The iPhone Air does a phenomenal job for a phone with a single rear camera. ☝️📸
Unlike the iPhone 17, which has two, and the Pro models, which have three, the Air relies on Apple’s Fusion camera system to get the job done. It can capture up to 48MP, blending several images into detailed 24MP shots, with f/1.6 aperture, sensor-shift OIS, 2x optical-quality zoom, and digital zoom up to 10x.
You still get Apple’s essentials – True Tone flash, Photonic Engine, Smart HDR 5, and modes like Portrait, Night, and Panorama – but without an ultra-wide lens, you lose the 0.5x option and the broader zoom range of the Pro models. Even so, the Air’s photos at 1x and 2x are excellent: sharp, colorful, and well exposed, with fast shutter speeds that freeze motion.
The selfie camera is where things really get interesting. Apple’s new 18MP square sensor works in both portrait and landscape, and supports wide and narrow fields of view. That gives you up to eight possible photo styles from a single len...
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