Apple is expected to announce its latest round of iPhones during an event on September 10, according to AppleInsider on its website.
The report states that both the iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Plus will retain a pair of shooters on the back. There will be the primary wide camera that provides a 1X and 2X zoom, and a secondary ultra-wide camera for the .5X zoom out.
These cameras will now be vertically stacked instead of on a diagonal.
The primary camera will stay the same in 2026. It will still be 48MP with an f/1.6 aperture and optical quality 2X telephoto capabilities.
The ultra-wide though, will get a faster f/2.2 aperture from the f/2.4 it had before. This allows more light to hit the sensor, improving low-light shots.
iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max
The bigger shift is to the two Pro-level phones. They still have three cameras on the back — a wide camera, an ultra-wide camera, and a telephoto camera.
The primary sensor is again, staying the same. It's still 48MP with an f/1.78 aperture that can also take 2X optical-quality 12MP telephoto shots and has 1.22-micrometer pixels.
Both models will get the 5X telephoto lens this year as it will no longer be a Pro Max model exclusive. This will replace the 3X telephoto lens on the iPhone 15 Pro.
The telephoto lens is the same with 12MP and an f/2.8 aperture.
The ultra-wide lens will balloon to 48MP and will have the same pixel-binning feature as the primary camera. It will have .7 micrometer pixels when shooting at full resolution or 1.4 micrometers when used as a quad pixel.
Other camera changes coming to the iPhone 16
The new format is said to be called JPEG-XL. It will sit alongside HEIF, JPEG, HEIF Max, ProRaw, and ProRAW Max that are offered now.
The two Pro models will support 3K video at 120 frames per second with Dolby Vision. The iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max are expected to shoot 1080P at either 120FPS or 240FPS or 4K at 60FPS.
Capture Button for all
The Capture Button should be coming to all four new iPhone models. It will be located in the lower-right corner, so when held in landscape, the camera bump will be on top and your index finger will sit atop the new button.
It's designed to be used exclusively by camera-specific apps. Users will be able to dictate which camera app it opens, be they Apple's or third-party ones.
Once in the camera app, it has a force-sensitive half-press that will be tied to a developer API. This could, for example, lock the exposure and focus, before you press it all the way to take the photo.
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