According to Steve Moser of TheTapeDrive, the 48-megapixel ProRAW camera found on Apple's iPhone 14 Pro Max and iPhone 14 Pro could require up to three times as much storage as photographs taken with the 12-megapixel ProRAW. The company's future iOS 16 update's code revealed the discrepancy in file size. A 48-megapixel ProRAW image is reported to require 75MB of storage, whilst a 12-megapixel ProRAW image uses up to 25MB. A YouTuber also posted a video demonstrating how the Photos app uses 80.4MB of storage for a 48-megapixel photograph.
According to a picture of iOS 16 code that TheTapeDrive's Steve Moser posted on Twitter, a 12-megapixel ProRAW image will only use 25MB of storage while a 48-megapixel ProRAW image will only 75MB. This means that compared to the 12-megapixel camera on the iPhone 14, iPhone 14 Plus, and the iPhone 13 series, the 48-megapixel photographs taken by the 48-megapixel camera on the iPhone 14 Pro Max and iPhone 14 Pro will use three times as much space on the internal storage.
The screenshot provided by Moser also implies that 12-megapixel or 48-megapixel ProRAW photographs taken with the wide lens at 1x can be saved. Night mode, flash, and macro photos will, however, always be recorded at a lesser quality of 12 megapixels. The Photos app also displays a 48-megapixel photo with a file size of 80.4MB and a resolution of 6,048x8,064 pixels in a video uploaded by YouTuber Sara Dietschy.
In case you forgot, Apple debuted the iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro on September 7 during its "Far Out" launch event.
Storage options for the iPhone 14 Pro versions include 128GB, 256GB, 512GB, and 1TB. With a 48-megapixel primary lens, a 12-megapixel ultra-wide lens, and a 12-megapixel phone lens, the devices have a triple rear camera configuration. The primary camera features a seven-element lens with an aperture of f/1.78, second generation sensor-shift optical image stabilisation (OIS), and 100% focus pixels. It can also capture 4K videos at up to 60 frames per second. The phones feature a 12-megapixel selfie camera with an f/1.9 aperture up front.
