Poor iPhone 11 camera quality or photos app bug?

So I'm on my second iPhone 11. The first took some very dull photos that looked as though they were airbrushed. I swapped it out and long behold, this guy is no different. Here's what I noticed though. If I open a new photo I take, it's very dull and blurry. If I zoom in and back out on that very same photo, it clears up and looks fantastic. All new photos I take do this. I'll post some examples of my yard I took. I've seen various threads from people talking about awful quality from their cameras and am beginning to wonder if its solely software related. I also have an XR with the same O.S build installed and it does the EXACT same thing. Blurry initial photos, but clear up when zoomed in and out.

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Posted on Sep 29, 2019 2:38 PM

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Oct 9, 2020 4:22 AM in response to Eustis9

11 Pro Max here. I don’t seem to have this issue with blurry photos that gets fixed after zooming in and out but I do think that generally speaking camera quality is garbage. When in 100% zoom on the photo there is next to no details, everything is jaggy and distorted. Even using the “best” 1x lens. Don’t get me started on that super wide 0.5x because that thing is plain and simple unusable. I didn’t buy the phone for the camera (I have a Nikon D7100 for photo needs) but I DID hoped for an upgrade over my iPhone 7 Plus for some quick random snaps when I don’t have my camera either me or I can’t be bothered with getting it and taking an actual photo.

Oct 11, 2020 6:06 PM in response to Vlucaj91

Bought the XS Max .. an upgrade from a 6plus!

noticed pics were not as good as 6plus. Selfies were horrible! Red eye you couldn’t fix! Front and rear camera is horrible!! Didn’t happen with the 6. Traded for 11 Max pro. Same old thing. Apple you should be ashamed for selling us this junk! The improvements you talk about are worthless. How about listening to the buyers and fix this camera problem!!

Nov 27, 2020 12:34 AM in response to teo2x2

Are you using iCloud Photos and optimise storage? Zooming in is forcing the download of the full resolution photo from iCloud; without zooming you may just be seeing the low resolution, optimised preview. The more photos you are having on your iPhone, the more photos will get optimised, if your iPhone does not have much free storage.

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