A fresh report speculates that the main camera lens on this year’s flagship iPhone would have a resolution of 48 megapixels, which would be an increase over earlier speculations. It has been reported previously that Apple may finally be entering the megapixel battle with its iPhone 14 series phones, which are set to be released later this year.
The latest rumor comes from TrendForce, and it adds to prior reports that Apple is considering increasing the number of megapixels on the iPhone. Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo was the first to raise the potential of a merger in a December 2021 investor note, which was later confirmed by the company.
If this report is accurate, it will be the third time in as many years that Apple has increased the megapixel count of its iPhone cameras. It was only with the iPhone 6S that the 12-megapixel camera lenses were introduced to the series, and this was the most recent such improvement. To date, the 12-megapixel lens on the iPhone flagships, including the most recent iPhone 13 Pro Max, has been the primary lens on the device’s camera system.
Apple would be able to compete with the slew of Android phones that offer greater resolution through the use of higher megapixel camera lenses if it were to make the improvement. While some companies have dominated the top ranks on the list of the best smartphone cameras in the world, Apple has largely maintained its position among the best without increasing the number of megapixels on its cameras.
Apple’s main argument against such high-megapixel lenses had been the extra noise that they introduced, which was notably noticeable in low-light photographs, and thereby distorting the images. Despite the fact that we have seen other OEMs easily compete in this area, delivering razor-sharp low-light photographs even when employing lenses with over 100 megapixels in their modules.
Apple appears to be getting ready to do the same thing right now. In the future, iPhone cameras with greater megapixel counts may be able to capture considerably more detail in the photographs taken with them, which is especially useful when the photographs are magnified for various purposes. Additionally, it may enable Apple to provide 8k video recording on the iPhone 14 in the future.
In any case, if Apple decides to go forward with the 48-megapixel camera, it may be expected to be a feature reserved exclusively for the iPhone 14 Pro versions. This ensures the arrival of a new era of iPhone cameras, one that promises detailed shots beyond anything we’ve seen before, new video recording capabilities, and the use of pixel binning for low-light photography. Overall, this is a camera that will certainly outperform the one found in the iPhone 13, if not any other smartphone.
