New MacRumors It has been reported that Apple plans to use a tetraprism telephoto lens on both the iPhone 16 Pro and the “iPhone 16 Pro” Max in 2024. Our findings align with claims made by Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo in September and repeated recently. Elec also published a report claiming the same thing about the existence of the tetraprism, although with more details.

iPhone 15 Pro Max is equipped with a tetraprism telephoto camera. The folded glass structure inside uses a tetraprism design that reflects light multiple times, providing up to 5x optical zoom compared to 3x on the iPhone 14 Pro Max.

This year’s ‌iPhone 15 Pro‌ was launched without the new and improved tetraprism telephoto lens, likely due to space constraints. The components required for the tetraprism camera take up much more space than the telephoto camera currently found on the “iPhone 15 Pro” and therefore won’t fit on the smaller 6.1-inch device.

With the “iPhone 16 Pro”, Apple aims to increase the overall size of the devices; The iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max screens will be approximately 6.3″ and 6.9″ in size, respectively. The increased dimensions of the device will provide enough space for the new tetraprism telephoto camera and internal documents. MacRumorsconfirms this change.

Internal documents detailing the design of the ‌iPhone 16 Pro‌ camera module reveal that the module bears significant similarities to the one used in the ‌iPhone 15 Pro‌ Max. At first glance, it is easy to identify the area containing the components of the tetraprism.

It is important to note that the information provided here is preliminary and may not reflect the hardware in final mass production units. “iPhone 16 Pro” is still months away and change is always possible.