iPhone 14 Pro’s Thick Camera Bump Could Mean An Upgrade For Users

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Recently leaked schematics of the iPhone 14 Pro revealed a larger camera bump, but as per a credible source, that aesthetic change actually has to do with an upgraded 48-megapixel camera that Apple is bringing in 2022. So far, the rumor mill has been preoccupied with what the iPhone 14 Pro and its Max sibling will look like from the front, thanks to a reportedly notch-less design.

Several rumors have pointed to Apple ditching the boat-shaped notch on its Pro iPhones in 2022 and opting for a pill + punch-hole design instead. Essentially, the screen will have two holes drilled at the top — a pill-shaped cutout to house the Face ID sensors, and a circular hole of the same height for the selfie camera. The design hasn’t been seen so far in the smartphone industry, which has left a lot of people wondering how it will look in real life.

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Detailed schematics of the iPhone 14 Pro models were recently leaked by Max Weinbach detailing the larger camera bump on the iPhone Pro models. TFI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has now explained what the huge camera bump is actually for. Kuo’s Tweet mentions that Apple has fitted a 48-megapixel camera on the iPhone 14 Pro and its Max variant, up from the 12-megapixel wide-angle camera seen on their predecessors. Thanks to a more megapixel-heavy snapper, the diagonal length of the CMOS image sensor (CIS) has reportedly increased by a healthy 25 to 35 percent margin. Additionally, the height of the entire sensor and its lens elements have also increased between five and 10 percent.

Apple has been increasing the size of the camera island on iPhones for the past couple of years. It mostly has to do with the imaging