iPhone 15 Pro / Max camera blurry and won't focus

Bought the phone 15 days back and I am already upset with the camera quality. Upgraded from 11 Pro max, not sure if this was actually an upgrade! Had my scheduled session with Apple support team and even she admitted an issue with the camera quality. I thought it might be the camera protector which is causing grainy images but now I see a lot of people facing this issue. Is this getting fixed anytime soon?? I literally upgraded just for the camera and I am so disappointed :(

Able to focus after disabling Macro control

Settings > Camera > Macro Control and disable it.

None of the fixes listed work for me. I bought the 15 Pro Max FOR the camera, for a volunteer job I have where I have to focus on various parts of plants. This camera is unusable! I upgraded from an iphone SEVEN and that one took GREAT photos. Very disappointed in Apple.

I can't scan my DL or Credit card in 3rd party apps anymore. Apple, please fix this!

iPhone 15 pro camera won’t focus on anything close on any 3rd party app (Snapchat, etc) : r/iphone (reddit.com) - SO MANY PPL ARE REPORTING THIS.

This is totally unhelpful none of these trouble shoots are work. 15Pro max camera is absolutely AWFUL. My iPhone X camera was much better than this one! Rear facing is atrocious but I am not a selfie taker (although it sucks that FaceTime and livestreams will look terrible), so I don’t care so much about that; but the front facing!!!!😭😭😭😱 SO SO BAD!

I am very versed in and skilled with the camera and camera settings on both Apple and Samsung phones and I have tried everything. It’s just simply a poor quality camera. I am so disappointed

I don’t think the apps have access. I can focus very closely when it’s the camera app. But not any 3rd party apps.

I bought the 15 pro, the photos are trash and blurry, especially faces or anything that needs a bit of focus. The cameras are faulty by design, apple doesn’t want to admit because they are going to face billions in losses worth of recalls

I ended up opening a case & after several escalation was a on the phone with someone who agreed this was an issue & offered to escalate to Dev; right when they were in the middle of guiding me to collect diagnostics our call was disconnected. The person I ended up talking to after calling back tried to argue that the behavior I described (blurry pics when using Scan Documents in Notes) was actually expected, working as (incredibly poorly) designed. I didn't want to argue how ludicrous that was & left on a note that they would contact Dev anyway & get back. No news so far...

I have the same issue on my iPhone 15 Pro Max. Cannot focus nearby object in WhatsApp and other applications as well. No issue on native camera app. Seems the app is unable to switch to macro mode? .....

Curious whether it is my iphone hardware issue, or a known issue related to app compatibility with the new camera.

seems like iPhone 15 pro switch different lenses pretty well in the default camera app but other apps using camera functionality does have this support.

For example:

* Open WhatsApp chat and click + and click camera

* Now try moving the phone close to any object it will start blurring.

* I tried Facebook, Snapchat and a few other apps. Problem exists across all these apps.

* try the same with iMessages app and it uses the default camera app and it’s able to focus properly by switching lenses.

My wife's iPhone 15 Pro Max does not focus for photos using the .5x and 1x lens, the 5x lens works correctly. Video doesn't focus for any lens. She has been working with Apple Support to fix the focus problem, with no success. Apple engineering claims it's a software problem and they’re working on it.

This appears to me a hardware problem. I am an electrical engineer with much computer experience. Apple diagnostics doesn't detect the failure. You can see the problem with your eyes, the diagnostic is deficient.  

I have the same iPhone, and mine focuses correctly on each lens. Identical camera's using the same software, where only one fails, is a definite indicator of a hardware failure. 

We have asked Apple to replace her iPhone. By declaring this a software problem, Apple prevents the support team from a costly replacement of failing iPhones. There are a lot of iPhones that have the focus problem.  

Apple is trying to find a software workaround for this hardware problem, but have not succeeded so far.  It's now Christmas season and many Apple customers with the flagship iPhone have a useless camera.

Has anyone found a workaround so my wife can take Christmas photos? Does this problem also occur on other iPhone 15 models?

I upgraded from 13 pro specifically for the camera. The 15 pro is a definite downgrade. I’m so disappointed. Apple needs to sort this out asap. Wish I had my 13 pro back.

Oh gawd. My first FB Live with the 15pm and it was crap. Blurry. I had to hold the phone so far from the items I was attempting to show up close. I felt like I was using a 6s. Please tell me this is user error.

My iphone 15 pro has the same issue too