Apple needs to stop changing the camera hardware and just focus on software for a minute. I still just want an easier time taking normal photos of people indoors without grain or overexposure. I’d like to at least get to the same level of photo quality as my old Pixel 3XL. My iPhone 13 Pro Max is not there yet and based on what I’ve seen the 14 Pro hasn’t matched Google’s OLD pixels in still picture quality either. Hopefully by iPhone 16 Pro they get there. (Being entirely serious).
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iPhone 15 Camera Upgrades Will Be 'Star of the Show' at Apple Event
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The difference is very noticeable between my Leica M11 and iPhone 14 pro and no matter what Apple do they cannot replace the key ingredient getting light into the camera.
They all have their uses though and the iPhone is the best 'always on you' camera, so good they keep doing the incremental upgrades, but I will stick to dedicated cameras on the whole for now.
I think if there is an iPhone Ultra, that this will contain a pair of lenses for the recording of stereoscopic video.
This would be needed in order to provide the stereo video that can be shown on the Apple Vision Pro.
If Apple don't upgrade the camera system then I don't know of any software fakery that could replicate the functionality that would also be of sufficient quality.
This would be needed in order to provide the stereo video that can be shown on the Apple Vision Pro.
If Apple don't upgrade the camera system then I don't know of any software fakery that could replicate the functionality that would also be of sufficient quality.
Grab your friends older iPhones, thee just get heavier- battery life doesn't seem to improve. Its like be charged $1200 every other year to get a slightly better point and shoot camera. And if you don't your battery will fail and other features that used to work won't work well. Its planned obsolescence at its pinnacle. Tim Cook has done nothing for Apple customers. He's one of the worst apple CEO. Even Scully was better as he created the newton which was the precursor to the iPad.
I agree, better battery life is high on my list too. However, current state of the art batteries cannot power these small computers (because that’s what they are) much longer than they currently do. Battery technology can barely keep up with the increased power consumption of modern tech. Apple is actually on the forefront with their chips and power consumption per compute cycle.
For casual shots you can use a Gameboy for all I care. For non-casual ‘shoot wish I had my Fujifilm with me’ photography the difference is anything but trivial.
If the camera upgrades (=marketing bs) are the star, there’s no discernible change to the phone except maybe for the slightly rounded edges, compared to 12/13/14. I have the 11 Pro, I already got the rounded edges. Not sure I want to pay >$1600 to get another thing that’s almost identical*. I want to upgrade less and less. Perhaps the 16 Pro?
(*) Yes I know it does benchmarks at whatever speed. Not missing speed now. It’s like buying a car with 400mph top speed when my current one does 200mph top speed but I only drive at max 55mph. Just irrelevant. If anything, put in there a solid >2-day battery life without making it a brick, that’d be useful.
(*) Yes I know it does benchmarks at whatever speed. Not missing speed now. It’s like buying a car with 400mph top speed when my current one does 200mph top speed but I only drive at max 55mph. Just irrelevant. If anything, put in there a solid >2-day battery life without making it a brick, that’d be useful.
The camera hardware improves every year, but the software has gotten worse, IMO. Every image is over-sharpened to hell.
I’m excited for this iPhone and the camera upgrades, but honestly… some of the new camera settings make pictures so much worse.
idk if it’s Smart HDR or what, but my picture will look one way in the thumbnail in my photo album and then look very artificial when I open it up.
Night Mode also is annoying at times.
it’s great to have all of these camera options, but it seems to be getting a bit complex and the artificial intelligence isn’t always so intelligent.
idk if it’s Smart HDR or what, but my picture will look one way in the thumbnail in my photo album and then look very artificial when I open it up.
Night Mode also is annoying at times.
it’s great to have all of these camera options, but it seems to be getting a bit complex and the artificial intelligence isn’t always so intelligent.
I don't think I care about any of the features in iPhone 15.
If they came out with iphone THICK with 3 day battery like the Apple Watch Ultra, it might peak my interest...
If they came out with iphone THICK with 3 day battery like the Apple Watch Ultra, it might peak my interest...
Because the state of AI is currently one massively overhyped bubble that is simply waiting to burst. Apple would be smart to underpromise and over deliver in this regard.
I don't want a better camera. It's too clear. It makes people look worse. Can we try innovating again?
I agree. Apple's "processing" just isn't as good as other's, namely Google's. I read that using burst mode and then picking the best picture leads to pics with less processing.
Perhaps it might pique your interest as well.
The camera bump and notch, are both thing that Ives would have gotten rid of if possible. He hated those things but, the tech is good enough yet to get a camera small enough into a phone as thin as an iPhone. And personally I like the rounded edges, it allows for much larger screen, and smaller bezels.
If Apple really wanted to blow our minds with cameras, they'd remove the zoom altogether, and switch the cameras to prime lenses. Prime lenses have no zoom functionality, and thus due to physics, removes all the compromises in quality that zoom introduces. One of the biggest advantages, amongst many, is a much lower f-stop, which greatly increases performance in low light conditions, and also allows greater background blur. On top of that is a much better image quality in general. Zoom with a prime lens can be achieved via your feet, via cropping, or via changing lenses (of which the iPhone has 2, and the iPhone Pro has 3)