Recently, Apple can be said to be a resident guest on Weibo’s hot search list, often topping hot searches because of “grass news”. For a brand like Apple with its own traffic, it is not difficult to get on the hot search, but it is really not easy to avoid the hot search by yourself.
This year, as Apple’s fifteenth anniversary, the new iPhone is of great significance. The upcoming iPhone 14 series has become the “new darling” of the head technology media. There are reports that,The new iPhone 14 will come standard with a 48-megapixel rear camera system.With the outsole CMOS, it can bring you a breakthrough imaging experience.
It may not be uncommon for everyone to hear 48 million pixels at first, because Xiaomi, ZTE, and Samsung have already entered the field of 100 million pixels, and the 200 million pixel imaging system will also be launched in the past two years.
But for Apple users, 48 million pixels means that a new era of imaging is about to begin. Next, I will take a look at the history of the iPhone’s imaging development for you…
For the iPhone, we can divide the development of images into three stages based on the number of cameras, single, dual, and triple.
single shot
In the early stage of the popularization of smart phones, as long as the simple camera function can meet the needs of everyone’s daily shooting, it has already stood out among many mobile phones.
For picture quality, color tuning, and more advanced needs, professional things can only be done with professional equipment. The iPhone’s single-camera imaging solution started with the first-generation iPhone released in 2010, and it was not until the release of the last iPhone 6S Plus in 2015 that the single-camera era was completely ended.
iPhone
The iPhone is a brand new product launched by Steve Jobs at Macword held on January 9, 2007. The rear of the machine is a 2-megapixel single camera, which supports autofocus, digital zoom, continuous shooting and simple video recording, with the largest image size. 1600 x 1200 pixels are supported.
On the other hand, in the domestic mobile phone market at that time, there were many smartphones equipped with Android and Symbian. For example, the Nokia N95 released in the same year, the rear has applied a 5 million single-camera image solution. Compared with the pixels, the iPhone is too far behind.
iPhone 3G
The iPhone 3G is the second-generation smartphone launched by Apple. In the early morning of June 10, 2008, Apple’s “Worldwide Developers Conference” was officially unveiled. The iPhone 3G also uses a 2-megapixel rear lens, and the lens parameters and imaging scheme are the same as those of the previous generation.
In 2008, Meizu released its first smartphone, the Meizu M8, which uses a 3.2-megapixel rear-mounted single camera, with 6 different custom photography and camera resolution modes, and supports 640×480 pixel shooting.
iPhone 3GS
The iPhone 3GS is the third-generation smartphone released by Apple on June 9, 2009. The imaging system has also changed from the previous 2-megapixel single-camera to a 3.15-megapixel single-camera, and the camera pixel has changed for the first time in the iPhone 3GS.
In 2009, the Android 2.0 operating system has been installed and mass-produced. Motorola XT800, as a very popular product that year, has a 5-megapixel single camera at the rear, and the pixels are still due to the iPhone 3GS.
iPhone 4
On June 8, 2010, the iPhone 4 was unveiled for the first time at the “Apple Worldwide Developers Conference”, and once it was released, it attracted worldwide attention. The iPhone 4 has a 5-megapixel iSight camera on the back and a 300,000-pixel front-facing camera with 720P camera capabilities, 5x digital zoom and three flash settings.
In the same year, HTC came out with the Nexus One. As the sales champion of Android phones that year, the phone adopted a 5-megapixel single-camera solution and supported autofocus. It can be seen that in 2010, Android and Apple have begun to go hand in hand, and the image strength is indistinguishable.
iPhone 4S
iPhone 4S, as the fifth generation of iPhone, made its debut on October 5, 2011 at the Let’s talk iPhone new product conference held in California, USA. The front is a 300,000-pixel front-facing lens.
2011 was a very meaningful year for Nokia with the release of the Nokia N8-00. The phone is also equipped with a 12-megapixel camera, continues to use the N86 8MP wide-angle lens, can shoot 720p-level high-definition video and supports HDMI video output, and was selected as the most purchased video product list of the year.
iPhone 5
The iPhone 5, the sixth generation of the iPhone, was officially released on September 13, 2012 at a new product launch held at the Fangcao Art Center in San Francisco, USA. The rear of the iPhone 5 is still an 8-megapixel single camera, and the front is upgraded to 1.2 million pixels.
In the same year, Xiaomi brought you a second model, the Mi 2, which uses an 8-megapixel single camera on the rear and a 2-megapixel image system on the front.
In that year, in terms of sales volume, the Mi 2 was indistinguishable from the iPhone 5. In terms of imaging systems, the two models were also on the same starting line. And many mobile phone brands such as Samsung, Lenovo, and Huawei have also adopted the solution of 8 million pixels in the rear and 2 million in the front.
iPhone 5S
Since the release of the iPhone 5S in September 2013, the balance of the iPhone has reached an all-time high.
The rear of the iPhone 5S is still an 8-megapixel single-camera, using True Tone flash, back-illuminated sensor, and five-mirror lens, which can achieve auto focus, tap focus, tap focus, and automatic HDR photos. In terms of video, iPhone 5S supports 1080P HD high-definition video shooting, slow-motion video and time-lapse video.
The imaging system of mobile phones gradually widened in 2013. The dual-camera mobile phone Samsung N900W8 came out. The rear is an imaging solution with a 13-megapixel main camera and a 2-megapixel sub-camera. The Android mobile phone imaging system also started from the end of 2014. roll” up.
iPhone 6 Plus
On September 10, 2014, Apple officially released the iPhone 6 series. The iPhone 6 Plus uses a new 8-megapixel iSight camera, which can achieve faster autofocus speed. With OIS optical image stabilization, it can make the night scene more excellent, but the front is Still a 1.2-megapixel front camera.
Back then, curved screens were more popular than straight screens. Due to its higher screen-to-body ratio and better field of view, the Samsung Galaxy Note4 Edge could compete with the iPhone. The image solution is far more pixels than the iPhone 6 Plus of the same year.
iPhone 6S Plus
On September 10, 2015, Apple released the new iPhone 6S Plus. As an upgraded version of the iPhone 6 series, it not only brought a new chip to everyone, but also achieved a substantial improvement in image strength.
The iPhone 6S Plus has a 5-megapixel front camera on the front and a rearThe new 12-megapixel iSight camera adds LivePhotos and 4K video recording.
In the Android mobile phone market, HTC launched the One M9+ in 2015. This machine also adopts a rear dual-camera solution, but it is composed of a 20-megapixel main camera and a 2-megapixel depth-of-field lens. The imaging effect or the imaging solution depends on the iPhone 6S Plus.
It can be seen that when Android is increasing the number of pixels and the number of cameras, the imaging system of the iPhone only stays at 8 megapixels with a single camera. The iPhone 6S Plus, the flagship of the iPhone in 2015, has the same pixels as the Xiaomi Mi 2 in 2012, with a difference of three years. For a long time, when it is generally believed that dual-camera is better than single-camera, it is obvious that the era of single-camera is coming to an end.
Dual camera
Since the iPhone 6S Plus, it has become difficult for a single camera to meet everyone’s needs. Even though the image processing capabilities of Apple’s mobile phones are very powerful, optimization alone is not enough. Only the combination of software and hardware can maximize the imaging system. strength.
As a result, Apple also followed Android to open the era of dual cameras, but at this time Android has reopened a new chapter in imaging, and three cameras are here!
iPhone 7 Plus
On September 8, 2016, Apple released the new iPhone 7 series, as the “super cup” version of the iPhone 7 Plus,For the first time, it brings you a rear dual-camera lens.The rear adopts dual 12-megapixel cameras, and the blur effect is natural. You can see the preview of the background blur in the camera interface.
In terms of video, a cinema-level video stabilization function has been added.It can capture 8-megapixel still photos during 4K video recording, support 2x optical zoom; up to 10x digital zoom;The front uses a 7-megapixel lens and supports facetime.
It was in 2016 that Huawei released the Mate9 series of single products. As the image flagship selected for the DOX ranking that year, the rear is still a dual-camera image solution, but due to the addition of Leica, the picture has been sublimated.
The rear adopts a 12-megapixel and 20-megapixel black and white dual-camera combination, with 4 focusing modes “PDAF, laser, depth focus, contrast focus” to ensure the shooting of various scenes.
iPhone 8 Plus
On September 13, 2017, Apple’s 11th generation smartphone iPhone 8 series, the imaging system added machine learning function for the first time in the iPhone 8 series.
The machine uses a rear dual 12-megapixel camera, a larger area and a faster photosensitive element, built-in portrait background blur shooting featuring machine learning, and AR technology, which can support up to 60fps code stream. 4K video shooting; the front continues the 7-megapixel lens.
In the same year, OPPO focused on the mobile phone imaging system, bringing you an outsole dual-camera image solution, and equipped with the OPPO R11, the new phone uses a 16-megapixel wide-angle + 20-megapixel telephoto dual camera solution.
The Qualcomm Spectra 160 ISP flagship image processor is also applied, in which the telephoto lens can achieve 2x lossless zoom and even 10x digital zoom function. The solution of using outsole for mobile phone lenses has gradually taken shape.
iPhone X
As Apple’s tenth anniversary commemorative product, the full-screen design adopted by the iPhone X became popular on the Internet as soon as it was unveiled.
The “Liu Haiping” full-screen design and 3D facial recognition scheme adopted by it have become the most popular front-end scheme of the year. As the first full-screen product, the front of the machine uses a 5.8-inch OLED screen, and the display effect is very shocking. .
In terms of performance, the iPhone X uses the A11 Bionic built with a 6-core 64-bit architecture and integrates the M11 motion co-processor. In terms of images,The iPhone X continues the rear dual 12-megapixel camera,And four LED fill lights are used.
Featuring a larger, faster sensor than ever before, new color filters, deeper pixels, and a new telephoto lens with optical image stabilization for 10x zoom photos and up to 6x zoom Zoom video.
iPhone XS Max
In September 2018, Apple released the iPhone XS Max with the largest 6.5-inch OLED screen at the time.
In terms of imaging, iPhone XS Max continues the imaging solution of dual 12-megapixel cameras, which can realize analog adjustment of aperture, support 2x optical zoom and 10x digital zoom, support portrait mode and five natural portrait light effects, support 4-LED True Tone flash with slow sync.
You can use the rear to shoot 4K 24fps, 30fps or 60fps video; the front is still a 7-megapixel video system.
In the same year, Huawei released its first three-camera product, the Huawei P20 Pro. As the first Leica three-lens model, it has excellent imaging capabilities.
The rear is equipped with a 40-megapixel color lens, a 20-megapixel black-and-white lens, and an 8-megapixel telephoto lens. With Huawei’s three-camera zoom technology, it can support up to 5x hybrid zoom. The three-camera solution has become the mainstream of the Android mobile phone market since 2018.
From 2016 to 2018, in just two years, the imaging system of mobile phones has achieved a big leap, from increasing the pixel to increasing the number of lenses; from single-camera to dual-camera of Apple mobile phones, and dual-camera from the Android mobile phone market. to three shots.
In the past two years, smart phones seem to have found the most correct path for the development of smart phones, that is, “hardware stacking”. The stronger the hardware capability, the stronger the shooting capability.
In terms of pixels, Apple is hardly standing still, and Android has already found a new breakthrough. Blindly stacking hardware will one day still fail to meet the needs of users. Three-shot and four-shot are not the final solution for image development. Perhaps optimization is the next main battlefield.
Three shots
Obviously, Apple is a little cautious about imaging, and is always worried that there will be problems when it takes a step forward. After all, Apple is still a mobile phone giant today, and it is very risky to easily change Apple’s single-product line strategy.
but. For the needs of users, the iPhone has to give the best solution, and Apple is about to open the era of triple cameras. For Android mobile phone manufacturers, simply improving the hardware can not meet their high requirements for images. If you want to take good pictures, you must further improve the optimization.
iPhone 11 Pro Max
On September 11, 2019, the iPhone 11 Pro Max was officially unveiled. As the first product with a rear-mounted triple camera, imaging capabilities are the focus of the machine.
The new phone uses three rear 12-megapixel imaging systems, with three lenses for the main camera, telephoto, and ultra-wide-angle camera with an equivalent focal length of 13mm field of view.All three cameras support shooting 4k60fps XDR video. 4x optical zoom can be achieved. The selfie lens has also been upgraded from 7 megapixels to 12 megapixels.
For the Android camp, 2019 is a significant year. The RYYB array, the IMX600 outsole sensor, and the continuous zoom solution have all been implemented. Obviously, while the number of lenses is stacked, newer imaging technologies are still being developed.
The Huawei P30 Pro and OPPO Reno 10x zoom version released in the same year all showed the top level of the imaging system of the year. Android phone manufacturers found an imaging field more important than multiple cameras and high pixels.
iPhone 12 Pro Max
On October 14, 2020, Apple launched a new smartphone, the iPhone 12 Pro Max. In terms of imaging system, it continues the design scheme of the previous generation with three rear cameras, and is also equipped with a larger image sensor and enhanced light gathering amount of the wide-angle camera.
At the same time, the new phone is also equipped with a Sensor-shift sensor displacement optical image stabilization function. The three lenses are 12-megapixel main camera, ultra-wide-angle and telephoto, which support optical magnification up to 2.5 times and up to 12 times digital. Zoom, the new machine has better low light performance.
In terms of video, the iPhone 12 Pro Max supports Dolby Vision HDR video capture, up to 60 fps, 4K video capture, 24 fps, 25 fps, 30 fps or 60 fps, and supports 8-megapixel still photos during recording.
In the same year, the Android mobile phone market can be said to be in full bloom. Various mobile phone manufacturers have chosen different routes and imaging solutions. Some continue to stack the number of lenses, some choose to optimize, and some embark on the road of self-development.
One of the more obvious models is the Huawei Mate 40 Pro. The image solution it chose was a benchmark product at the time. It used a rear 50-megapixel main camera with an outsole + (RYYB) + 20-megapixel ultra-wide-angle + 12-megapixel zoom. 10x hybrid zoom and 50x digital zoom. , in terms of hardware and software are relatively balanced.
iPhone 13 Pro Max
As the flagship new product released on September 15 last year, the iPhone 13 Pro Max continues to use the rear three-camera design, consisting of three 12-megapixel main cameras, ultra-wide-angle, and telephoto.
The wide-angle main camera uses a sensor with a unit pixel of 1.9 microns, the size is 1/1.65 inches (44 square millimeters), the model is Sony IMX703, the area of the photosensitive components is much larger than that of the previous generation, and the focal lengths of the ultra-wide-angle and wide-angle lenses are maintained. 13mm and 26mm, but the telephoto lens has been upgraded from 65mm to 77mm.
On the video side, the iPhone 13 Pro Max brings a “movie mode”, professional ProRes format video, and a photography style for still photos.
Last year, the “involution” of the mobile phone market was very serious. What is more special is that Xiaomi mobile phone has brought you a brand new flagship product, Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra. As its all-round representative, its imaging capabilities should not be underestimated.
Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra adopts a rear three-camera solution. The main camera is Samsung’s 50-megapixel 1/1.12-inch GN2 outsole main camera (8P lens, four-axis OIS optical image stabilization), supplemented by a 48-megapixel IMX586 equivalent 12mm ultra-wide-angle (7P lens) + 48-megapixel IMX586 periscope telephoto (supports 120x periscope zoom, 5x optical zoom, 10x equivalent optical zoom).
In the same year, Xiaomi Mi 11 adopted a 100-megapixel main camera. Through comparison, we can easily find that the outsole is very important for the imaging effect of mobile phones, while the changes brought by high pixels are very limited.
iPhone 14 Pro Max
The iPhone 14 Pro Max, originally scheduled to be released in September this year, has achieved an unprecedented breakthrough in imaging compared to previous generations. The larger sensor and higher pixels are bound to bring you a better shooting experience.
It is reported that the iPhone 14 Pro Max will continue the rear three-camera design, but the pixels will be increased from 12 million to 48 million for the first time.
At the same time, newer and larger photosensitive components will be used, which not only makes shooting in low light more stable, but also presents more picture details for everyone. In terms of optimization, thanks to the powerful performance of the A16 bionic chip, the iPhone 14 Pro Max can achieve a better level of optimization.
The reason why the iPhone 14 series adopts the 48-megapixel three-camera image solution can be searched, mainly because when various manufacturers are stacking imaging systems, Apple did not keep up with the trend, and the 12-megapixel has been used for 6 years. , the lower pixels are indeed a bit difficult in the face of many shooting environments.
If the iPhone 14 series adopts a 48-megapixel three-camera image solution, this will undoubtedly be a dramatic change, but we don’t know how long Apple will continue to use this solution.
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