Apple introduced the iPhone 15 Pro Max along with the iPhone 15 Pro at the Wonderlust event earlier this year. The top-of-the-line model has a new tetraprism lens design with 5x optical zoom. The smaller 15 Pro model did not receive the same lens, as the size of the tetraprism telephoto lens was much larger and would not fit on the smaller model.
Earlier, reports from Ming-Chi Kuo and The Elec claimed that Apple will equip the iPhone 16 Pro and 16 Pro Max with an advanced telephoto lens next year. Now, MacRumors has also received information from its sources confirming these rumors. Let’s see what the latest report reveals about the tetraprism lens on the iPhone 16 Pro models.
As mentioned earlier, Apple equipped the iPhone 15 Pro Max with an advanced tetraprism telephoto lens, but not the smaller 15 Pro model. The reason why the lens was exclusive to the Pro Max version is that a tetraprism telephoto lens would not fit the 6.1-inch bezel of the smaller Pro version. But if the latest report is to be believed, then both the iPhone 16 Pro and 16 Pro Max will feature a tetraprism telephoto lens next year. This is good news for those who want all the features of the Pro, but not the bulk of the Pro Max model.
According to MacRumors, Apple is planning to increase the size of the iPhone 16 Pro and 16 Pro Max. According to the report, Apple will increase the size of the iPhone 16 Pro from 6.1 inches to 6.3 inches, and the iPhone 16 Pro Max from 6.7 inches to 6.9 inches. This increase in size will allow Apple to build a new tetraprism telephoto camera into the 16 Pro model.
MacRumors claims to have seen internal Apple documentation that confirms this fact. According to the documents, the design of the 16 Pro’s camera module is similar to that of the iPhone 15 Pro Max. MacRumors claims that the tetraprism components on the iPhone 16 Pro can be easily identified at a glance in internal documents. However, the publication contains a disclaimer that this is pre-production information and should be taken with a certain amount of skepticism.
