Apple iPhone 18 Pro's main camera to have variable aperture

09 November 2024
At least one of the iPhone 17 models next year will also sport a variable aperture camera.

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HyperionBurn, 09 Nov 2024its a good phone but what would make someone buy it over li... moreI bought it because it because of the clean OS , hardware and camera features above anything else.

    Batteri Voltas, 09 Nov 2024I just can't understand why Sonys don't sell. Lac... moreSony's been sleeping on its phone line for the past 6-7 years, however the 1 vi was a step in the right direction. The problem still is their hella overpriced and have almost no advertising. If sony could fix the price and the barebones software it would ne a real alternative to the cosplay iphone... I meat Samsung, but they still have a lot to catch up to

      Pedzio, 09 Nov 2024When apple does it, it's usually better and sometimes ... moreYou mean like the SLOFIES and Camera button?

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        • Anonymous
        • 7@8
        • 10 Nov 2024

        Why would they need this? I have been made to believe iPhones are already better than pro level cameras. How can you get better than perfect? Am I being lied to? 👀

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          • Anonymous
          • rKf
          • 10 Nov 2024

          Pedzio, 09 Nov 2024When apple does it, it's usually better and sometimes ... moreSimilar to
          It's not difficult to summit Everest when other 6k people already did it.

          Or

          One country sent lunar probe successfully in first attempt.

          You learn from others mistakes. There is nothing new to get excited.

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            • Anonymous
            • ygB
            • 10 Nov 2024

            jiyen235, 09 Nov 2024We got iPhones with variable aperture before GTA 6 💀💀 ... moreNo

            gta 6 is arriving in 2025 while this iPhone feature will arrive in 2026

              jiyen235, 09 Nov 2024We got iPhones with variable aperture before GTA 6 💀💀 ... moreXiaomi seems to be dropping the variable aperture. Gone from the Xiaomi 15 pro and I think it will probably be gone from the Xiaomi 15 ultra too. Honor stuck with it but it seems likely Vivo or Oppo won't have it on their Ultras too. Nubia will introduce it to the z70 ultra arriving later this month. Maybe a lot of manufacturers think it's not worth the cost. Apart from the hardware itself costing more you also have the complication of optimizing the photos for different apertures. This will also add to the cost as more resources need to be dedicated to this.

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                • Anonymous
                • I@H
                • 10 Nov 2024

                Most of the photos taken from phones are zoomed in whether they take baby photos or food photos. Apple need to be using bigger sensor, they shouldn't be doing variable aperture. Most users won't even know what that is.

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                  • Anonymous
                  • I@H
                  • 10 Nov 2024

                  Apple finally catching up with the Xiaomi, Huawei, and Honor after what, 3 years?

                    Woow what an innovation! This is gonna be a breakthrough! If only Galaxy s10 didn't has it in 2019 and still working on mine perfectly...

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                      • Raszelt
                      • t1Z
                      • 09 Nov 2024

                      I won't use iPhone when iTunes still become its file transfer data, prefer android more reliable.

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                        • Anonymous
                        • 70d
                        • 09 Nov 2024

                        Batteri Voltas, 09 Nov 2024I just can't understand why Sonys don't sell. Lac... moreSony phones have been released late and overpriced. By the time an Xperia 1 phone was released, you can could a Samsung Galaxy S Ultra for much cheaper.

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                          • ibm
                          • 09 Nov 2024

                          Batteri Voltas, 09 Nov 2024Aaaah the classic tech timeline. -Samsung does something... moreThey should have stuck to their guns and kept on their devices so that the technology matured as they progressed, don't you think? but then they abandoned it before it reached its full potential. And now, apart from the flip and foldable, they're just sitting quietly in their own little corner, waiting for something new (for lack of a better term) to show up in the market and tag along like a good little boi they are.

                          Too afraid to even bump their battery capacity on their flagship model, let alone trying the new SiC battery. Imagine that. There should be nothing exciting about their new and upcoming flagship, and I recommend that you don't hold your breath for them (or any brands for that matter).

                            Unless it's f1.8 to f8, it's still nothing to be amazed over.

                              jiyen235, 09 Nov 2024We got iPhones with variable aperture before GTA 6 💀💀 ... moreNot happening for another three years. 300MP and 444MP phone from Samsung is in works.

                                Anonymous, 09 Nov 2024honestly besides some natural depth of field I don't r... moreEhh, you're not really wrong, but at the same time, this would be a great thing to have instead of a portrait mode with fake blur applied that doesn't even look like bokeh blur. Also, the software could use different focal apertures for different scenarios by default, such as the brightest aperture being used at night. If the ultrawide and telephoto/s also got this (Tecno has a design prototype that can do variable focal aperture on a periscope lens), it would allow for a huge amount of customisability when shooting things in general. I know, it'll take ages for them to do it, but eventually they'll add it to the other sensors because they'll run out of other things to do.

                                  Batteri Voltas, 09 Nov 2024Be prepared to get a thick phone then, or a tiny sensor. F... moreI believe a decent sensor (1/1.56" 50 MP) can be fit flush in a phone of thickness 8mm. S24 is around 8.9mm including camera bump, and it somehow manages to fit a telephoto (non-persiscope) with a focal length of 7mm. A 1/1.56" 50MP sensor at 24mm focal length equivalent would require 5.6mm focal length.

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                                    • Anonymous
                                    • 8q1
                                    • 09 Nov 2024

                                    honestly besides some natural depth of field I don't really see the benefit of it, sensor size is more important

                                      HyperionBurn, 09 Nov 2024its a good phone but what would make someone buy it over li... moreYou still get a headphone jack/memory expansion etc. and they're still the only ones doing a proper 2 stage shutter button (not the capacitive thing Apple has)

                                      Up until the last generation they also had a 4k display.

                                      Plus the understated looks are actually quite nice, with a not-too-huge camera bump

                                      They look unremarkable but they're full of little tricks up their sleeve but Sony doesn't even market the darn thing anymore

                                        Batteri Voltas, 09 Nov 2024I just can't understand why Sonys don't sell. Lac... moreits a good phone but what would make someone buy it over like an iphone/samsung?

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