iPhone 14 Pro Could Sport a 48-Megapixel Primary Sensor

iPhone 14 Pro could come packed with a 48-megapixel main camera.

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As corroborated by a recent report, this will mark the third time an iPhone has increased the resolution of its main camera.

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As per a January 12 report by TrendForce, Apple's upcoming flagship iPhone 14 Pro will sport a 48-megapixel camera.

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As per a report by Apple Insider, it's likely that Apple needs the higher resolution in order to offer 8K video recording on its Pro phones

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A portrait or a landscape could use more megapixels, while a low-light photo could end up pixel-binned to 12-megapixel

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Renowned Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has pointed to a 48-megapixel main camera on iPhone 14 Pro on a number of occasions.

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He's also said that a periscope zoom is coming with the iPhone 15 in 2023.

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As for the front of iPhone 14, some reports claim that it will drop a full-sized notch in favour of a hole-punch camera, either a single or a pill-shaped one with inbuilt Face ID.

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