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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Batteri Voltas, 09 Nov 2024Anyone that defends anything coming from Samsung and isn�... moreyeah and that's cus the S20 Ultra had bigger problems lol like autofocusing and inconsistent processing.

Also, why SHOULD have people REALLY cared about the old one? The aperture went from f/1.5 to 1/2.4 on a tiny 1/2.55" sensor. It actually didn't lead to basically any changes. I'm not bashing Samsung, I think it was great that they tried something so niche back then. My point is they tried this and then stopped doing it when their phones ACTUALLY needed the variable aperture, starting from the massive (by 2020 standards) 1/1.3" f/1.8 main cam they had back then.

They introduced a nice feature and then removed it when it was actually going to be usable. They're then going to bring it back after Apple do it so that they don't stay behind Apple. People rave about Xiaomi and Huawei's variable aperture because it actually brings results and it's far more difficult to have a continuous variable aperture, than a one stop switch AND these guys are doing it on far larger sensors. So you get more granular control on the aperture on a large sensor.

Samsung is indeed a copycat nowadays and only does stuff AFTER Apple does it. They used to be faster but now they're not.

I ask you, what techbros thought these features made the phone "unnecessarily expensive"? And what other innovations did samsung bring and then take away like this that Apple is doing now and/or other brands are "copying"? I called you a Samsung fanboy because you're painting Samsung as some sort of a hero whilst they're anything but.

    Aierlan, 10 Nov 2024Xiaomi seems to be dropping the variable aperture. Gone fro... moredamn that sounds so sad.

    This is a really cool feature, especially on 1 inchers. I dunno why manufacturers are shying away from this. I just wish they put it in, no need for software optimizations for the other apertures just use the widest one and let us use the other ones if we want to.

      The Android Freak, 09 Nov 2024Not happening for another three years. 300MP and 444MP phon... morewe need 9000 mp cameras with 0.00001 micron pixels

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        Darth Caesium, 09 Nov 2024Ehh, you're not really wrong, but at the same time, th... moremy x100 ultra with 1 inch main sensor and big zoom sensor has plenty of natural bokeh

          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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                • 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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                  • 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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                    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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                        • 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
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                          • 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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                              • 09 Nov 2024

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

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                                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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                                  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.

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