History of the iPhone's Camera

Watch how the iPhone's camera quality and features has improved over its 15 year lifespan. Beginning with the original iPhone in 2007 and ending with the iPhone 13 Pro in 2021.

[Chrinsj]

I love how they used iJustine's photos for the first two iPhones

[ishsquish]

It’s so crazy yet really interesting to see how much Apple has evolved since the beginning!

[Sir_Uncle_Ned]

So it's been 12 megapixels for quite a while now, but Apple manages to do more with that every year as they can fit better image processing stuff on the SoC. Remarkable. Even the original iPhone 2MP shooter looks far better than the 2MP on my Nokia 6120C.

[pjhsrandomvid]

Really Glad that you add iJustine on the Pic of the “2007 iPhone” ❤️❤️❤️

[TyDoolittle]

My favorite 😍 is the iPhone 8 Plus. A trooper in disguise.

[thefuturegamer]

It makes sense that you missed the SE models, being that they are a repeat of an older model but with just a new chip set, but you missed the iPhone XR..

[kasunsameera]

I love Apple Explained. Looks premium, simple, always to the point and clean! Just like Apple itself!

[Food-is_Life]

Everytime Apple Explained uploads a video I hit the like button right when it starts because I already know it'll be a great calming video and will leave learning something new about Apple. Thanks Greg. 😊👌🏼

[casper]

I still see some photographers using an iPhone 5 and it’s held up quite well

[callumlumsdon]

Good video!! I love it, your work is so amazing!

[CapoCongo]

You give the best explanation in 2/3 min videos

[ThatOnePaulGuy]

YES, something Sam will be happy about! In all seriousness though, it’s nice to see these videos go back to a more traditional and classic style of Apple Explained 👏

[thomast]

You listed the resolution of the screen instead of the images… oof

[dustinbergeron]

The iPhone XS Max camera design is hands down the best. I hate the square body from 11 on up

[donaldcoppler]

The iPhone 6s was the first iPhone that could record 4k video

[JeckaIsAnotherSpecies]

So dang simple and elegant, nice work!

[finnrobinson]

I already love this video and it is not even over yet!

[UpwardOpossum]

I feel like the iPhone 4s was the start of good ass iPhone cameras that phone can film 1080p 30fps for a 2011 phone that’s insane

[hfrj]

Thank you for the excellent video. However, I would have loved to see the same photo and set up for all models in order to really compare and see the evolution more objectively.. Thank you again

[stevenafay]

Out of all the iPhones I’ve owned (5s, 7 Plus, XS Max, 11 Pro Max, 12 Pro Max, & 13 Pro Max) here are my rankings for my fav cameras

1. 13 Pro Max
2. 11 Pro Max
3. 12 Pro Max
4. 7 Plus
5. XS Max
6. 5s