Apple will typically test out multiple iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max design prototypes before selecting one that enters the mass production phase. However, according to one tipster, unnamed sources have shared the most absurd rear camera bump choices from the technology giant, with one of them apparently being triangular in shape and resembling an electric razor. This information arrived shortly after we reported that the aforementioned models were being tested with a rear camera bump that resembles a fidget spinner.
Updated information regarding this design change comes from none other than Majin Bu, who states that he has been in touch with various unnamed sources that informed him that the iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max will not feature a rear camera bump in the shape of a fidget spinner. Instead, it will sport a triangular form factor. As for why Apple’s designers would take this path, the tipster states that it will allow the company to add more cameras to the upcoming flagships, or at least sensors sporting a bigger size than their direct predecessors.
As the majority of you know, the iPhone 16 Pro is also reported to feature a tetraprism telephoto lens upgrade, but where the iPhone 16 Pro Max is said to one-up the iPhone 15 Pro Max is in the primary camera category. The upcoming flagship is said to tout Sony’s Exmor IMX903, and it is slightly bigger than the IMX803 unit at 1/1.14 inches and supports technologies such as double-layer transistors.
The maximum camera resolution will reportedly be retained at 48MP, but the physical size bump may have forced Apple’s iPhone design team to explore a new rear module. Of course, since Apple is known to test a boatload of prototypes
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