Apple released the iPhone 16 lineup with a promise of rolling out more AI features alongside some minor hardware upgrades. A recent camera test performed by DxOMark showed how the iPhone 16 Pro Max struggles to compete with some of its Chinese counterparts in maintaining details, especially with the telephoto.
Part of the reason is the 12MP resolution of the telephoto sensor, which starts to lose detail quickly after the user starts cropping into the sensor.
A 48MP telephoto for iPhone 17 Pro models
In the latest news, analyst Jeff Pu reiterated his previous claim stating that both the iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone 17 Pro Max will feature a 48-megapixel periscope telephoto, and a 24-megapixel front camera.
Using a high-resolution telephoto lens should definitely improve the level of detail in images taken beyond 5x zoom. The selfie camera on the iPhone 16 models is also 12MP, so you should expect improvements here as well.
Other than that, the main camera seems to stay the same as the iPhone 16 Pro models, which is also the same as the iPhone 15 Pro models. That said, we will need to see how much of an improvement Apple manages to offer within the 24mm-120mm focal length range (main camera) of the iPhone 17 Pro models, relying solely on enhancements in image processing.
The analyst also expects the iPhone 17 Pro models to be equipped with 12GB of RAM, up from 8GB in iPhone 16 Pro models, which could better support more complex on-device AI processing. With the iPhone 16 series, Apple opted for 8GB of RAM across all models (up from 6GB on the non-Pro iPhone 15 models), partly due to the Apple Intelligence features.
Speaking of the front of the device, the analyst believes that the iPhone 17 Pro Max will feature a “much narrowed Dynamic Island,” as a result of the device adopting a smaller “metalens” for the Face ID system. If true, this would be the first size reduction for the Dynamic Island since it debuted on the iPhone 14 Pro models in 2022.
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