The fact that the company is going to gradually remove sensors and a camera under the display in the next generations of iPhone has long been no secret. Insiders even published a kind of road map of changes, according to which in 2025 we will see an iPhone with a dot cutout, and in 2027 – with a screen on the entire front surface.
In such a configuration, the problem inevitably arises of reducing image quality, as well as the accuracy of face recognition and new patent reveals in part how Apple plans to combat these shortcomings. So, when Face ID sensors are activated, the display area above them will simply turn off, and photos from the camera will be additionally processed by algorithms.
And if you don’t have to worry about the fate of the on-screen Face ID, the camera inspires certain concerns. Yes, computational photography is developing by leaps and bounds, but so far images from hidden front cameras look simply terrible. Just for fun, we decided to check this out again and compared photos from last year’s iPhone 14 Pro and the very fresh Nubia Z60 Ultra, and the difference, as they say, is obvious:
