![]() ![]() An unreasonable disappointment Joe Maring/Digital Trends If that happens, both the iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max will get the periscope camera treatment in 2024. Kuo says Apple is bumping up the screen size for the iPhone 16 Pro, which would allow its designers to finally fit the improved zoom hardware under the chassis. However, if you dream of an improved zoom camera on a non-Max or non-Plus iPhone, you might want to wait another year. Take, for example, the Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra, which has a telephoto camera that allows 10x optical zoom and 100x digital zoom, while the iPhone 14 Pro Max is limited to a 3x optical zoom output.Īccording to Kuo, the iPhone 15 Pro Max’s larger size allows Apple to fit a periscope module, but the same won’t be possible for the iPhone 15 Pro. This tunnel allows a higher degree of movement for the lens elements and focal adjustment, allowing the sensor to achieve a significantly higher optical zoom range compared to your average telephoto lens. The core design of a periscope telephoto camera as seen on the likes of Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra. Instead of having light directly fall on the sensor, the light rays first touch a prism (aka folded lens), which then bends it at 90 degrees and feeds it to the sensor after passing it through a horizontal tunnel of lenses. For the unaware, a periscope camera system relies on an L-shaped light tunnel inside the phone chassis. TFI Securities analyst and reliable industry insider Ming-Chi Kuo writes in a market note that the periscope-style telephoto camera will be exclusive to the iPhone 15 Pro Max, primarily because of the internal space constraint. But it appears that the iPhone 15 Pro won’t get a periscope-style telephoto camera this year, as the zoom camera upgrade will reportedly be exclusive to the iPhone 15 Pro Max. First, because it’s smaller, and second, because it’s cheaper than the Max variant. Once again, I started mentally preparing myself for another Apple flagship purchase, narrowing my target down to the iPhone 15 Pro for two main reasons. I was not alone in sharing the disappointment.īut then, rumors started floating that the iPhone 15 Pro would finally get a periscope-inspired telephoto camera. I was sorely disappointed, especially when I looked at the competition and noticed I was missing out on meaningful perks like a folded lens telephoto camera for a higher lossless zoom range. I had a ton of hope when I splurged the equivalent of $1,700 on the iPhone 14 Pro last year, buying into the camera hype of the new 48-megapixel sensor, the snazzy Dynamic Island, and a faster chip. Share Apple iPhone 14 Pro Andy Boxall/Digital Trends ![]()
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