Apple’s rear-facing iPhone cameras are a few of the greatest within the enterprise, and nowhere is that extra so than on the iPhone 15 Professional Max. Its selfie cameras lag behind by way of high quality, nevertheless – however that may change with the iPhone 17, in line with a brand new report.

In a weblog put up on Medium, famend Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo claims that the front-facing lens within the upcoming iPhone will obtain a serious enhance, which can be encouraging information to anybody who commonly makes use of the selfie digicam and is considering of upgrading within the subsequent couple of years.

In accordance with Kuo, “The entrance digicam of the iPhone 17 can be upgraded to 24MP/6P.” Proper now, the entrance digicam within the iPhone 15 collection has a 12MP lens, that means the iPhone 17 might double up on the megapixel depend. That, Kuo says, “will considerably enhance the picture high quality.”

Apple has not upgraded the megapixel quantity of its iPhones’ front-facing cameras because the iPhone 11 Professional Max, which was the primary iPhone to supply a 12MP selfie snapper, and was a step up over the iPhone XS Max’s 7MP lens. That reveals simply how lengthy it’s been since Apple has boosted the megapixel depend for selfie lovers.

Important enhancements

Kuo additionally touched on different areas of the iPhone’s digicam system within the report. For one factor, he notes that the upgraded 6P lens system within the iPhone 17 might be 100% to 120% dearer to provide than the 5P system within the present iPhone vary – if that’s the case, it’s attainable that Apple might cross that worth enhance on to consumers.

Elsewhere, Kuo says Apple is making good progress on the iPhone 16 Professional’s periscope lens setup, which can be inherited from the iPhone 15 Professional Max and can convey a lot better zoom capabilities to the following Professional mannequin. That telephone can even see an improved ultra-wide digicam that includes a 48MP decision (versus the 12MP decision of the iPhone 15 Professional’s ultra-wide lens), which is able to once more “considerably enhance picture high quality,” Kuo believes.

Kuo’s report additionally talked about that the iPhone 16 Professional will function a bigger display screen, a declare we’ve seen elsewhere. Mixed with the digicam upgrades, it seems like there might be a slate of enhancements on the best way for this yr’s iPhones – in stark distinction to a latest report from Barclays, which painted a a lot gloomier image.

In fact, there’s no assure that Kuo’s predictions will come to cross, whether or not that’s for the iPhone 17 or iPhone 16 ranges. However the analyst has a stable observe report in relation to Apple leaks, so we wouldn’t rule out these forecasts completely – an in the event that they transform appropriate, there might be lots to look ahead to for Apple followers.

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