iPhone 13 rumored to have ultrawide camera with diagonal lens

Leaked pictures of iPhone 13 show its camera lenses laid out like a triangle for better wide-angle photos and a larger bump around them

  • Photos leaked on Weibo allegedly show different iterations of Apple’s forthcoming iPhone 13‌
  • The phone’s camera will reportedly have a smaller aperture and include automatic focus
  • To help counter shakiness, it’ll also have shift optical image stabilization on both the wide and ultra-wide lenses
  • Other rumors include a portrait mode for video and an astrophotography mode for shooting the night sky

Newly leaked images of a device purported to be the iPhone 13 suggest it will have a larger camera bump with lenses laid out diagonally, allowing users to take better wide-angle and zoomed-in photos. 

Snapshots of dummy units of the phones were posted on Chinese social media site Weibo Wednesday.

One of the models, a non-Pro, had the much-discussed diagonal lens. Previous models have been arranged vertically. 

Other claims about the upcoming release, expected in the fall, include a slightly larger camera ‘bump,’ a 2.5x telephoto zoom, and an upgrade to the super wide-angle lens.

MacRumors reported the iPhone 13’s camera will have a f1.8 aperture, lower than the f2.4 on the iPhone 12. 

A lower aperture means more light enters, which creates dynamic photos and a nice depth of field. It’s also useful for shooting under lower light, like at night.

The improvement could come to all four rumored models, the site said, the iPhone 13, iPhone 13 Mini, iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max.

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Photos purported to be of dummy units of the upcoming iPhone 13 surfaced on Weibo this week. They indicate the camera will have a larger ‘bump’ and diagonal lens

According to Tom’s Guide, the lenses will also include automatic focus and sensor-shift optical image stabilization (OIS), which help counter shakiness. 

Sensor-shift OIS debuted with the iPhone 12 Pro Max’s telephoto lens, but with iPhone 13 Pro or Pro Max ‘the sensor shift OIS will be on both the wide and ultra-wide lenses,’ Tom’s Guide reported. ‘It’s uncertain if the same technology will touch the front-facing camera.’

As for that thicker bump, it ‘would allow the lenses to sit flush with the surface, rather than protruding out as they currently do,’ CNET reports. 

‘While this may be purely for aesthetic reasons it may be in part to allow for the wider aperture and sensor-shift stabilization that may be added.’

Tom’s Guide also referenced a portrait mode for video and an astrophotography mode for shooting the night sky.

A wider camera bump would allow for the wider aperture and sensor-shift stabilization expected to be part of the new release

The next iPhone will allegedly have a lower aperture, which allows more light to enter— good for creating a nice depth of field and shooting under lower light. Pictured: A purported iPhone 13 Mini prototype

Of course, since Apple hasn’t officially shared any specs, everything about the iPhone 13 is pure speculation—even its name: a survey conducted by the used-phone site SellCell found that almost 75 percent of respondents thought Apple would avoid labeling its next-gen smartphone with the number ’13,’ considered unlucky in some cultures.  

Nearly one in five (18.3 percent) said they’d refuse to buy anything called the ‘iPhone 13’ because of the superstition.

In a January segment, Front Page Tech host Jon Prosser claimed he was told ‘it was probably going to be called the iPhone 12s,’ Cult of Mac reported.

Apple did follow up the iPhone 4 with the 4s, and the same with the iPhone 5 and 6, but it’s largely avoided the convention since then.

The dummy unit shows a smaller notch on the iPhone 13. Other rumors include an astrophotography mode for shooting the night sky

‘I was also told that we probably won’t ever get an iPhone 13,’ said Prosser.

As Cult of Mac points out, Apple did launch iOS 13 in 2019. And 13 is only bad luck in the West—in China, it denotes good fortune because it means ‘assured growth’ or ‘definitely vibrant.’   

Meanwhile the number 4 is considered terribly unlucky in China because it sounds like the word for ‘death,’ and Apple still rolled out the iPhone 4. 

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