Apple iPhone 16 shown in new leaks with rumoured design changes

[Redaktion]

The iPhone 16 has been showcased again in new leaks, roughly a month before the smartphone's global release. Based on new footage, it seems that various hardware changes could be coming to Apple's new entry-level iPhone.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Apple-iPhone-16-shown-in-new-leaks-with-rumoured-design-changes.875762.0.html

[TruthIsThere]

Shotgun-barrel-shaped design?!

Where have we seen that before?

**cough** Huawei p50 Pro released '21 **cough**

Tim Cook really knows how to design/innovate, huh? 😏

[Jonas Bee]

Anything to ensure folks would need to buy a new cover instead of re-using an older one - there's no need to change the arrangement of lenses, it doesn't improve anything from a technical standpoint, it's just to say "this is radically different! buy it!".

[opelit]

Oh, look, Xperia 5 V

[TruthIsThere]

Oh, look, Xperia 5 V

It is also a clone. That's not an original design from Sony either, though.

[Uliss]

there's no need to change the arrangement of lenses, it doesn't improve anything from a technical standpoint

Bold statement. Can you elaborate on your expertise in smartphone engineering and production.

[Jonas Bee]

there's no need to change the arrangement of lenses, it doesn't improve anything from a technical standpoint

Bold statement. Can you elaborate on your expertise in smartphone engineering and production.

I would be more interested in hearing what the improvement brought by rearranging lenses is at this point, without any sort of drastically different sensors used in newer smartphones since all we have is marketing folks claiming it's better this way for no other reason than to sell you something.

[Uliss]

I would be more interested in hearing what the improvement brought by rearranging lenses is at this point

Internal space considerations? PCB heat management? Something optics-related? Apple rarely moves stuff around for the sake of moving stuff around, it's not Xiaomi. iPhones were in about the same design for several generations.

[Jonas Bee]

I would be more interested in hearing what the improvement brought by rearranging lenses is at this point

Internal space considerations? PCB heat management? Something optics-related? Apple rarely moves stuff around for the sake of moving stuff around, it's not Xiaomi. iPhones were in about the same design for several generations.

Your guesses are as good as mine.

[Registered]

Nice, looks like the cameras are setup for spatial stereoscopic capture.