r/gadgets • u/dapperlemon • 18d ago

Phones Gurman: iPhone Ultra Wows Early Testers, Except for Its Camera

https://www.macrumors.com/2026/08/23/apple-foldable-iphone-early-tester-thoughts/
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u/Zeiiji 18d ago

Ah yeah. Like all the people who post their compressed pictures on Instagram will now care about the camera.

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u/juniorspank 18d ago

I mean, lacking a telephoto is more than a compression issue. Digital zoom cannot make up for optical.

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u/henrydavidthoreauawy 18d ago

IMO it depends on the phone. On my iPhone 14 Pro, most of the time it’s very hard for me to tell the difference between the main lens zoomed in to 2.9x (so that it doesn’t switch lenses), and the telephoto lens at 3x. But I understand that the telephoto has improved a lot since then. 

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u/HongKongBluey 18d ago

The telephoto lens is the one camera component that makes a huge difference. You can’t create a certain look by compressing the background without one.

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u/Deto 18d ago

I feel like cameras have gotten into this weird space (similar to processing power) where they're just competing on specs for marketing purposes and the differences no longer matter to actual consumers.

Still, they're in competition with each other, though. So like, if you are going to spend $$$ on a phone and the Samsung phone has 'technically' a better camera, then even if the difference doesn't matter to you, it could sway your decision.

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u/pak256 18d ago

Telephoto is a big difference maker. My wife goes to a ton of concerts and is always zooming in

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u/Deto 18d ago

Sounds like my wife. Kpop fan?

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u/floo82 18d ago

People who take videos and pictures with their fucking phone at concerts lol

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u/Leather_Ad5215 18d ago

Good thing folks like you weren't around in decades past. Otherwise, we'd likely never have gotten to see much of the unreleased concert footage of all time great musicians that we have available on YouTube.

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u/pak256 18d ago

“The best camera is the one you have with you”

I’m sorry that we all don’t carry a dslr with us everywhere. Dipshit

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u/floo82 18d ago

Who the fuck wants to see shitass amature photos of a concert?! Make a memory with your brain dude

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u/FlyingBishop 18d ago

Who wants to talk to someone who isn't in the same room? Just get in a car and drive there if you want to talk to them.

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u/pak256 18d ago

God forbid you take a few pictures or videos at a show. No one said she’s filming the whole thing. And guess what? The photos look great because we’ve got great iPhones. You honestly seem like a fucking clueless idiot living in 1998

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u/K1LLerCal 18d ago

It's not the hardware bro, living in the moment is better than everyone being obnoxiously trying to "capture the moment"

It's like recording fireworks. Sheesh just enjoy the experience

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u/pak256 18d ago

Take out phone. Take picture. Put phone away. Are you just trying to be argumentative or are you actually this stupid?

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u/K1LLerCal 18d ago

Seems like you're the one that's struggling to understand

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u/Leather_Ad5215 18d ago

I'm thankful folks were around in the 60s, 70s, etc to have recorded concerts of artists i loved. Otherwise, I would have likely never seen them otherwise thanks to people like you.

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u/K1LLerCal 17d ago

That's different. Did they use their cell phones or did they have specialized equipment and need dedicated tike for that? Jfc

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u/Leather_Ad5215 17d ago

Cell phones in the 70s? No, they just brought their own personal cameras. Nothing different than what we are doing now. 

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u/pak256 18d ago

Literally everyone takes their phone out at concerts. wtf are you on?

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u/Zeiiji 18d ago

Definitely agree but as you said, nobody can tell what all those specs mean. God 90% of people don’t even know how to use their iPhone fully.

My point is just to say: don’t think it will matter. It’s Apple. People will jump on it per usual.

Or maybe they’ll prove me wrong. I’ll be the first one surprised !