The iPhone 16 Pro features an impressive camera setup, but the iPhone 17 takes this to another level. While the iPhone 16 Pro has a 48MP wide and a 48MP ultrawide camera, it only has a 12MP telephoto lens that can zoom up to 5x.
The new iPhone 17 Pro boasts three 48MP sensors on the rear, and the telephoto has been redesigned. Instead of a single 5x optical zoom, Apple has added two dedicated focal lengths. There’s a 4x optical zoom at 100mm, which Apple says is ideal for portrait pictures, and a new 8x zoom at 200mm, which is the longest optical zoom Apple’s ever released. In practice, you essentially get more flexibility when taking pictures. While you lose the old 5x optical zoom at 120mm, you now get two shorter and longer zoom options.
Apple also says that it’s improved image processing too, which should result in less noisy low-light photos and better colour accuracy. There’s also a new Bright photographic style that boosts skin tones and photo vibrancy.
On the front, the iPhone 16 Pro’s old 12MP TrueDepth camera has been removed. The iPhone 17 Pro now features an 18MP Centre Stage front-facing camera with a square sensor. While Apple’s called it Centre Stage, it’s nothing like the Centre Stage on the Mac, which is, frankly, a little annoying to use. The new Centre Stage on the iPhone 17 Pro automatically adjusts between portrait and landscape orientation, so you don’t need to rotate your phone. It can also expand the frame for group selfies.
Alongside Dolby Vision HDR and ProRes, the iPhone 17 Pro also supports ProRes RAW, Apple Log 2 and genlock, which are features usually reserved for professional cinema gear. It’s not exactly a feature most consumers will use, but it’s nice to have an expansion for pro-level users. One new video feature I really like is that you can now record footage from the front and rear simultaneously.
Alex Lee | Senior tech critic | The Independent
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