I realize that might sound a bit loopy.

On paper, isn’t this the same hardware as last year’s iPhone 14 Pro? It gets a new telephoto lens and that’s it, surely?

On paper, sure. But iPhone cameras are all about all the parts integrated into one greater whole.

I’m a big camera nerd. I shoot with @halide, ProRAW, the works. I was snapping 48MP shots for a year.

Most users didn’t. What they’ll see:

- Going from 12 to 24 megapixel for all their shots
- Effectively doubling their zoom range
- Portrait mode is basically always-on

And that’s coming from an iPhone 14 Pro, mind you. Nobody upgrades their phone every year.

You’d get an iPhone that suddenly does all things camera WAY better. Not just on paper — in practice. Zoom out of an airplane window? Here, individual trees.

@sdw is that Raw and edit, or the heic ? because whichever, that is impressive.

Edit: nvm, I should the whole timeline first. Still, very impressive. Also, good article.