Feb 18, 2024BF3F-0033Not comparable
Mac Otakara: iPhone 16 could revive vertical cameras
The iPhone 16 could use vertically arranged rear cameras similar to the iPhone 12.
A photo posted on Weibo of a purported iPhone 16 back panel showed a vertical camera arrangement, Mac Otakara reported, similar to the iPhone 12 rather than the iPhone 15 Pro's layout.
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- What was reportedThe iPhone 16 could use vertically arranged rear cameras similar to the iPhone 12.
- Who said it, and whenIt was reported on Feb 18, 2024 in Mac Otakara, and we could not tell who reported it first.
- What happened, and whenApple iPhone 16 was announced on Sep 9, 2024, 204 days after this report. From our product record · source
- The verdict, and whyNot comparableThis measured a different thing from the number the company published, so the two cannot be compared.Why: The assertion is explicitly a possibility that iPhone 16 could use an iPhone-12-like vertical layout; the final design cannot establish the internal option set.
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- Apple iPhone 16 · reported as “iPhone 16”