iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max might be geared up with a tetraprism telephoto lens subsequent 12 months, based on a report. Earlier this 12 months, Apple launched the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max, however solely the latter was geared up with the firm’s improved telephoto lens that gives as much as 5x optical zoom — larger than the 3x optical zoom assist on the iPhone 14 Pro Max. The purported improve in dimension of the iPhone 16 Pro fashions may permit for a greater telephoto digicam in the smaller mannequin.
A MacRumors report citing unnamed sources states that Apple plans to equip each the iPhone 16 Pro and the iPhone 16 Pro Max with its new tetraprism telephoto lens in 2024. By utilizing a compact glass construction utilizing a prism, Apple’s top-of-the-line iPhone mannequin can mirror gentle 4 occasions and permit for higher optical zoom on the iPhone 15 Pro Max.
However, the inclusion of this digicam know-how was mentioned to be a problem for Apple attributable to area constraints, which is why solely the bigger iPhone 15 Pro Max arrived with the tetraprism telephoto digicam this 12 months. If current reviews are to be believed, Apple is planning to improve the show sizes of the each the iPhone 16 Pro to six.3 inches and the iPhone 16 Pro Max to six.9 inches, up from 6.1 inches and 6.7 inches, respectively.
Citing inner documentation, the report additionally states that the tetraprism module and digicam design for the iPhone 16 Pro mannequin seems much like the one on the iPhone 15 Pro Max. It is at present unclear whether or not the firm plans to make use of the similar digicam setup on each iPhone 16 Pro fashions as the iPhone 15 Pro Max.
This is the third time that such a declare has been made. TF Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo said in September — and once more in November — that the iPhone 16 Pro may even characteristic the improved digicam know-how. Kuo beforehand predicted that Apple wouldn’t equip the iPhone 15 Pro mannequin with the similar telephoto lens as the iPhone 15 Pro Max.
