I know. My sister has the maxed out +1000€ iPhone pro max ultra titan signature edition. And what it does is make use of the ultra wide angle lens when coming closer to an object. The pictures are still looking like garbage compared to any older iPhone. Because with those fisheye lenses you have massive distortion everywhere but in the very middle of your picture. See the comparison I’ve attached a couple of days ago. The pro is listed there too. Apple states „beautiful and sharp macro pictures“. And not the pro, not the normal and not mini is capable of doing so. Same with the iPhone 14 I’ve tested recently. But the 12 for example has no problem at all doing any of that. Or the 11.
Also my mini and the normal 13 and the 14 have said ultra wide angle lens just like the pro has. And because of this, I also don’t understand why we don’t get at least the bad looking close up feature on our non-pro phones. Even tho they’re capable regarding the hardware.
So when it comes to camera, I simply can’t recommend anyone to get an iPhone 13. But just go for the cheaper and in any aspect better 12.
And until I don’t get a prove that the loss of close up capabilities is justified somewhere else by being substantially better in another discipline, I have to stay with this statement. Since I don’t see any other improvement over the normal 12 camera.
well… apart from the „cinematic“ feature. But that’s just another software trick. So this doesn’t count.
