This was the evolution of the Apple iPhone camera.
The iPhone camera has improved a lot over the past few years, both in hardware and software. So much so that the most recent generations do not have a single camera lens, but two or even three high-quality telephoto and wide-angle lenses.
Additionally, the amount of megapixel number of cameras has also increased with each new generation of iPhone. But Apple hasn’t stopped there, the signature bitten apple logo has also integrated very interesting photo and video editing functions such as portrait mode, with a bokeh effect in the background of the subject; or Cinema Mode, which focuses and blurs a subject with a simple touch of the screen.
The evolution of the iPhone camera has been impressive. Unfortunately, we can’t know all the details about it because Apple doesn’t officially share internal hardware improvements and technical specs of its smartphone components, like battery milliamps or processor RAM. Luckily we know How many megapixels does each iPhone’s camera have? of Apple and what is its opening.
The evolution of the camera from the original iPhone
If you want to know how many megapixels the cameras of the first iPhone had and how their lens characteristics have improved, take a look at this information compiled by 9to5mac:
iPhone
- Front camera : –
- Rear camera: 2MP lens
iPhone 3G
- Front camera : –
- Rear camera: 2MP lens
iPhone 3GS
- Front camera :
- Rear camera: 3MP lens
iphone 4
- Front camera : VGA quality
- Rear camera: 3MP lens
iphone 4s
- Front camera : VGA quality
- Rear camera: 8MP lens
iPhone 5
- Front camera : 1.2MP FaceTime lens
- Rear camera: 8MP lens
iphone 5c
- Front camera : 1.2MP FaceTime Lens
- Rear camera: 8 MP lens and ƒ/2.4 aperture.
iphone 5s
- Front camera : 1.2 MP FaceTime lens and ƒ/2.4 aperture.
- Rear camera: 8 MP lens and ƒ/2.2 aperture.
Iphone 6
- Front camera : 1.2 MP FaceTime lens and ƒ/2.2 aperture.
- Rear camera: 8 MP lens and ƒ/2.2 aperture.
iPhone 6Plus
- Front camera : 1.2 MP FaceTime lens and ƒ/2.2 aperture.
- Rear camera: 8 MP lens and ƒ/2.2 aperture.
iPhone 6s
- Front camera : 5 MP FaceTime lens and ƒ/2.2 aperture.
- Rear camera: 12 MP lens and ƒ/2.2 aperture.
iPhone 6s Plus
- Front camera : 5 MP FaceTime lens and ƒ/2.2 aperture.
- Rear camera: 12 MP lens and ƒ/2.2 aperture.
iPhoneSE
- Front camera : 5 MP FaceTime lens and ƒ/2.4 aperture.
- Rear camera: 12 MP wide-angle lens and ƒ/2.2 aperture.
iPhone 7
- Front camera : 7 MP FaceTime lens and ƒ/2.2 aperture.
- Rear camera: 12 MP wide-angle lens and ƒ/1.8 aperture.
iPhone 7Plus
- Front camera : 7 MP FaceTime lens and ƒ/2.2 aperture.
- Rear camera: 12 MP wide-angle lens with ƒ/1.8 aperture and 12 MP telephoto lens with ƒ/2.8 aperture.
iPhone 8
- Front camera : 7 MP FaceTime lens and ƒ/2.2 aperture.
- Rear camera: 12 MP wide-angle lens with ƒ/1.8 aperture.
iPhone 8Plus
- Front camera : 7 MP FaceTime lens and ƒ/2.2 aperture.
- Rear camera: 12 MP wide-angle lens with ƒ/1.8 aperture and 12 MP telephoto lens with ƒ/2.8 aperture.
iPhone X
- Front camera : 7 MP TrueDepth lens and ƒ/2.2 aperture.
- Rear camera: 12 MP wide-angle lens with ƒ/1.8 aperture and 12 MP telephoto lens with ƒ/2.4 aperture.
iPhone XS
- Front camera : 7 MP TrueDepth lens and ƒ/2.2 aperture.
- Rear camera: 12 MP wide-angle lens with ƒ/1.8 aperture and 12 MP telephoto lens with ƒ/2.4 aperture.
iPhone XS Max
- Front camera : 7 MP TrueDepth lens with ƒ/2.2 aperture.
- Rear camera: 12 MP wide-angle lens with ƒ1.8 aperture and 12 MP telephoto lens with ƒ/2.4 aperture.
iPhone XR
- Front camera : 7 MP TrueDepth lens with ƒ/2.2 aperture.
- Rear camera: 12 MP wide-angle lens with ƒ/1.8 aperture and 12 MP telephoto lens with ƒ/2.2 aperture.
iPhone 11
- Front camera : 12 MP TrueDepth lens with ƒ/2.2 aperture.
- Rear camera: 12 MP ultra-wide-angle lens with ƒ/1.8 aperture and 12 MP wide-angle lens with ƒ/2.4 aperture.
iPhone 11 Pro
- Front camera : 12 MP TrueDepth lens with ƒ/2.2 aperture.
- Rear camera: 12 MP ultra wide angle lens with ƒ/1.8 aperture, 12 MP wide angle lens with ƒ2.4 aperture and 12 MP telephoto lens with ƒ/2.0 aperture.
iPhone 11 Pro Max
- Front camera : 12 MP TrueDepth lens with ƒ/2.2 aperture.
- Rear camera: 12 MP wide-angle lens with ƒ/1.8 aperture, 12 MP ultra-wide-angle lens with ƒ/2.4 aperture and 12 MP telephoto lens with ƒ/2.0 aperture.
Second-generation iPhone SE
- Front camera : 7 MP TrueDepth lens with ƒ/2.2 aperture.
- Rear camera: 12 MP wide-angle lens with ƒ/1.8 aperture.
iPhone 12 mini
- Front camera : 12 MP TrueDepth lens with ƒ/2.2 aperture.
- Rear camera: 12 MP wide-angle lens with ƒ/1.6 aperture and 12 MP ultra-wide-angle lens with ƒ/2.4 aperture.
iPhone 12
- Front camera : 12 MP TrueDepth lens with ƒ/2.2 aperture.
- Rear camera: 12 MP wide-angle lens with ƒ/1.6 aperture and 12 MP ultra-wide-angle lens with ƒ/2.4 aperture.
iPhone 12 Pro
- Front camera : 12 MP TrueDepth lens with ƒ/2.2 aperture.
- Rear camera: 12 MP wide angle lens with ƒ/1.6 aperture, 12 MP ultra wide angle lens with ƒ/2.4 aperture and 12 MP telephoto lens with ƒ/2.0 aperture.
iPhone 12 Pro Max
- Front camera : 12 MP TrueDepth lens with ƒ/2.2 aperture.
- Rear camera: 12 MP wide-angle lens with ƒ/1.6 aperture, 12 MP ultra-wide-angle lens with ƒ/2.4 aperture and 12 MP telephoto lens with ƒ/2.2 aperture.
Third-generation iPhone SE
- Front camera : 7 MP lens with ƒ/2.2 aperture.
- Rear camera: 12 MP wide-angle lens with ƒ/1.8 aperture.
iPhone 13 mini
- Front camera : 12 MP TrueDepth lens with ƒ/2.2 aperture.
- Rear camera: 12 MP wide-angle lens with ƒ/1.6 aperture and 12 MP ultra-wide-angle lens with ƒ/2.4 aperture.
iPhone 13
- Front camera : 12 MP TrueDepth lens with ƒ/2.2 aperture.
- Rear camera: 12 MP wide-angle lens with ƒ/1.6 aperture and 12 MP ultra-wide-angle lens with ƒ/2.2 aperture.
iPhone 13 Pro
- Front camera : 12 MP TrueDepth lens with ƒ/2.2 aperture.
- Rear camera: 12 MP wide-angle lens with ƒ/1.5 aperture, 12 MP ultra-wide-angle lens with ƒ/1.8 aperture and 12 MP telephoto lens with ƒ/2.8 aperture.
iPhone 13 Pro Max
- Front camera : 12 MP TrueDepth lens with ƒ/2.2 aperture.
- Rear camera: 12 MP wide-angle lens with ƒ/1.5 aperture, 12 MP ultra-wide-angle lens with ƒ/1.8 aperture and 12 MP telephoto lens with ƒ/2.8 aperture.
It is interesting to see how Apple has gradually improved the rear camera and front camera of its iPhones, including a dual camera with a wide angle lens and an ultra wide angle lens, and a triple camera with a wide angle lens. , an ultra wide-angle lens and a telephoto lens. It is also interesting to see that the Cupertino company did not go beyond the 12 megapixels and the ƒ/2.2 aperture of the front cameras of its iPhone. What do you think we’ll see in future iPhone models?
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