14 DAY TRIAL // We’ve known for a while that the iPhone 7 Plus will come with a dual-camera system, and this has made many Apple watchers call the standard 4.7-inch version a rather dull model that gets only small improvements as compared to its bigger brother.
But it turns out that Apple doesn’t really intend to leave the iPhone 7 much behind and is also planning some camera upgrades for this particular model, and a photo that has gotten leaked today provides us with a closer look at these goodies.
Coming via NWE, this screenshot compares the camera module of the latest iPhone models and of the upcoming model, showing that the version prepared for the standard iPhone 7 will adopt technology that was previously available on the Plus.
And the most obvious addition is optical image stabilization, a feature that was exclusively offered on the Plus and that will now be provided on the standard iPhone too.
iPhone 6s Plus-like camera module
If you analyze the iPhone 6s Plus camera closely, you can see four different cutouts around the lens, and these are being used specifically for mechanisms that improve the stabilization and allow the camera to shoot better pictures and videos when you don’t have a steady hand.
The existing iPhone 6s camera module, on the other hand, has only two such cutouts, and it’s believed that, by adopting the 6s Plus design, the iPhone 7 will benefit from huge improvements in terms of stabilization.
The boring side of the iPhone 7, however, is the design, as the existing leaks have shown only small visual changes, such as antenna lines moved to the top and bottom of the device and the camera cutout closer to the left corner.
Certainly, while hardware upgrades might be compelling for some, the very small design differences will make many delay their purchases, at least until next year, when Apple is expected to introduce a bigger overhaul of the iPhone lineup with a completely new design and bigger hardware upgrades.