iPhone 16 Pro Max — Apple’s purported successor to the (*16*)iPhone 15 Pro Max that was launched final yr — might arrive with extra highly effective digital camera capabilities within the coming months, in line with particulars shared by a tipster. The firm’s top-of-the-line iPhone mannequin is claimed to be outfitted with an improved 48-megapixel major digital camera sensor that’s bigger than the one used on the present (iPhone 15 Pro Max) and former era (iPhone 14 Pro Max) fashions, providing extra superior digital camera capabilities.
Tipster Digital Chat Station leaked particulars of the iPhone 16 Pro Max digital camera through a Weibo publish (in Chinese) on Wednesday. The iPhone 16 Pro Max might be outfitted with a 48-megapixel Sony IMX903 digital camera sensor with a customized design. It will function a 14-bit analogue-to-digital converter (ADC) and a digital acquire management (DGC) for improved digital camera efficiency, in line with the tipster.
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Apple outfitted the iPhone 15 Pro Max and iPhone 14 Pro Max fashions with a 1/1.28-inch major digital camera sensor, however this yr’s top-of-the-line mannequin might sport a brand new, bigger 1/1.14-inch sensor. This implies that the corporate’s purported flagship iPhone mannequin for 2024 might seize higher photographs in low mild eventualities, whereas providing higher dynamic vary and bokeh capabilities.
Earlier this month, TF Securities International analyst Ming-Chi Kuo predicted that the iPhone 16 Pro fashions could be outfitted with an upgraded ultra-wide-angle digital camera, whereas the tetraprism telephoto digital camera setup from the iPhone 15 Pro Max will make its method to the smaller iPhone 16 Pro mannequin later this yr.
Based on these claims, it seems that the iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max will each function two upgraded cameras. Meanwhile, Apple’s 2025 fashions — anticipated to debut because the iPhone 17 collection — might be outfitted with an upgraded selfie digital camera, from a 12-megapixel digital camera with a 5P lens to a 24-megapixel digital camera with a 6P lens, in line with Kuo.
