Expected to take place in early September Apple will release a series iPhone 16 with four models: iPhone 16, Plus, Pro and Pro MaxWe have already encountered many leaks and rumors about the series, the latest of which is that iPhone 16 There will also be no 8K video recording support, which Android flagships have offered for years.
256GB is not enough to record 10-bit ProRes video at 8K
When Apple switched to a 48-megapixel primary sensor on the iPhone 14 Pro models, people were expecting the phones to finally support 8K video recording. Since the resolution requirement for 8K video recording is 7680 x 4320 pixels, or about 33.2 million pixels in total, 8K recording was not possible with a 12MP sensor.
But it turns out that there is another issue that prevents Apple from enabling 8K recording. As you know, Apple ProRes 10-bit recording requires a lot of memory. Increasing the resolution to 8K will not be a good solution, especially for the base variants that have less memory.
Apple may update the base, according to TrendForce report iPhone 16 Pro Up to 256GB of memory still isn’t enough for 10-bit ProRes recording at 8K resolution. For context, shooting a minute of 10-bit ProRes 1080P video on the iPhone takes up around 1.7GB, while 4K video takes up 6GB.
Video recording will get an upgrade, though. According to sources cited by 9To5Mac, the iPhone 16 Pro (and likely the iPhone 16 Pro Max) will support 4K recording at 120fps, an improvement over the 60fps 4K recording on last year’s iPhones.
New image format
JPEG XL is a next-generation image format designed for better compression and quality compared to older formats like JPEG.
According to previous reports, Apple had already added support for the image format in iOS 17 and macOS 14. While no other smartphone maker has yet integrated the format directly into their camera systems for capturing JPEG XL images, it is rumored that the iPhone 16 series will indeed support the format.