The huge point missed is the depth-mapping capability. While perhaps primitive compared to what we'll see later, it brings to a major device (sorry, Amazon Fire Phone and your four cameras) ability to start processing photos as 3D data. Imagine "live photos" which not only move, but adjust perceived/rendered angles to match the viewer's eye positions. Subtle, minimal, but likely very effective.
Apple’s dual camera phone will change photography as we know it
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Re: Apple’s dual camera phone will change photography as we know it
#12Correct me if I am wrong but how is this different than the dual camera on my HTC M8? Is this revolutionary because it is Apple?
The article admits this (and is a 'top highlight'). >This isn’t the first time a camera manufacturer has put a dual camera system into a camera phone — but with Apple’s software app ecosystem behind it, I believe we will change photography forever starting September 7th. Seems as though the author is saying that because Apple is doing it, that this will now become the norm. If true, I hate that this is true and Apple…
HTC puts a dual camera system in their phone and nobody uses it because it's a tiny subset of all Android phones. That's a lot of engineering effort for a consumer base that is largely oblivious to that feature.
Apple puts a dual camera system in their phone and everyone uses it because they know it'll be a popular product. People who appreciate photography will buy that phone specifically for the dual camera system. It's a positive reinforcement loop here.
If HTC had their own software ecosystem and they managed it as well as Apple does then you'd see the same thing, but that's not the case. They're just another Android phone in a market crowded with phones of all sorts. Their dual camera feature looks like a gimmick and for the most part is.
Re: Apple’s dual camera phone will change photography as we know it
#13http://i.imgur.com/X3uDWSZ.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/CnbNPWW.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/Pj0cilp.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/eifHQp5.jpg
All from Galaxy Note 5. May Apple please grace us with its game changing Depth of Field. No other players in the game. Photography will never be the same.