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iPhone 14 Camera is Blurry

My brand new iPhone 14 Pro Max’s camera is blurry whenever attempting to take close up pictures in 3rd party apps like Amazon, Target, Walmart (ie barcode scans). Phone is brand new out the box, updated to latest iOS (16.0.2), and have reinstalled the apps.


Anyone else with this issue?


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iPhone 14 Pro Max

Posted on Sep 24, 2022 9:03 AM

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Aug 11, 2023 11:56 AM in response to stevenbad

Exactly!! So I can't Zoom in otherwise it is BLURRY!! and the lens is clean...and I am not shaking, photo is laying flat on surface....so I know that there is a problem with the camera. I have a few other issues with my phone and I am not happy about that, the ad kept stating what a great camera on this phone. I disagree. My old iPhone 6 was better.

Aug 17, 2023 1:40 PM in response to nabryan59

It's not a problem with the camera, you're either trying to use digital zoom by zooming in or are too close to whatever you want to take a photo of.


For the normal 1x camera, the minimum focus distance is about 20cm or a little under 8"; software is more than capable of reading codes from that far away, software like Walmart Pay does it without issue as does the Amazon app.

iPhone 14 Camera is Blurry

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