Posted on 10/12/2020 8:11:53 AM PDT by Red Badger
APPLE'S next iPhone will come with a powerful camera that can take clear photos of objects in the distance, according to reports.
The snapper is rumoured to come with a 30x digital zoom that can focus on subjects three times further away than any iPhone camera before it. The new mobile, thought to be called the iPhone 12, is expected to be unveiled by Apple tomorrow during its virtual "Hi, Speed" event.
As well as a flashy new camera (no pun intended), the handset is said to be Apple's first iPhone with 5G.
Tech tipster PineLeaks shared a treasure trove of details about the upcoming model's snapper over the weekend.
The anonymous leaker wrote on Twitter: "Digital and Optical Zoom will be getting a massive boost this year."
"You will get an significantly extended digital zoom, both quality and distance wise."
Super-powered digital zooms are all the rage among the top smartphone makers.
Last year, Huawei launched a smartphone with a 50x digital zoom while in March Samsung loaded its Galaxy S20 Ultra with a 100x zoom.
At full tilt, the picture often becomes fuzzy, but it's possible to pick out small details from hundreds of metres away, such as the pieces on a board game.
While weaker than Samsung and Huawei's offerings, a 30x lens would hand the iPhone 12 Apple's most powerful camera zoom to date.
The company's latest mobiles, the iPhone 11 series, is capable of up to 10x digital zoom.
As well as bolstered zoom capabilities, PineLeaks claimed that Apple had upgraded the ultrawide and telefoto lenses.
Users will be able to snap telelfoto shots in Night Mode – a feature previously only available in the main camera – and wider ultrawide snaps.
It's not clear where PineLeaks got their information from, so take the rumours with a pinch of salt for now.
We'll likely know much more about the next iPhone following tomorrow's hotly anticipated Apple event.
The company only announced the event last week, and has given no hints as to what will feature.
However, multiple reports and leaks suggest we'll almost certainly get our first look at the new iPhone.
Given that last year's trio was named "iPhone 11", it seems safe to assume we'll get the iPhone 12 this year.
It's likely we'll see something along the lines of an iPhone 12, iPhone 12 Pro, and iPhone 12 Pro Max.
An iPhone "Mini" with a palm-sized 5.4" screen is also heavily rumoured to be on the cards.
The new phones will reportedly range in price from $649 / £649 to $1,099 / £1,099.
In other news, this impressive iPhone 12 concept video could show off Apple's secret design ahead of time.
Apple recently released a new "cheap" version of its iPhone SE.
The iPhone 12 could be the thinnest ever thanks to new screen technology.
And the new phone could also see through mist and fog thanks to rumoured 'Spectral Edge' camera integration.
Tech Ping!...................
This kind of stuff makes old James Bond movies hard to watch. We have better gadgets than Q could ever dream about.
Need a tripod because any movement is magnified.
“30x digital zoom...”
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No f’n way that a 30x digital zoom could ever ever ever compare to a 30x optical zoom. I don’t care what sort of sorcery apple is up to.
Hey, The Sun would never exaggerate anything for a story!
Oh, wait....The Sun is a tabloid newspaper....nevermind!
I don’t know what that game is, but it looks interesting...................
Good. Because the 4K cameras everyone has in their phone can’t seem to take a clear photo of the yeti, a ufo, Nessie or any other cool legend.
Maybe they will include a message on screen that says:
TURN THE PHONE SIDEWAYS, YOU DOPE!................
Looks like Go. And yeah it’s a fun game!
Not familiar with it................
30x doesn’t let you see anything in clear detail at a mile.
Maybe they meant 300x!...................
Guessing iphones have the same auto-rotate button in the menu bar as the droid phones have....but then again there's no hope for those that won't RTFM. The posted article states that Apple has included a verical panoramic mode, select and the move up or down...who's been clamoring for that?
I’d rather just invest in a decent DSLR at that point
Democrats who walk around in public without a mask on aren’t gonna like this one bit...
Total apple bullshirt marketing. Digital zoom is worthless, anybody can digital zoom a picture by stretching it on their screens. What digital zoom does is trade pixilation for size.
30 times optical zoom is impressive, digital zoom is trash.
To heck with the zoom photo, I want a zoom mic
So you can check the example picture out by zooming in on the screen, does it actually zoom in and have the information to look at in the blowup?
No, so the example is actually optical zoom, the advertisement is a lie and a scam.
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