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Apple announced its iPhone 15 series of devices quite recently. Many of you are aware that only the iPhone 15 Pro Max model comes with a 5x zoom camera. Well, that camera will make its way to the smaller ‘Pro’ model next year. In other words, both iPhone 16 Pro models will get the tetraprism lens.
Both iPhone 16 Pro handsets will include a 5x tetraprism lens
This is not the first time we’re hearing this rumor, and it’s probably true. This time around the information is coming from Ming-Chi Kuo, a well-known Apple analyst and tipster.
As a reminder, that tetraprism lens enables 5x optical zoom on the iPhone 15 Pro Max. Apple decided not to go for a periscope camera setup, as many Android OEMs did. The company opted for a different path.
That lens has a “folded” design, which enables it to fit inside the iPhone 15 Pro Max. The iPhone 15 Pro is limited to 3x optical zoom with its telephoto camera, presumably due to a lack of space on the inside of the phone.
The iPhone 16 Pro will come with a larger display & footprint
The Apple iPhone 16 Pro is rumored to come with a larger display, a 6.3-inch panel, while the iPhone 15 Pro has a 6.1-inch display. That will, allegedly, enable Apple to fit that tetraprism lens inside the phone.
That does mean that the phone will be larger overall, have a larger footprint. Apple did trim down the bezels with the iPhone 15 Pro, which made the phone a bit smaller, as it kept the same display size. Well, it’ll grow in size next year.
The iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Pro don’t have a telephoto camera at all. They include a 48-megapixel main camera, and a 12-megapixel ultrawide camera, that’s it. Chances are it will stay that way next year too, but it remains to be seen.