iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max may very well be geared up with a tetraprism telephoto lens subsequent yr, in accordance with a report. Earlier this yr, Apple launched the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max, however solely the latter was geared up with the corporate’s improved telephoto lens that provides as much as 5x optical zoom — increased than the 3x optical zoom assist on the iPhone 14 Pro Max. The purported enhance in dimension of the iPhone 16 Pro fashions might permit for a greater telephoto digicam within 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 expertise was mentioned to be a problem for Apple because of house constraints, which is why solely the bigger iPhone 15 Pro Max arrived with the tetraprism telephoto digicam this yr. If latest studies are to be believed, Apple is planning to enhance 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 inside 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 corporate plans to make use of the identical digicam setup on each iPhone 16 Pro fashions because 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 also function the improved digicam expertise. Kuo beforehand predicted that Apple wouldn’t equip the iPhone 15 Pro mannequin with the identical telephoto lens because the iPhone 15 Pro Max.
