iPhone 7 Plus Camera Problem against Direct light

I had an appointment at Apple Store in Sydney last week, but I did not go. My wife has 7, I have got 7 plus and we own iPad Pro 9.7. They all have this problem. I knew I will get a similar answer like you Mathias. Surely everybody has the same problem. What should we expect from Apple? Nothing! Even if they change the phone for you, it will be the same!!

Veeeery very disappointing! I have been Apple user all my life. Not sure where Apple is heading with this. Many will not follow!

Same here. Very flawed camera. I bought this iphone for one reason only and it was for the camera that was supposed to be awsome but i think it is the complete opposit. Apple needs to find a solution to this issue that it seams that alot of people are having.

Alas, it seems to be a problem up and down the iPhone line - perhaps an intrinsic problem with all very thin smart phone lenses.

However - I found a fantastic app - TouchRetouch - that fixes it and more! I wrote about it on my blog. I'm still using the iPhone 6 Plus.

http://lerner.net/touchretouch-a-great-iphone-app-to-clear-up-lens-flare-and-oth er-photo-problems-and-unwanted-objects-e…

I have this same problem on my 7 plus

I have exactly the same problem... Apple can you respond to us?

Taken with iPhone 7

Look at that annoyingly blue dot.

Just moved from Android to Apple, bad impression. 😟

Seriously, Apple?

Actually, this kind of lens flare problem turns out to be an issue with all thin smart phone lenses. I have seen photos showing this occurs with the new Google Pixel as well.

It's an optical problem having to do with bouncing photons.

I do highly highly recommend that TouchRetouch app mentioned above. Then you don't have to worry about it.

Also, with the new iPhone 7 Plus you can see the dots prior to taking the picture, so you can adjust your angle a bit before shooting to avoid them, when possible.

Yes, sir.

TouchRetouch app should be great alternative for this issue, especially for people who's capture & edit first.

But it's kind of major issue, because some of the people most likely to capture-and-share. 😟

From the articles I read on the issue though, it seems like a problem of nature itself. The optics of the very thin lenses required for a tiny camera in a thin cell phone simply has physical limits. Photons get in and under certain direct lighting situation they can bounce.

You know you can edit using TouchRetouch right from within the Photos Camera Roll, right? You don't have to go into a separate app and load the picture and fix it, etc. You can edit it just like with all the other editing features built in to Photos, like cropping the picture, and adjusting the exposure.

Hi , I don't agree that this persist in all the thin smart phones. I have been a Sony user my entire life and I have got an iPhone 7 recently which has the blue dot issues and I have never faced the same with my Sony smartphones which are thin phones as well.

Hi ,

I have I phone 7 and i am also facing the same problems. Can anyone find a solution for this ? or only way is to visit apple store ?

Same problem here ..

It seems this is a serious design flaw with the camera glass cover. When shooting in low light, directly against a light source produces refraction of that light against the glass cover, similar to what happens inside your eye when light passes through its own lens (if you wear contact lenses you know how it happens).

Have a look at the photo below, where the light of the cross was reflected upside down on the photo! So much for the "amazing" night shots on the iPhone 7...

Yea i also hv the same problem

Can anyone pls help me how to solve it

Pls