iPhone Rumored to Get 200MP Camera Like Samsung's Galaxy S25 Ultra

400MP or nothing

Apple will give you 100mp but if you subscribe to iphone camera pro or apple one Tim will unlock 200

MP are the new MHz/GHz myth.

Edit: Not that I really care but it's clear 1-2 people don't understand my comment (random downvotes). Years ago there was a race to more megahertz/gigahertz (clock speed) as if that was better or faster. It wasn't always better and there were diminishing returns. There were also differences with efficiencies.

Here's a simple example.

Imagine there are two children racing to clean up toys. One child can pick up 10 toys every second. The other can only pick up 8 toys every second. Is the first child faster?

Not necessarily. What if the first child gets distracted and drops half the toys, while the second one is more careful and picks up all 8 without dropping any? Then the second child might finish faster than the first.

The "megahertz myth" is kind of like that. Megahertz/gigahertz only tells us how often the computer does something, not how well it does it or how much work it gets done each time. That’s why clock speed isn’t everything — it’s just one part of the story.

It's similar with number of pixels. There are some potential benefits to more, but fewer larger ones might be better overall. Just because 200 > 48 doesn't mean 200 is better than 48. In various tests, the 200MP cameras in Samsung phones get good marks, but they are generally outclassed by cameras with fewer pixels (e.g., in Google's phones or the iPhone 16 Pro).

I know I'm in the minority, but I just don't care about the cameras, and there is nothing they can add in that department that would prompt me to upgrade. Sorry Apple, you need to do something more interesting.

..and my 12MP DSLR will smoke a 20MP or 200MP phone camera, from any manufacturer.

a camera with a bigger sensor and larger lens would smoke a tiny sensor with small lens? who knew?

People who think that 200mp means better than 12mp when it's the sensor and the glass that makes the difference, but those don't market as well.

There is very little practical use for the average user to have 200MP photos. Even in HEIF, they'd still weigh in at several hundred megs an image, so unless you opt for the TB storage option on your phone, enjoy all 36 photos you can take at that resolution ?

The advantage is for Apple increasing their profit with iCloud subscriptions and storage upsells. ;)