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When the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max came out, there was one big difference between the two models, apart from size and price – the camera with a telephoto lens. A new report says that the iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max will return to the photography uniformity of the previous models, with the equivalent of 5x zoom on both models. I asked Apple why this discrepancy occurred, and got the clear answer that it's a size issue: the physical dimensions of the smaller iPhone 15 Pro aren't suitable for the larger zoom.
Future Pro models are said to be slightly larger (the iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Plus are expected to match the current size), so there will likely be room for a 5x zoom. According to a new vendor report from DigiTimes, it looks like Apple will take the opportunity to include it. “Largan supplies periscope lenses for the high-end iPhone 15 Pro Max launched last year. This year, several upcoming iPhone setup models will have periscope lenses. GSEO is likely to participate as a new supplier of this year's iPhones, ”the report says. This isn't the first such rumor, as Tiankai Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo suggested in an October 2023 report that the 16 Pro would feature Quad Prism, Apple's name for its periscope lens, which is designed to be very clever. , unlike other periscope lenses, it looks almost identical to the others. Only Apple can achieve this level of aesthetic detail. Two swallows don't make a summer, and two rumors don't equal reality, but they're definitely headed in the right direction.
Apple would do well to include 5x zoom if it could: it's a very effective feature and many iPhone 15 Pro owners will want it, but it's hard to extend your reach (physically and financially) with a Max phone. A pocket way to object.
