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200MP?!? Just have to wait and see. All the speculations is all good, but we will all know on the day of the reveal.
 
No surprise as Apple is now teaming up with samsung for its camera modules. But I still strongly believe that a 200mp smart phone camera cannot beat a dedicated camera, maybe it might happen but not any time soon!
 
Only available on Pro models, which I have no interest in, and I don’t want to have to add a whole workflow afterwards just to take some pictures. I simply don’t like how unnatural photos nowadays tend to look like.
I honestly didn’t know that, I’ve only had the Pro models since the 12 😂😬
Tbh I just use it if I don’t want a saturated look and I’ve literally never tried playing with a RAW file in photoshop etc.
 
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200MP? How practical is that in reality? Or would that in combination with a similarly dramatic increase in optical zoom % make it possible to capture the cyber home Elon is building on Mars where he will flee in 2029?
 
I won't settle for anything less than 500MP. I don't want no grainy looking 200 or 300MP.
 
There is very little practical use for the average user to have 200MP photos. Even in HEIF, they'd still weigh in at several hundred megs an image, so unless you opt for the TB storage option on your phone, enjoy all 36 photos you can take at that resolution 🤣
I love my S25 Ultra precisely because of the cameras. It's almost like different strokes for different folks

Edit: typos looking like I had a stroke or something SMH
 
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Apple is testing a 200-megapixel camera sensor, according to Digital Chat Station, a user with a large following on Chinese social media platform Weibo. The account has previously shared accurate information about Apple's future products.

iPhone-15-Pro-Cameras.jpg

While the account's post today does not provide any further details, this 200-megapixel camera sensor would likely be for the main rear camera on a future high-end iPhone model. Samsung introduced a 200-megapixel rear camera on its Galaxy S23 Ultra in 2023, and the follow-up S24 Ultra and S25 Ultra models also have one.

With a 200-megapixel camera, an iPhone would be able to shoot photos with greater detail. The increased megapixel count would also result in higher-resolution photos, which can be cropped further and printed at larger sizes without a loss of image quality.

Apple's upcoming iPhone 17 Pro models are rumored to feature entirely 48-megapixel cameras, so the 200-megapixel camera is unlikely to be available this year. In addition, a 200-megapixel camera has yet to be rumored for the iPhone 18 Pro models. Ultimately, the upgraded camera specification could be at least a few years away.

Article Link: iPhone Rumored to Get 200MP Camera Like Samsung's Galaxy S25 Ultra
What I think makes more sense is to use the 200mp raw data to computationally improve a (48mp or 64mp) final image
 
What I think makes more sense is to use the 200mp raw data to computationally improve a (48mp or 64mp) final image
I strongly suspect something like that will be the norm unless you actually select raw. Not only do most not need 200MP but it would eat up storage quickly.
 
"Megapixel" has, as a word, long lost real-world meaning. It is now all marketing fluff.

If you counted the actual photons going through the iris and hitting the silicon, you'll see how silly those claims are.

Photons are always, as a nature of photons, exhibit photo-count statistics, as in noise.
 
"Megapixel" has, as a word, long lost real-world meaning. It is now all marketing fluff.

If you counted the actual photons going through the iris and hitting the silicon, you'll see how silly those claims are.

Photons are always, as a nature of photons, exhibit photo-count statistics, as in noise.
HTC knew this very well and they wanted to make all customers understand.
 
200mp photos will fill up your iPhone and iCloud storage in no time = $$$
 


Apple is testing a 200-megapixel camera sensor, according to Digital Chat Station, a user with a large following on Chinese social media platform Weibo. The account has previously shared accurate information about Apple's future products.

iPhone-15-Pro-Cameras.jpg

While the account's post today does not provide any further details, this 200-megapixel camera sensor would likely be for the main rear camera on a future high-end iPhone model. Samsung introduced a 200-megapixel rear camera on its Galaxy S23 Ultra in 2023, and the follow-up S24 Ultra and S25 Ultra models also have one.

With a 200-megapixel camera, an iPhone would be able to shoot photos with greater detail. The increased megapixel count would also result in higher-resolution photos, which can be cropped further and printed at larger sizes without a loss of image quality.

Apple's upcoming iPhone 17 Pro models are rumored to feature entirely 48-megapixel cameras, so the 200-megapixel camera is unlikely to be available this year. In addition, a 200-megapixel camera has yet to be rumored for the iPhone 18 Pro models. Ultimately, the upgraded camera specification could be at least a few years away.

Article Link: iPhone Rumored to Get 200MP Camera Like Samsung's Galaxy S25 Ultra
Wow so many things I didnt even know I needed or wanted. I have a 13 pro max, tell me again what im missing out with this next suggested rendition of the iPhone ??? crickets chirping in background
 
I hope apple can use the same sensor for ultra wide and the main camera. right now the ultra wide has very low quality in low light condition
 
There's a problem with this in that the camera lenses that directly contact the sensor are made of plastic, hence the hazy warping effect that you see when you zoom into a photo captured by a phone. I doubt this'll negate that.
 
At this point, they might as well sell a camera with ios in it

I know I'm in the minority, but I just don't care about the cameras, and there is nothing they can add in that department that would prompt me to upgrade. Sorry Apple, you need to do something more interesting.

..and my 12MP DSLR will smoke a 20MP or 200MP phone camera, from any manufacturer.

you are correct. A friend of mine showed me pictures of an event he captured with digital camera and the images look like 4K movie. Something about them looked like super quality like photo journalist . I couldn't tell why since phone cameras already are like 4K resolution but i assumed something about a dedicated camera produced better results.

This makes me scratch my head over attempts of "shot on iphone" and i also learned that pixel size is not a standard.
 
Bookmark this as a reminder that Apple’s strategy these days is essentially “hey, us too!”

“I can’t wait to pull in 200 megapixels from my phone’s lens, which is smaller than my thumbnail” - said no one ever.
 
I'd personally be more enthusiastic about them trying out a stacked sensor (think Foveon sensors) or even a light field camera (think Lytro)! The latter might help with 3D scanning tasks, in tandem with the LiDAR on iPhone/iPad Pros. I wonder if they could fit that into the AR glasses they're rumored to be working on, to help compensate for focus errors after the fact. Sadly, probably all too niche.
 
Is it just me, or does anyone else expect the day-one release to be lower (perhaps much lower), and the 200-megapixel claim will require a future iOS update, which may or may not arrive?
 
I know I'm in the minority, but I just don't care about the cameras, and there is nothing they can add in that department that would prompt me to upgrade. Sorry Apple, you need to do something more interesting.

..and my 12MP DSLR will smoke a 20MP or 200MP phone camera, from any manufacturer.
Yep, my 20 year old SLR absolutely smokes the iPhone camera. It wasn't even a massively expensive SLR either, I think $650 back then.
 
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