Bizarre vignetting impact within the new 48MP ultra-wide-angle digicam, which was anticipated to be significantly better than the 12MP UWA snapper Apple’s been utilizing for ages. Nevertheless, because it seems, the beneficial properties are minimal, which isn’t that shocking while you understand the sensor measurement has stayed the identical. Very low-cost transfer, Tim.

Oversharpened images make a return with iPhone 16 Professional – please, inform me it’s a “bug”

I’m noticing the return of oversharpened images on iPhone 16 Professional in comparison with the likes of the Pixel 9 Professional and even the iPhone 15 Professional, which is vastly disappointing after Apple acquired a lot reward from each reviewer for lastly dialling down the sharpening with iPhone 15.It’s not that dangerous because it was once with older iPhones however the oversharpened look is particularly noticeable in Evening Mode images – significantly these taken with the first digicam.

Apple’s video high quality lead over Android is the smallest it is ever been, and iPhone 16 Professional doesn’t do a lot to alter that

Apple’s lead in video high quality is the smallest it is ever been and iPhone 16 Professional doesn’t do a lot to increase it. The truth is, save for the brand new 120fps 4K video choice, video high quality is basically an identical to that of the iPhone 15 Professional, which has similarities to that of the iPhone 14 Professional.

What this implies is that 2025 is perhaps the 12 months when the competitors really catches as much as Apple within the space of video, which ought to be fairly telling since that is the one space iPhone has traditionally dominated over Android.

Pixel 9 Professional has revealed precisely how previous the iPhone 16 Professional’s selfie digicam sensor is

The 12MP selfie digicam Apple’s been utilizing for ages is, properly… exhibiting its age.

It’s completely dominated by the 42MP lens within the Pixel 9 Professional, and footage taken with it look significantly dangerous in low gentle, making the iPhone 16 Professional appear to be a mid-range telephone.

iPhone 16’s Digicam Management key may change into the most important Apple blunder in years (except Apple Intelligence could make it helpful)

And I virtually forgot the Digicam management key, which (as everybody appears to agree) is extra of a miss than it’s a hit. Most individuals who’ve used it agree it makes the expertise of taking images and movies extra sophisticated, much less dependable, and even outright worse since urgent the important thing shakes the telephone, which makes for blurry images.

Regardless of that, I believe the “Digicam Management” key’s right here to remain since Apple has plans to make use of it for sure Apple Intelligence options (coming quickly). However since nobody appears to love it as a “Digicam Management”, we’d want a brand new title for it, Apple. Higher begin arising with catchy names ASAP!

iPhone 16 Professional’s ageing digicam {hardware} makes it’s a straightforward goal for upcoming Android digicam monsters

All of this, along with the identical 5x zoom lens and the comparatively marginal (however significant) enhancements to the first digicam (which does use a brand new sensor of the identical measurement) makes the iPhone 16 Professional a very simple goal for upcoming digicam monsters.In fact, these “digicam monsters” that threaten to make iPhone 16 Professional look dangerous embody the upcoming Galaxy S25 Extremely, but when I used to be Apple, I’d be extra apprehensive in regards to the likes of the Oppo Discover X8 Extremely, Vivo X200 Extremely, and Xiaomi 15 Extremely.

The reason being easy – Samsung is following a really Apple-like trajectory in relation to digicam {hardware} upgrades, and I’m not anticipating the Galaxy S25 Extremely to offer us any groundbreaking new {hardware} – similar to the iPhone 16 Professional.

Chinese language flagships, alternatively, are inclined to go all-in on digicam upgrades, whereas their software program and picture processing can be catching up, and this might end in one thing very embarrassing for Apple (and to an extent, Samsung – however that’s a distinct story).

“Constant” digicam doesn’t imply “the very best” digicam – Apple ought to strive more durable with iPhone 17

What does this imply for the common client? Effectively, it implies that for those who don’t have a good affiliation with one or the opposite working system, you may need to contemplate the truth that it’s very possible main Android flagships could have a greater digicam than the iPhone 16 Professional – at the very least in sure features (if not in most).

Don’t get me fallacious – the iPhone 16 Professional has a wonderful digicam system, and regardless of all, I’m nonetheless keen to guess it’s essentially the most constant smartphone digicam you may get. Nevertheless constant doesn’t equal “good” – not to mention “the very best”.

I’d advise all iPhone customers who need to follow Apple to attend for iPhone 17 Professional, which is rumored to get a brand new zoom sensor, which ought to assist it take higher long-range zoom snaps. It’s also rumored to (lastly) get a brand new 24MP selfie shooter, whereas I received’t be stunned if we see one other bump within the sensor measurement of the first digicam – maybe one thing nearer to the 1-inch customary in Chinese language “Extremely” flagships.