AppleInsider Staff
Apple's latest iPhone 13 Pro lineup features improved camera hardware capabilities across the board, enhancements that required a redesign of the handset's camera "bump."
Announced on Tuesday, iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max receive a number of camera upgrades including larger apertures on wide and ultra-wide lenses for enhanced low-light performance. Wide and telephoto modules add an additional lens element, while the telephoto camera nets a 77mm equivalent focal length for increased optical zoom capabilities. The ultra-side shooter also adds an autofocus system.
To fit the new and improved technologies, Apple enlarged the rear camera "bump" on iPhone 13 Pro and Pro Max, as evidenced by the company's cases.
As seen above, Apple's Silicone Case for iPhone 13 Pro features a substantially larger cutout for the handset's camera system that measures about 38mm by 37mm. Placing the case on an iPhone 12 Pro illustrates the massively increased footprint.
The iPhone 13 and 13 mini's camera "bump" are also expected to grow slightly as Apple had to make concessions for new sensor-shift stabilization on the wide angle shooter by arranging the two lenses diagonally instead of stacking them vertically. Apple's top-end iPhone 13 Pro Max camera system will also see an increase in size. All iPhone 13 series cameras will protrude farther from the chassis to accommodate new internal components.
Initial shipments of Apple's first-party iPhone 13 accessories are arriving in customer hands ahead of a start to preorders on Friday. Early orders will begin to arrive on Sept. 24.
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Holy crap. I thought this was a regular iPhone in a Max case for a second. I noticed too that the ridge around the camera hole in the pic of the silicone cases looked super high. I am curious to see how cases will compensate for the depth of these camera systems, seems like fewer will allow the phone to lay flat.
It also protrudes out FAR more
I'm guessing the pic is of the iPhone 13 Pro, not the Pro Max, because the hole size of the 13PM is about the same as the 11PM hole.
The bump has gotten to be a bloody eyesore and an annoyance design-wise. Apple's predilection for thinness meets utter laziness in camera design.
At this rate, Apple might as well buy out a company like Nikon and stick one of its SLRs on the back or the iPhone.