The elevated measurement of subsequent yr’s iPhone 16 Professional and ‌iPhone 16‌ Professional Max permits for upgrades together with a periscope telephoto digital camera and a 12% bigger primary digital camera sensor, in response to a brand new report.

The rumor was first shared on Chinese language social media website Weibo by a person who says that they’ve obtained business insider info. Corroborating a number of different experiences that subsequent yr’s ‌iPhone 16‌ Professional fashions will characteristic bigger shows, the person claims that the elevated measurement of the units will present extra inner area for elements together with a periscope telephoto digital camera system. Earlier right now, Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman stated that the bigger measurement of the ‌iPhone 16‌ Professional fashions might assist facilitate improved digital camera {hardware} or greater inner batteries.

Whereas the iPhone 15 Professional Max is anticipated to introduce the iPhone‘s first periscope telephoto digital camera, the characteristic is predicted to be unique to Apple’s largest ‌iPhone‌ at first. With subsequent yr’s ‌iPhone 16‌ Professional fashions, Apple is reportedly planning to carry the telephoto digital camera to each of the “Professional” fashions. The elevated measurement of the ‌iPhone 16‌ Professional, is, due to this fact, not less than partially defined by the necessity for extra inner area to implement the periscope digital camera on the smaller Professional mannequin.

For the ‌iPhone 16‌ Professional Max or ‌iPhone 16‌ “Extremely,” the extra inner area will apparently enable for a bigger primary digital camera sensor that’s 1/1.14-inches in measurement. The iPhone 14 Professional and ‌iPhone 14 Professional‌ Max presently characteristic a 1/1.28-inch sensor. No sensor measurement improve is predicted for this yr’s ‌iPhone 15 Professional‌ Max. This declare has since been supported by the Twitter leaker generally known as “ShrimpApplePro.”

A bigger sensor might enhance the primary ‌iPhone‌ digital camera’s dynamic vary and background blur. It might additionally considerably improve low-light pictures capabilities since an even bigger floor space can seize extra mild with the identical shutter velocity and aperture.