Up until a few short years ago, Apple had no rivals when it came to mobile cameras. In fact, no other smartphone maker even came close to matching the photo or video quality that Apple’s iPhones were capable of achieving. If you go back a bit farther you may recall that early Android smartphones might as well not have even had cameras. Have you been around long enough to remember the uproar when Instagram first released its mobile app for Android back in 2012? It had long been an iPhone-only photo-sharing app, but Android was exploding in popularity and was a huge untapped market for the app, which was in the process of being acquired by Facebook. When the app was finally released for Google’s mobile platform, however, iPhone users were absolutely disgusted. It seems insane when you look back on it, but their disgust was sort of understandable. The simple fact of the matter is that they were used to scrolling through a feed of stunning photos that were crisp and vibrant. Once the app arrived on Android phones, however, dull and blurry photos that looked like they have been captured in the 1800s began flooding their Instagram feeds.
It wouldn’t be much longer before Android phone vendors finally realized how important mobile camera quality was, and they began to invest heavily in relevant R&D. Then, a few years ago, companies like Huawei, Google, and even Samsung actually managed to surpass the iPhone’s camera quality by combining advanced camera sensors with smarter software processing. One of the reasons so many people are still talking about the iPhone 11 Pro and iPhone 11 Pro Max is because it finally marks Apple’s retaking of the smartphone camera crown. After falling far behind Huawei in overall camera quality and even farther behind Google in low-light photo quality, the new triple-lens camera on the iPhone 11 Pro surpasses them both. It’s a huge deal indeed, and it’s fantastic for iPhone users who upgrade to one of Apple’s latest and greatest smartphones. But believe it or not, the outstanding new camera on the iPhone 11 Pro series isn’t even the best thing about Apple’s latest flagship phones.
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