What seemed like a revolution in iPhone photography ended up being an element that many users have to turn off. The camera button and how it works aren’t quite the same in the new series, although Apple isn’t giving up when it comes to new features. Cupertino has new toy for the photography sectiona technology that is not new and has been in the smartphone market for some time, but if implemented correctly, it could become a before and an after.
We’re talking about variable aperture sensorssomething that brands like Samsung have long implemented in their high-end mobile phones, and that Xiaomi is currently using in its improved 14 Ultra. Now, according to a reputable analyst, it looks like Apple is tinkering with this technology to bring it to the iPhone.
According to the source, variable aperture would be something intended for a “high-end” iPhonewhich will presumably be models with the surname “Pro”. And, not by chance, we are talking about the future, since the characteristic would be intended for iPhone 18. Yes, to the mobile phone that Apple should release in 2026. It’s nothing.
Some rumors have talked about the possibility of seeing this new variable aperture on the iPhone 17, but finally… seems to have been discarded its implementation, and if it is real, it will be something more in the future. In fact, it all sounds so far out that it’s hard to believe.
What are the benefits of a variable aperture camera on an iPhone?
That Apple wants to take this implementation in stride is good news, because it means it wants to get it right. Variable aperture sensors in mobile phones are not the epitome of pharaonic engineering, but they represent it is necessary to provide algorithms and equipment of sufficient quality so that there is no counterproductive result.
A variable aperture sensor is nothing more than a camera that can—sorry for the redundancy— change the amount of light it can catch. It’s so famous f/xx which you see next to the photographic characteristics of mobile phones. Typically it is fixed and allows a certain amount of light to pass through, but technology already exists that allows you to adjust different points, for example: camera with f/1.8 and f/2.4 on one sensor.
Essentially this setting allows control the amount of light in a natural and very precise waywithout the use of algorithms or the need to change other parameters such as exposure. These types of cameras are ideal for shooting at night, for example, as they have a large aperture and sensor capture more light than usual.
In addition, the aperture also determines the depth of field, so you can achieve blur effects like portrait mode in a much more natural wayand it is not the artificial intelligence or algorithm that decides what comes out of focus, but rather the muscles of the camera itself.
Currently, the examples that the market has left us are a little limited, since this discovery usually has several fixed intervals between which one should change, and not between points of variability. How Apple will do this on the iPhone is, of course, unknown today.
What seems much more clear is Apple’s ability to take the lead in the mobile photography market. Implementing variable aperture sensors on iPhone They could be a major advance, comparable to the advent of optical zoom.For example.
Source: Hiper Textual
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