Apple is expected to unveil the iPhone 16 series next month, possibly on September 10. Ahead of the event, today, camera details of all four models were revealed.
The iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Plus will have dual cameras like their predecessors, but this time they will be aligned vertically on the back. The main camera will be the same 48MP as the iPhone 15 and 15 Plus.
The ultra-wide angle will benefit from a faster f/2.2 aperture (compared to f/2.4 in last year's models), which should improve low-light shots, and non-Pro iPhones will supposedly support macro photography for the first time.
Both the iPhone 16 Pro and Pro Max will feature a 5x telephoto lens, which will no longer be exclusive to the larger model like last year. It will be the same 12MP with an f/2.8 aperture.
The Pros' main camera is also unchanged from last year, but there will be a significant change to the ultra-wide angle. This will be a 48MP pixel-binning sensor that will have 0.7-micrometer pixels that will create an effective pixel size of 1.4 micrometers when used in binning mode. You should also be able to shoot 48MP ProRaw photos.
Apple is also expected to add a new photo format this year, JPEG-XL. Both Pros will also support 3K video at 120fps with Dolby Vision.
Finally, the Capture button will be present on all four iPhone 16 models, a new feature that will make Sony feel really understood – after all, there has been such a button for ages. Apple's button, on the other hand, will be capacitive, so you won't actually move it when you press it. It will only be usable by camera apps, and third-party apps will be supported.
It will feature a force-sensitive half-press feature, accessible via a developer API to enable functions like locking exposure and focus before pressing all the way down to take a photo. Since it's capacitive, it will also be able to act as a touchpad: sliding a finger across it can trigger different actions. Apple could use this gesture to zoom in and out, but third-party developers will be able to use the associated API to do other things with it.
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