iPhone 17 Pro With 144 MP Camera

According to experts, the plan to deploy 3 48MP cameras on iPhone 17 Pro will cause high-end smartphones from Samsung and Google “headaches”.

Rumors about Apple’s plan to add a 48MP zoom camera to the iPhone 17 Pro line first appeared in December 2023. And according to experts, even without any leaks/rumors, a 48MP triple camera system is always in the plan for Apple’s high-end iPhone Pro models.

So why haven’t we seen this high-resolution camera system from Apple yet? The answer is “because Apple can afford to wait”.

– iPhone 15 Pro has a 48MP main camera

– iPhone 16 Pro will have a new 48MP ultra-wide-angle camera.

– The only logical step for the iPhone 17 Pro is to bring in a new 48MP camera triangle with another 48MP periscope zoom lens

Will Apple save the iPhone’s highest resolution camera system for the iPhone 18 Pro? The answer is definitely yes! Apple is always a wise company in upgrading.

Professional users will wait more for the iPhone 17 Pro because high-end “competitors” from Samsung , Google, Oppo, Xiaomi and Vivo are all following the trend of high-resolution zoom cameras.

Apple’s big plans for three 48MP iPhone cameras

In fact, high-resolution zoom cameras are not new. Their main purpose is to allow the implementation of the sensor cropping algorithm – “sensor cropping”. The phone then cuts into the middle of the 48/50/100/200 megapixels to provide “lossless” zoom at twice the native focal length/magnification.

In practice, this means that high-resolution 5x zoom photos can provide 10x zoom photos with “lossless quality” (like the Galaxy S24 Ultra). Previously, on the iPhone 15 Pro Max, with 5x 12MP zoom photos, the telephoto camera only achieved 10x digital zoom.

But Apple has managed to balance the time for a “clear” upgrade plan:

– First, Apple’s sensor cropping algorithm from the main camera in the iPhone 15 Pro is always more special/flexible than the feature in the Galaxy S24 Ultra. That’s because the 48MP 1x camera on the iPhone can also take 1.3x zoom and 1.5x zoom photos (and videos), delivering the same quality as regular 1x photos/videos.

– Since the launch of iPhone 14 Pro, iPhone is the only phone that can perform sensor cropping with lossless zoom effect in video mode. This is a notable advantage that Apple has had over Android smartphones for several years now

– Therefore, Apple will bring the existing sensor cropping algorithm from the main camera of the iPhone 15 Pro to the 48MP ultra-wide-angle camera of the iPhone 16 Pro, and next year the 48MP zoom camera on the iPhone 17 Pro.

– Notably, Apple’s 1.3x and 1.5x sensor cropping algorithm still maintains the same 24MP resolution as the 1x photo of the iPhone 15 Pro

Finally, the iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 17 Pro could offer one of the most comprehensive camera systems with “lossless zoom quality” against Android competitors.

Will the Galaxy S25 Ultra and Pixel 10 Pro catch up with the iPhone 16 Pro?

Therefore, “Apple” will (once again) surpass high-end Android smartphones by working “smarter” instead of “harder”.

Of course, everything can be reversed when by the time Apple provides 3 48MP cameras on iPhone, Samsung, Google, Sony, Vivo, Xiaomi,… phones have achieved a hardware/software breakthrough. other, including high-resolution sensors, zoom and… AI.

Previously, the zoom ability of the iPhone 13 Pro Max was also very impressive (even though it only had a 12MP telephoto camera and had been on sale for nearly 3 years). Therefore, when upgraded to a 48MP zoom camera, the iPhone Pro in the coming years will take everything to a new level. This will make the iPhone camera one of the most versatile cameras on the market.

Once again, Apple is preparing a lot of interesting things for the iPhone 17 Pro/iPhone 18 Pro series. The company can even fully integrate 4 rear cameras for the iPhone, helping users zoom better, for example 10x optical zoom.