The iPhone 17 Center Stage Camera Will Make Selfies a Whole Lot Easier
The four iPhone models unveiled during the Apple event in September 2025 obtained a new interesting camera upgrade: the iPhone 17, the iPhone Air, the iPhone 17 Pro and the iPhone 17 Pro Max have a brand new 18 -megapixel camera. I do not care much about the number of megapixels, but I care about the upgrades of quality of life, and the central camera allows you to take different types of selfies without turning your iPhone.
Apple eliminated the standard 4: 3 sensor for the front camera of the iPhone. Instead, the central camera has a square sensor – a first for iPhones – which offers a higher resolution and a wider field of vision. The result is that you can hold your iPhone vertically and take photos and videos in portrait or landscape mode, regardless of your preference. Apple says you can capture photos in four different compositions, all without turning your phone.
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During the launch event of the iPhone 17, Apple showed a pre -recorded demo of a group of people taking selfies with the camera. It starts with a person by clicking on a selfie, and more people join the setting later. The demo shows the application of the camera automatically detecting people’s faces and expanding the frame without any user input, and if it works as announced, this will reduce the effort necessary for group selfies.
Personally, I have always hated taking group selfies because it is so difficult to hold my iPhone Pro Max Heavy in landscape mode. In the portrait, my plug on the phone is more natural, and I can easily press the volume buttons to take photos. The iPhone 17 models should allow me to do this exactly, but I can have photos in the landscape.
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The new front camera of the iPhone 17 also takes better videos. Apple says that the front camera of the scene makes it possible to allow an ultra-stabilized video in HDR 4K, which means that you will get less trembling videos even from the front camera, including in video calls via FaceTime or other applications where the central scene is intended to keep you more stable and in the frame. An additional advantage of the new sensor is the double capture, a new mode which allows you to record the front and rear camera simultaneously, which can appeal to the content creators in particular.
