A look at iPhone camera technology in the last decade; How advanced are Apple phones?
iPhones They have always been known as one of the best smartphones in the world in terms of cameras. In fact, for most of the time Apple phones have been on the market, they’ve either had the best camera or been among the best. Now that we have a relatively short distance to the introduction of iPhone 14, we want to take a look at the camera technology of iPhones in the last decade, that is, from iPhone 5 in 2012 to date.
Apple usually does not focus on the resolution of its cameras and instead of playing with numbers, it improves their quality, and for this reason we do not see 64 or 108 megapixel cameras on iPhones, although this approach may change this year and the iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max have a 48 megapixel main camera. to be But what changes have the iPhone camera made in the last decade?
The camera of iPhones in the last decade
If we consider the tables and charts in this field, the first striking point is that the iPhone camera has not improved much in terms of resolution. iPhone 4 a camera 5 megapixels Had and model 4s It is with a copy 8 megapixels replaced
The aforementioned resolution remained unchanged for several years until the year 2015 With a camera 12 megapixels It was updated and has not changed since then. This includes cameras telephoto And Ultra wide It is also possible that they were gradually added to Apple phones. Nowadays, even the selfie camera of iPhones is 12 megapixels.
Of course, according to many speculations, Apple is expected to finally increase the resolution of its phone’s camera this year to be more like Android products in this regard, although there is no guarantee that higher resolution means better quality. It is possible that iPhone 14 Pro models have a camera 48 megapixels be equipped, but users of basic models will still have to deal with 12-megapixel cameras.
If we come back to the resolution issue, we should also point out that the chips Series A Apple has great power, but so far no iPhone has provided users with 8K video recording. The reason for this is due to the limitations of the sensors because the resolution of 12 megapixels is not able to do such a thing.
Also regarding the difference between the versions the base or standard with models Peru And plus It should be said that the mentioned procedure started with the release of iPhone 6. In this generation, it was the only Plus model Optical stabilization or OIS supported and this procedure in 6s And 6s plus It continued in the same way.
More advanced features like this usually reach basic models after a year or two, and for example iPhone 7 It was the first base model with OIS support. Also, in 2020, Apple introduced the “Sensor Shift” stabilizer exclusively for iPhone 12 Pro Max introduced, but the mentioned technology later in all models iPhone 13 used, although the Pro models still have more advanced cameras with larger sensors.
In the end, considering all these things, we must say the rumor of exclusive 48 megapixel camera for Pro models iPhone 14 It is not strange and in fact such a decision seems completely natural for Apple. The company’s entry-level models have never had a telephoto camera, and there’s no reason to change that practice this year.