Since the launch of the iPhone in 2007, the number of cameras on Apple smartphones has been increasing. Along with this, the quality of the image has also increased. Despite the iPhone’s use of a 12-megapixel camera for the past 7 years, image quality has continued to improve.

Sometimes enthusiasts offer comparative photos of the same scene allegedly taken on iPhones of different generations. This time around, such a comparison was published by the SimpleGhar resource, which took pictures of 12 models (from iPhone to iPhone 13 Pro Max). However, the post below shows that the image was shot on a single device and then edited in a graphics program to reflect the mainstream trend of increasing the detail and brightness of images.

The original iPhone changed the way we thought about the phone when it came out in 2007, but it had a very basic camera with no flash, zoom or video. Front cameras didn’t appear until the iPhone 4. At the time of the iPhone 5’s release, enthusiasts were already using the smartphone to create amateur movies. When the iPhone 6 came out, the camera grew to 12 MP and supported 4K video recording.

The iPhone 11 has a wide-angle lens and night mode, while the iPhone 12 has a laser rangefinder. The iPhone 13 Pro is expected to feature a new 48-megapixel camera and an astrophotography mode. Source