14 DAY TRIAL // Phones with two cameras on the back are already becoming a common thing, and now device manufacturers are making the switch to three different cameras on new-generation models.
Samsung has recently launched the world’s first quad-camera smartphone, and it’s believed that Nokia could soon unveil a device that goes a step further with a total of five cameras.
And while it would make sense for the next-next upgrade to be to six cameras, LG may take everyone by surprise if a recently discovered patent enters mass production.
The company is currently exploring a crazy idea that would bring us a phone with no less than 16 (sixteen) cameras on the back, as discovered by LetsGoDigital.
If this doesn’t make any sense for you, LG actually has a good explanation regarding the need for so many cameras on a smartphone.
Why so many cameras?
This system may have various purposes, and one could be improving the final quality of a photo. Images can be stitched together for one shot that offers just the right colors, saturation, and white balance.
Also, each camera can take a separate picture from a slightly different angle and then let you choose the one you like the most, or simply provide you with further editing options. Advanced functionality could be offered too, like enhanced depth-in-field effect or wide-angle shots, all thanks to different cameras playing another role when pressing the camera button.
What’s more, LG thinks you can use the 16 cameras on the back for selfies too, so it imagines an implementation that would essentially come down to putting a mirror on the rear of the phone. Just like in the good old days when the first camera phones came with a little mirror-like part on the back to see your reflection and take a photo.
Nevertheless, it’s important to keep in mind that this is still in the patent stage, though there’s no doubt that at some point in the future, probably in many years, having 16 different cameras on a smartphone may not sound as crazy as it does right now.