to their top of the line 17 slim since the excuse apple always uses is there isn't enough room to fit them in on the smaller screens? Or will apple's hypocrisy finally show through and they put it in the smaller (yet more expensive) 17 slim?
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iPhone 17 Pro Max Will Be First Model to Feature Three 48MP Cameras
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The Tim Cook way. Slow drip (while competitors wipe the floor with the iPhone camera). Maybe in 2050 they will catch up to Samsung, becuase outside of video, the iPhone camera (and its software) leaves a lot to be desired.
@the future I guess you have stock in apple and are okay being spoon fed features years after Apple claimed they couldn't do it LOL.
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You think Samsung is just sitting around, waiting to copy Apple? Here's the rumors of the new Samsung S25 Ultra (early 2025, before the iPhone 17 is even announced):
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Is the 15 Pro inferior because the Tetraprism lens isn't as good as a standard lens?
If they insist on retaining the insane supposed coverage of 24mm to 119mm on that main camera, I think they need a 200MP sensor. At least then in very good light the 119mm shots wouldn't look like total mush.
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It's only about the 24mm main camera in 48 MP ProRAW. For some reason, the 15 Pro and 15 Pro MAX are less detailed and blurrier in 48 MP ProRAW than the 14 Pro in 48 MP ProRAW zoomed in and viewed on 32" Displays. Cheaper lens? Since I have looked at several 15 Pro and Pro Max, it is a mystery to me why there is hardly any talk about it and everyone only raves about the 24 MP of the 15 Pro and compares it with the 12 MP of the 14 Pro.
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That wont do anything to solve the huge gap between the normal and zoom cameras; that’s the main reason why I chose the Pro over the Pro Max. That 5X really should have been a fourth camera.
I saw this in a review in Spanish.
The thing seems to be that the iPhone 15 pro applies less sharpening. iPhone 14 was over sharpened and many people complained about the raw being too cooked and over sharpened, so the 15 should look less processed but the level of detail should be similar.
Rewatching the video, maybe it’s true that specially around the edges the 14pro looks sharper, but might be also a bad copy of that lens in the 15 vs the 14, as quality control issue…
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Nothing. I just like to upgrade every 2-3 years and having a better camera is a bonus.
Maybe, but I take a lot of photos of old oil paintings in museums and fine craquelures with the 15 Pro were simply no longer there anymore. Also, the closest focusing distance is slightly higher with the 15 Pro and the depth of field is shallower with the 15 Pro, indicating a slightly modified lens. I compared several 15 Pro and 15 Pro Max under the same light conditions and paintings, some usual variations in the corners of each individual lens but the detail and sharpness in the center was disappointing.
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Cool. A better camera is... well... annual. Not necessarily a complaint, I like taking better pictures, but this heavy emphasis on camera upgrades is starting to have a ring of "they've got no other ideas" to it. Dunno what else I might expect but the clockwork "best camera ever in a phone" is getting monotonous.
None of this matters. The iPhone camera is already capable of most users' needs - snapshots and travel. If you need something more capable, then buy an actual camera.
They're really slow rolling each new update to the cameras and milking it over years eh. I understand the Tetraprism lens being larger, though somehow they fit it in the base 16 this year while the 17 line is supposedly getting slimmer. But the sensor isn't like that. I very much doubt it just so happens that they can only add one thing at a time first to the Max then trickle it down, so it's kind of annoying to see the deliberate slow roll to keep new things coming in later years.
Costs and perhaps because there is currently no competition? The Samsung sensor in the s24u is difficult to use indoors in high resolution.
I have 13PM, and so far, the rumors around what's coming in the 16 seems rather meh. I might hold out for 17.....4 years seems about the sweet spot these days to upgrade. My wife has the 15 Pro and there is barely any noticeable difference overall
Why is Apple trying to force it upon us go with the Pro Max for all the bells and whistles? Not everyone wants to carry a big phone around, the ability to use a phone one handed matters and even if I can use the Pro Max single handedly I would never want a phone as big as the Pro Max.
I could never go back to a dumb phone, I do have to say though that you have pretty eyes. ☺️
How do you know iPhone has govt spyware installed and how do you know the flip phone doesn’t?