While I chuckled and will always shake my head at the abhorrent strategy of the razor industry, more lenses can actually make a hell of a difference.
Read the Huawei P20 Pro review linked in the Macrumors article - it takes amazing photos.
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iPhone With Triple-Lens Rear Camera Predicted to Launch Next Year
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Read the Huawei P20 Pro review linked in the Macrumors article - it takes amazing photos.
Let me present the iPhone Z:
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Every digital camera has pretty much infinite x digital zoom. It's nonsensical to even mention, it's not a property of the camera.
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I wonder if Sasmung reads MacRumors which more or less reveals all of Apple's planned secrets and thinks: "Well... we better quadruple up for the Note 10 next year!"
Agreed. So 80% of users then.
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"Think about it. You walk into a video store, you see 8-Minute Abs sittin' there, there's 7-Minute Abs right beside it. Which one are you gonna pick, man?"
Considering the Google Pixel 2 line already takes better pictures (and portrait mode effects especially) with a single lens maybe Apple should focus on improving their ISP & associated software rather than just throwing more lenses at it.
Meh, I laugh at 6x zooms1
At least one new iPhone with a triple-lens rear camera led by a 12-megapixel lens will be introduced in 2019, according to Taiwan's Economic Daily News.
A very rough mockup of an iPhone X with a triple-lens rear camera
The report claims the camera will have a 6P lens design with 5x zoom, but it doesn't specify whether that pertains to optical, digital, or hybrid zoom. The single-lens iPhone 8 has up to 5x digital zoom, while the dual-lens iPhone 8 Plus and iPhone X have up to 2x optical zoom and 10x digital zoom.
If the report proves to be accurate, then Apple will be following in the footsteps of Huawei and its new P20 Pro smartphone, which also has a three-lens rear camera system, including a primary 40-megapixel f/1.8 lens, a 20-megapixel f/1.6 monochrome lens, and an 8-megapixel f/2.4 telephoto lens with 3x optical zoom.
Huawei P20 Pro
A three-lens rear camera would provide a lot of advantages, including greatly improved low-light performance. In his P20 Pro review, The Verge's Vlad Savov said Huawei's new camera system is "superior to those on the Galaxy S9 and iPhone X," though he noted that personal preference may sway that decision.
All in all, this rumor sets the stage for a third-generation iPhone X with an even better camera, and possibly 3x optical zoom, later next year. As far as this year is concerned, KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo doesn't expect many changes to the iPhone X's current dual-lens rear camera system.
Article Link: iPhone With Triple-Lens Rear Camera Said to Be Introduced Next Year
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Funny, usually God's designs are the most optimal. We might end up here someday...Pretty excited to see where this goes
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Wrong, it was huawei and huawei is leading with three lenses too.
Ha.. Why not just go ahead and give it 12 cameras and call it a day. We need better lenses, not more cameras.
Eventually I think apple will get where the Light L16 is at this point!! https://light.co/camera
or more like an adolescents face, time will tell.
or more like an adolescents face, time will tell.
You mean Apple copying Huawei. They had double lenses before Apple and now triple lenses too. It’s even possible to adjust the focus of the foto’s after you took it.
*taps finger to lips*Scaramanga anyone?
*snaps fingers*
Superfluous! That's the word I'm looking for.
exactly what I was thinking of. Nothing but lenses on the back of the housing
Apple had been working on the 2 camera setup for years before and made it the standard. Apple made it a thing and the industry followed.
Great points. And it seems the focus more for smart phones is all about the camera now with augmented reality, facial recognition, 3-D mapping, and of course the camera taking exceptional photo’s. Even looking at the marketing of the Galaxy S9, it’s all about the camera. And I think consumers utilize the camera so much, that they want the best possible results and technology continuously expands with camera capabilities.
