Tipster: iPhone 17 Pro to Feature 8x Zoom, Pro Camera App, and More

[Allen_Wentz]

Isn't it fascinating that we've gone from "Apple wants to get rid of all buttons from all of their phones" to them adding a new button each year?

Adding physical control of camera functions is a separate issue and is very sensible.

 

[Allen_Wentz]

Apple has started adding useless buttons starting with the action button on the 15 Pro, only because there's nearly nothing else new newer iPhones offer.

Photographers realize that on-phone camera controls are not "adding useless buttons."

 

[Allen_Wentz]

These days smartphones are effectively cameras with some connectivity features. 😕

Agreed, A good thing.

 

[zenmacx]

An additional camera control button, if true, is further proof that Apple is grasping at straws.

The company with the fruity logo is adrift at sea.

 

[vegetassj4]

An additional camera control button? sounds unnecessary

Tim Apple, making the unnecessary, unnecessary...

 

[goonie4life9]

Not only that, but the difference in picture quality YOY isn't impressive at all imo. I think that macro shots was the last big camera feature that really made an impact on pictures I take.

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[ikramerica]

That camera bar design means more opportunity to accidentally cover sensors or lenses with fingers.

 

[ikramerica]

Tim Apple, making the unnecessary, unnecessary...

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The action button is more than worthless to me. I accidentally press it instead of volume up.

 

[everlast3434]

Man I'm so tired of all these camera upgrades...

 

[ikramerica]

These days smartphones are effectively cameras with some connectivity features. 😕

The young people don’t answer phone calls or listen to voicemail, so is it really a phone at all?

 

[citysnaps]

Being a photographer who uses my iPhone a lot making photographs, I'm looking forward to the extra camera button, and seeing what it can do.

For people here not into photography... don't worry, you're not required to use it. Deep breaths might help.

 

[JoeSilver]

If people just bought phones once every 5+ years, the camera improvements would feel bigger.

Yes, but... brand XYZ has made a more powerful camera, so in the mind of the fan who every year wants to have the highest specced camera phone AND wants it to be an iPhone, this is a tragedy.

 

[Allen_Wentz]

Man I'm so tired of all these camera upgrades...

Yet those of us who use the iPhone Pro's camera seriously every day look forward to "all these camera upgrades..." Given the tiny size of the lenses TBH I am amazed by each new iPhone Pro's camera capabilities.

 

[BeatsByTim]

lol the “tipster” is about to get legally murdered. Good job posting their employer!

 

[CharlesShaw]

Adding physical control of camera functions is a separate issue and is very sensible.

Hmmm, I could also believe that they are merely moving the camera control to the most ergonomic position.

 

[Allen_Wentz]

We're quickly approaching physics limits, so they probably should add more lenses

I have been amazed by the captures from such tiny lenses for years now. The phone captures seem to go beyond camera physics.

 

[Royksöpp]

A bigger camera module would explain the increased camera bump.

 

[t0rqx]

better put some upgrades in that hump, instead of those triple lady lumps.

 

[sos47]

A crop is a crop and not a „zoom“.
and what people here call „zooms“ are not optical zooms like on DSLRs etc.
They are are all fixed lenses. Just cropping between the physical ratios. That’s the reason why most smartphone photos look like … smartphone photos.

 

[drumcat]

Why would you mention the add agency? Unnecessary and most likely will terminate their contract with Apple.

Burning someone like that is going to hurt MacRumors long term.

 

[EugW]

A crop is a crop and not a „zoom“.
and what people here call „zooms“ are not optical zooms like on DSLRs etc.
They are are all fixed lenses. Just cropping between the physical ratios. That’s the reason why most smartphone photos look like … smartphone photos.

No, it’s the main reasons IMO most smartphone photos look like smartphone photos is bad lighting and too much depth of field. And because they’re snapshots.

 

[Rafagon]

Oh, Apple, please, no more Camera Control buttons! I barely use the one I have now.

 

[JohnC1959]

7x zoom with 48M Pixel finally gives us some great zoom shots. Getting more excited for my iPhone 19 upgrade in a couple years -- hope it's still affordable

 

[JohnC1959]

A crop is a crop and not a „zoom“.
and what people here call „zooms“ are not optical zooms like on DSLRs etc.
They are are all fixed lenses. Just cropping between the physical ratios. That’s the reason why most smartphone photos look like … smartphone photos.

They are fixed lenses but one of them will have 8x optical magnification which helps for some uses. I think most people acknowledge that a good DSLR camera is better but who has one with them all the time.

 

[the future]

A crop is a crop and not a „zoom“.

True, but a modern smartphone crop is not just a crop … all the computational photography wizardry makes them look a lot better than ye olde digicam crops. That‘s why Apple‘s „fusion camera“ moniker is, of course, a marketing term, but with a lot of technology to back it up.