It's a 24MP square sensor, not 18MP. The images that are taken, given the crop, will be 18MP.So it is an 18 MP sensor that bins down to 12 MP images. Just like the 48 MP fusion camera bins down to 24 MP images. You are jumping to the same illogical conclusion by inventing a number that Apple never said. They said it could take "up to" 18 MP images, not bin down to 18 MP. Mandela effect.
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Except it's not binning, it's cropping. The images the selfie camera takes are ALREADY 18MP images WITH this cropping having already taken place. Please go to your local Apple Store and take a selfie. The result will be 18MP if fully zoomed out either in landscape or portrait, both can see what the other can't towards the edges, so it's a crop. Therefore, each of these 4:3 images (which are 18MP) are just using 3/4 of a 24MP sensor that we can never use the entirety of. I'm not saying they ever said it was, just that it is. They'd might even be in legal trouble if they advertised a 24MP sensor and didn't let you use it, which is why the call it 18MP since that's the highest MP-count image you can take with it.So it is an 18 MP sensor that bins down to 12 MP images. Just like the 48 MP fusion camera bins down to 24 MP images. You are jumping to the same illogical conclusion by inventing a number that Apple never said. They said it could take "up to" 18 MP images, not bin down to 18 MP. Mandela effect.
Apple iPhone 17 Pro Selfie test
Discover the Apple iPhone 17 Pro, the top smartphone for selfies! With an 18MP front camera and innovative sensor, capture stunning group shots effortlessly
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And here's the proof from Apple that the cropped 4:3 photos ARE ALREADY 18MP, meaning the full uncropped sensor (also confirmed to be inaccessible) is 24MP if you do the math I already laid out.
Re: Apple calls its selfie camera on iPhone 17 devices the "Center Stage" front camera, and it has the first square camera sensor on an iPhone. The square sensor provides a wider field of view that can capture more detail, so you can now take a portrait or landscape selfie while holding your phone vertically.
A - can we get this functionality on the main camera? Many folks still kinda stupidly take vertical photos and videos and it would be so nice if these could be viewed as full fledged widescreen imagery and videos instead of the tiny vertical images and videos, especially when viewing via airplay or casting on an hdtv
A - can we get this functionality on the main camera? Many folks still kinda stupidly take vertical photos and videos and it would be so nice if these could be viewed as full fledged widescreen imagery and videos instead of the tiny vertical images and videos, especially when viewing via airplay or casting on an hdtv
