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by runjake 1012 days ago
> What kind of feature do you to be excited to see in a product that is 16 years old?

Satellite communications.

A 48 megapixel camera with ever improving computational photography.

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Current 12MP cameras are actually 48MP sensors, which use pixel binning for better color and noise. You’re bound by physics here, not corporations.

I didn’t check recent sensors, but 24MP ones would be 96MP with binning. Sony makes multi-mode sensors which can produce different sized outputs to optimize details and image quality for a given light amount.

Computational photography is like artificial flavoring. It looks fine, but lacks the finesse of a big sensor. Also, “dreaming” things in photography is a no go in some contexts.

Also, I think some iPhone models have emergency satellite communications already, no?

> Also, I think some iPhone models have emergency satellite communications already, no?

Yes, Emergency SOS. This was the feature that allowed a family to be located and rescued recently during the Hawaii fires.

https://www.macworld.com/article/2027967/iphone-14-emergency...