How do I fix the selfie camera of my iPhone 15 Pro Max?

Apple please fix this problem. I take a selfie and love the image I’m looking at, but once I snap the photo and see the final image it’s garbage. I don’t see myself like that at all, and it makes me feel bad. It makes me feel old, and every flaw is accentuated even when I don’t see any flaws when I look at myself in the mirror or prior to taking the photo. It’s kind of depressing that it makes me feel so speckled, old, dark shadows, the list is long. Please fix the problem and go back to the old way.

This is not helpful, Apple. The front camera is horrible. Pay attention to what users are saying and find a fix, please!

I came here looking to see if I was the only one. I hate the way it makes me look!! 😩😩😩😩😩😩😩 I really hope that this is something they can do an update on but I will be selling my iPhone if they don’t honestly. 😭 Such a bummer for me.

Is apple trying to find a fix?

After the new update the front cam is still like that.No changes.i need the original vivid effect.I bought this new 15 pro for mainly for the photography.I am very sad with the front cam. Pls do the needful asap.

Honestly it’s terrible, I bought this phone upgrading from a 12 X and was so excited to have a new phone with better photos for a big international trip. And now they’re worst than my older phone by far. So upset about this, it’s ridiculous.

Finally Perhaps a Solution!! So I took my 15 Pro Max to the Apple Store today and the tech held is 15 Pro Max side by side to mine, took photos, etc. The quality of his phone was night and day better than mine. Apparently the phone settings out of the box are not best conducive to the front facing camera. So he adjusted all of the settings to match his and it got pretty close. I think his might have looked just a tad better for some reason, maybe placebo vision or something.....but mine was 200% better than it was when I took it in. Can I tell you what those settings need to be, no but he adjusted quite a few in the main menu camera settings as well as on the phone as the camera was activated. Tone, etc. I'm not an expert, I bought the phone because I hate cameras and just want to point and shoot. Anyway, perhaps it's something apple can adjust automatically in a future software update, or post ideal front facing camera settings but I'll have to say I can sleep a lot better now. Thanks to the tech at the Apple Store who figured that out!

I think this is more than embarrassing!! I have just bought my 1st iPhone (by accident, it is the latest-15), after reading so many positive 'official' reviews about the spectacular AI integrated into the camera. And I am more than disappointed!! The truth is that I had a Samsung Galaxy 8, a Huawei P20, and a Xiaomi that took wonderful pics, but I wanted to make an upgrade to my phone(the previous one, the Huawei, had its wi-fi connection lost). Trusting an Apple fan, I decided to give a chance to the iPhone, despite I thought it was too expensive comparing to what he does. The worst decision in my life!!! In the first place, I thought that I was insane, the pictures taken with the front camera were absolutely horrible!! Then I googled it and now I am thinking of returning the phone this weekend because nothing seems to convince me to keep it! I think the fact that the Apple team did not take any measures since now, is a real lack of respect. Otherwise, they must have done something with the quality of the portraits, especially selfies- they look dirty, miserable, grey, amplifying all the imperfections. On the other hand, the other pictures look very commercial, even if not really natural(but I like them).

Apple Team, maybe it's my lack of luck, but you have convinced me to never get another Apple again! To pity, because the other specifications were exactly to my taste and I got used to IOS during only one evening! Hope to hear from you soon, something to convince me to keep my iPhone 15 and not replace it with something else in the next 2 days (maybe an urgent release of an upgrade, fixing the problem-smooth filters incorporated in the camera app, more natural and bright colors for the faces, automated detection of human faces and smoother/ brighter appearance. At this moment, not only that the new camera amplify all the imperfections, but you look much much worse than in the mirror, in the harsh reality.

Hope for a swift reply!

Don’t buy iPhone 13,14 or 15. The front camera is terrible.

I believe Apple downgraded the iPhone 15's front camera compared to previous models. I recently switched from Samsung to the iPhone 15 Pro Max, excited to have the latest device, but I was really disappointed by the front camera's performance. It produces dark and dull images, making my face look much older than it is. Apple should address this issue with a software update soon, or else I might consider switching back to Samsung.

Thank you

My first comment was declined, so I’ll be nicer. Like everyone is saying… $1500 for a phone with a terrible camera, the worse of all the models. My husbands 11 pro max is much better! Why is the photo so nice on the camera screen but once captured it looks AWFUL! Apple, what are you going to do??? You really expect ppl to be ok with this in the world we live in right now where photo and video reign? Do something asap!!!!

I have the same problem. Before I take selfie it looks beautiful and after I look so old, dark and wrinkly. My 12 too beautiful photos. I regret upgrading

I have the same problem, I bought the new Iphone 15 pro max 3 days ago, it is my first Iphone I was excited about it, then my excitement was turned into disappointment when I tried the camera which is the reason why I bought the iphone with around $2000 here in Morocco, the quality after taking the photo is trash, before taking it looks pretty good but after the shot, the quality drops in an unexpected way, it makes you look so dull and ages you by years, a $80 phone would have taken better selfies. I hope it is a software issue that apple would solve with an update asap. All this made me so frustrated, and felt like i was cheated.

I have the exact same problem. I bought my iPhone 15 Pro at an Apple store when travelling in Miami but I live in Argentina and cannot return it. I hope they fix this with a software upgrade because the quality of the front camera is just awful.