Next year’s iPhone 17 Pro Max will feature an upgraded 48-megapixel tetraprism camera for improved photo quality and zoom functionality, according to Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo.
In his latest investor note published on Medium, Kuo said the main spec change would be a 1/2.6″ 48MP CIS sensor, versus the 1/3.1″ 12MP sensor expected to be used in this year’s iPhone 16 Pro models.
The iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max are both expected to feature Tetraprism telephoto cameras in 2024, instead of the technology being limited to the larger Pro Max, as is the case in the iPhone 15 series. (The iPhone 15 Pro has a 12-megapixel telephoto camera that offers 3x zoom, but the iPhone 15 Pro Max uses an upgraded telephoto camera system that allows for 5x zoom.) That means both iPhone 16 Pro models will feature at least 5x optical zoom and at least 25x digital zoom.
Kuo said he doesn’t know yet whether only the iPhone 17 Pro Max will get the upgraded Tetraprism camera. But if it’s exclusive to that model, then both iPhone 18 Pro models will get it in 2026. The upgraded Tetraprism camera requires entirely new prism designs, which must have a shorter form factor to reduce the camera’s height, Kuo added.
The analyst’s report corroborates a claim made last year by Jeff Pu of Haitong International Securities. Pu said in December that the iPhone 17 Pro Max’s upgraded 48MP telephoto camera would be optimized for use with Apple Vision Pro. Current iPhone 15 Pro models can record spatial videos with 3D depth for playback on the Vision Pro — when held in landscape orientation, the main and ultra-wide lenses combine to record spatial videos with added depth.
Pu had previously said that both iPhone 16 Pro models would feature a 48MP ultra-wide-angle lens, making the iPhone 17 Pro Max the first iPhone model to feature a rear camera system comprised entirely of 48-megapixel lenses. To put that in perspective, the current iPhone 15 Pro models feature 48MP main lenses, 12MP ultra-wide-angle lenses, and 12MP telephoto lenses.
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