iPhone 18 Pro to get variable aperture camera first, not iPhone 17 Pro

23 December 2024
Apple is taking its time.

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Anonymous, 24 Dec 2024No, between f/1.4 and f/8- 5 stops of apertureWe are talking about phones here. They can't do something that advanced.

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    • 24 Dec 2024

    Whats the point of this lol its 2 gens away and 10 years behind android aperture

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      • 24 Dec 2024

      Anonymous, 23 Dec 2024Watch the Galaxy S26 get it as well then after they removed... moreI‘ll have to correct myself in one point, centered cameras are there on many Chinese phones. But the general sentiment holds true

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        • 24 Dec 2024

        There could be 3 reasons to close down an aparture:
        1: too shallow DOF causing parts of an image unintentionally get out of focus
        2: be able to use slower shutter speeds
        3: have a better sharpness
        so is it useful?
        1: main sensors are reasonably big nowadays also apartures are wide, but so are the FOVs. Even wide open the DOF is never as shallow that it ruins a picture.
        2: The sensors have fast readout so shutter speeds are not limiting bright light photography. 3: todays camera lens have an amazing quality and even at those wide apartures they are almost perfect edge-to-edge

        so as there are no upsides, there is the downside of a price increasing feature which also adds a moving part that's suspectable to failure

          We are still in 2024... wtf...

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            • 24 Dec 2024

            Zendroid, 24 Dec 2024Then make it f1.8 and f8! The rest between is just a waste ... moreNo, between f/1.4 and f/8- 5 stops of aperture

              Exikias, 24 Dec 2024Exactly what samsung did 6 years ago with the s9+And then stopped doing 🤔

                Anonymous, 23 Dec 2024Fans will defend them by saying Apple takes their time to i... moredon't you think both can be true? the latter is indeed 70-80% of the truth but the former i'd say still can make sense.

                Although the "Apple quality" is no longer there anymore so i can understand why people will say the former isn't true, for example Apple's depth mapping used to be great due to the lidar scanner but now chinese phones MOG apple and also AI features are absolutely better on androids.

                  Exactly what samsung did 6 years ago with the s9+

                    Then make it f1.8 and f8! The rest between is just a waste of time. F1.8 and f4 is little to no difference on mobile photos. F8 at least gives the star effect on lights and cover the most of the subjects in focus.

                      at this rate i think the iPhone 20 series is gonna be the one where the good upgrades are gonna come

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                        Nicktech, 24 Dec 2024Until they think 60hz as a standard for iphone number serie... moreRumors says that the iPhone 17 will finally have 120hz they said this since February 2024

                          Nicktech, 24 Dec 2024Until they think 60hz as a standard for iphone number serie... moreStarting with iPhone 17 from roadmap rumours given by Ross Young, all iPhone numbers series, regardless that are either vanilla, Air, or Pro series, will feature 120Hz ProMotion LTPO OLED. Considering the roadmap of Ross Young were correct starting with iPhone 13 series throughout iPhone 16, safe to say, this is will continue.

                            Next year would focus on the 17 Air and the under display FaceID sensor on the 17 Pro. Apple likes to trickle down features drip by drip to maximize marketing. 18 Pro would then get this new camera.

                              Until they think 60hz as a standard for iphone number series, they are outdated

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                                Whatevs, 24 Dec 2024While Apple may lag in adopting variable aperture technolog... moreUhm, their chatGPT AI is just as useless as android ones and available as common app there also. Also the typical case with apple playing catching up (3-5 years late) is those chinese oem will probably have new features for them to catch up.

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                                  • 24 Dec 2024

                                  Variable aperture is good to have but still we are at the point of diminishing returns.

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                                    • 24 Dec 2024

                                    No importaIt's not important. Apple is already far behind Chinese Android, and in the end, Apple will only update the technology developed by Chinese Android. This is what you are proud of about Apple, which is the SMARTEST copying technology. nt,apple behind chinese andoird,

                                      AlexPP, 24 Dec 2024Not 2022 Sony released Xperia Pro-I in 2021What do you mean that Xperia 2021? Of course it's one of the first phone with a 1 inch sensor, I mean the iPhone can also use it in 2022 instead of 2030.

                                        Hi, 23 Dec 2024What about iP 20 ?The furthest iPhone leak roadmap that is currently available is iPhone 19 series, where the Pro series is planned to implement a total underdisplay Face ID and selfie camera. So, unless Ross Young or Ming Chi Kuo got something to share later on, iPhone 19 is the latest you can currently have the bigger picture.

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