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TL;DR
- Apple might reportedly add 4K/120fps video recording to the iPhone 16 Professional collection.
- This comes after Sony, Samsung, and vivo all supply 4K/120fps video on their telephones.
- Apple has additionally apparently examined 8K video recording on its gadgets.
The iPhone 16 collection is anticipated to launch on Monday, and the regular stream of leaks has now became a river. The newest leak suggests Apple might seize a characteristic that some flagship Android telephones have had for some time.
9to5Mac reviews that the iPhone 16 Professional collection will shoot video at 4K/120fps, citing its personal sources. This might be an improve over 4K/60fps seen on earlier fashions just like the iPhone 15 collection.
A number of Android telephones have supplied 4K/120fps video recording, particularly Sony’s previous few Xperia 1 telephones, the Samsung Galaxy S24 Extremely and Galaxy Z Fold 6, and the vivo X100 Extremely. This allows slow-motion video that isn’t as sluggish as present 1080p/240fps modes however is rather more detailed. Vivo and Sony’s telephones even supply 4K/120fps recording on their periscope cameras for improved flexibility.
There’s no phrase if the iPhone 16 Professional collection will assist 4K/120fps video on all rear lenses. Nonetheless, the outlet additionally reviews that customers can join exterior storage to the brand new iPhones and document ProRes 4K video at 120fps.
8K video coming to iPhones?
9to5Mac additionally says there’s proof Apple has been testing 8K video recording on the iPhone 16 Professional collection. Nevertheless, the web site says it’s unclear whether or not this characteristic will land in business iPhone 16 gadgets.
8K video requires a ~33MP digicam or larger, which suggests the characteristic might theoretically arrive on the 48MP essential digicam and the anticipated 48MP ultrawide lens. However the iPhone 16 Professional is tipped to supply a 12MP folded zoom digicam, which suggests you wouldn’t have the ability to document 8K movies at 5x.
8K recording has additionally been obtainable on Android telephones since roughly 2020, though it nonetheless looks like overkill in 2024. Nonetheless, the characteristic is helpful in case you’d prefer to crop in on a video after the very fact. Samsung additionally affords an 8K Video Snap characteristic, permitting you to seize 33MP frames from 8K clips, akin to a burst picture mode. So there are a few causes to make use of 8K video recording.
In any other case, the outlet reviews that the iPhone 16 collection will even supply assist for the JPEG-XL format, pausing and resuming video recording within the digicam app, wind noise elimination in movies, and new photographic kinds.
