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iPhone 17 Pro Said to Feature 12GB of RAM, 48-Megapixel Telephoto Camera, and More
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Why don’t you just buy a camera? A smartphone will never have the same functionality as a dedicated camera.
I might be the only person here who thinks cameras reached “good enough” territory back with the 13 Pro devices and was blown away by cameras since the iPhone X.
They're still noisy as heck in low light
Does Digital cropping double the focal length? so could you actually get a 10X crop from 5X sensor in the same way the 1.2,1.5 and 2X works?
its nothing to do with people liking bigger numbers, 99% of people usig these devices couldnt even tell you anything about their phone,
there is literally zero benefit to it, by the sounds of it, its change for change sake, but this is done under the guise of "Fresh and exciting" I could understand if they were improving the telephoto range, putting bigger sensors in, an extra camera or something, but there is nothing going on here to justify such a big bump, and the thing looks hideous, at least other makers with large camera bumps actually make use of the space and design accordingly.
Could have used that RAM bump in the iPhone 16 since we didn't get Apple Intelligence (or much of anything new and useful).
12GB of RAM, 48MP Telephoto, 24MP FaceTime, vapor chamber cooling (?), 8K recording (?), more battery life, a slightly different looking phone and possibly enhanced AI capabilities given the extra RAM all sound like upgrades that made skipping the 16 Pro worth it. Giving us a teal or burnt orange color option would be the cherry on top for me.
If that hump is serious they need to fill in that black space. The triangular layout of the camera looks terrible on it.
"Quality of life"...the phrase I dislike the most in the tech industry. The problems here are first-world issues.
Instant upgrade for me if there’s a 48mp telephoto. 10x optical! Even if half the sensor size. Can’t wait
After getting the new bigger version of the iPhone literally every year it’s been available (other than choosing the X over the 8 Plus) I finally decided to try the Pro this year, since it finally had equal specs.
Couldn’t be happier and now a Pro Max feels like a ****ing brick. I’m a big guy with big hands but man I love the Pro. I really hope they continue to offer full and equal specs in the smaller Pro, but naming the bigger phone to Ultra makes me think that’s not happening anymore…
The camera and a bigger battery is literally the only things I care for in a new iPhone these days. The CPUs and GPUs are more than powerful enough to bring me thru a 4 or even 5 years lifespan without upgrading the phone. Been using the iPhone 7 for 4 years and now my 12 mini for four years and I could easily get another year or two out of my phone if it wasn't for the battery.
I dragged myself out of bed at 2:30am to catch the lunar eclipse and my 12PM pics of it look like utter dog ****. lol. Are any of the iPhones capable of better nighttime sky pictures?
The only phone telephotos that make good pictures of the moon are from Samsung.
Samsung explains its 'fake' Moon photos
Samsung has explained its Moon photo processing tech in a bid to defend against claims it's faking shots.
Also Vivo with its 100MP telephoto sensor. Phone telephotos are actually very limited by physical form but high pixel, super resolution and machine learning/AI can help make image clearer or appear clearer.The only phone telephotos that make good pictures of the moon are from Samsung.
Samsung explains its 'fake' Moon photos
Samsung has explained its Moon photo processing tech in a bid to defend against claims it's faking shots.www.engadget.com