I won’t debate the strategy, Apple surely knows best. But that means I’m not updating until then. Nowadays smartphone are ridiculously powerful and I don’t care about spec bumps. I want best photo quality and best screen quality in the smallest possible format. So that’s cool, I just saved 1200€ that I won’t be spending in September and until this feature makes its way to the regular Pro. 😄
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Kuo: Periscope Camera Lens Will Remain Limited to iPhone 16 Pro Max Model in 2024
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I’d think this is more likely to be a size issue than some past Max-size exclusives. The article explains periscope lens “tech” rather poorly, but it just means sticking a mirror in the beam path so the optical path can be laid out parallel to the phone body instead of perpendicular to it; this reduces the thickness required, but demands quite a bit of space in the chassis. Personally I’d trade half a day’s worth of battery life for that, but there’s always some whiner who’s too lazy to charge a phone more than three times a week, so we end up stuck with Samsung-sized bricks.
Periscope lenses are primes though, they just use folded optics (mirrors) to achieve the high focal length.
But I hear ya, everytime I hear someone say cell phones are almost as or as good as a dslr or a slr it makes me cringe. No cell phone camera comes close to the dynamic range, detail, colors, and depth of field you get from a dedicated camera. But I still want them to keep improving the cell phones, and the iPhone is way behind in the longer focal ranges.
I once got to use a D850 with a 200 f2, no cell phone is touching what that beast can do for like 2,000 years.😳
Pro Max is my next phone. Just not sure if I want the 15 or wait for the 16. I have the 12 Pro right now and want a bigger display. I wish they would make an even more expensive phone than the Pro Max.
I would so love to have a "scoreboard", if you will, of predictions that Kuo made and have each prediction be scored for accuracy -- like did his predictions pan out?
The vast majority of his predictions are accurate, simply because it's based on supply chain.
For instance, he was the first to predict satellite connectivity on iPhone and the return of HDMI/SD on MacBook Pro. First to tell the world iPhone X would delete Touch ID.
You know, that would be really interesting: if Apple released two „regular“ 15 Pro models at the same time, one with all the tech from the Max but (much) less battery life, the other without the new zoom but normal (i.e. great) battery life. I wonder which one would sell better … It will never happen, of course, but it would teach the ever-whining part of the tech enthusiast public a much-needed lesson about inevitable design/engineering trade-offs.
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But would you accept a smaller battery because they put a large camera module in it?
I agree. Only 6x is a joke. Should at least be 10x. Come on Apple innovate.
Would you accept worse battery life because they put a much larger camera module in a smaller phone?
Does periscope lenses mean there will no longer be a camera bump, like I hope it does?
The 2024 iPhone 16 Pro Max (or Ultra should Apple change the iPhone naming scheme) will continue to be the only iPhone model that will get a higher-end, upgraded periscope camera with new zoom capabilities next year, according to Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo.
As has been previously rumored several times, Apple this year will limit periscope lens technology to the larger iPhone 15 Pro Max, perhaps because of the space that the hardware requires. Keeping the periscope lens exclusive to the iPhone 16 Pro Max as well will see Apple breaking a tradition that often sees new features introduced as exclusives for one iPhone and then later expanded to additional iPhone models when next-generation devices release.
Kuo's information contradicts a recent report from The Elec, which said that a "Folded Zoom" periscope lens would be available in both the iPhone 16 Pro and the iPhone 16 Pro Max next year.
With a periscope lens, light is reflected by an angled mirror toward the image sensor in the camera. The directional shift allows for a "folded" telephoto lens system for improved optical zoom capabilities without the blurriness that comes with digital zoom.
Periscope lens technology is already used by Apple's competitors like Samsung, and the iPhone 15 Pro Max could feature up to 6x optical zoom, an improvement over the current 3x optical zoom in the iPhone 14 Pro models.
For the last few years, the Pro and Pro Max iPhones have offered similar features, and battery life has been the main distinguishing feature between the devices aside from display size. Limiting periscope zoom technology to the Pro Max will likely frustrate those who like to have the latest technology but who do not care for the larger 6.7-inch size.
As Apple is adding more features to the larger 6.7-inch iPhone 15 "Pro Max," there are rumors that it could instead be called the iPhone 15 Ultra, similar to the Apple Watch Ultra.
Article Link: Kuo: Periscope Camera Lens Will Remain Limited to iPhone 16 Pro Max Model in 2024
No problem, we’ll just remove the battery to make room for it. it even has an m2 pro now. Happy?
Not interested in buying any iPhoneMax even if it could make dinner and had really smart Siri. It’s way too big for me. I’ll stick to Pro in smaller size.
If apple wants my money they better put it on the 6.1 inch phone because otherwise all they did was loose a sale