Apple May Introduce a Triple-Camera iPhone This Year (thenextweb.com)

A rumor from The Korea Herald suggests that Apple may be planning on introducing its first triple camera smartphone this year with the rumored 6.5-inch iPhone. The rumor comes buried in a piece mostly about Samsung, which is also expected to introduce a triple-camera smartphone with next year's S10. The Next Web reports: To be clear, this isn't the first time we've heard word of a triple camera iPhone, but the three previous reports have pointed to a 2019 release, according to MacRumors. One of these reports was from Ming Chi Kuo, an Apple analyst who has a solid track record. The fact that's it's mentioned offhandedly in the Korea Herald report makes me think the date may have been a mistake. No matter how good AI and processing get, there's only so much you can do within the physical constraints of a small smartphone sensor. In theory, using multiple cameras and combining the information with some smart processing could help you somewhat replicate the image quality of a larger sensor.

Comments

Yawn.

[mcmonkey]

Phones with 3 cameras. Razors with 5 blades. Monkeys with 6 asses.

No room for an sd slot, removable battery, or headphone jack. But 3 cameras, sure.

Three cameras? Why not five?

[alvinrod]

Fuck everything, we're doing five cameras.

Why not stereo?

[jtgd]

No mention of putting the cameras on opposite ends of the phone so you could use it for stereoscopic photos. That would be cool.

/. shit a brick when Apple removed the floppy

[Brannon]

Just like they did when Apple removed the parallel port, RS232, modems, Firewire, ethernet, headphone jack, replaceable batteries, Flash support, user-expandable DRAM, VGA ports, the original iPod connector, etc., etc.

Shitting bricks is just what /. does. It's pretty hard to find a more anti-innovation website. Apple is worth $800B specifically because they ignore /.