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A recent report has indicated that Apple is working on several new hardware options for future phones.

There is an argument that Apple has put more focus on upgrading its software over hardware recently.

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That isn’t a surprise, considering the push forAI-backed featureson modern smartphones.

So what does this mean?

In theory this would give the phone much more control over things like depth of field.

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The hardware may also offer better zoom, which would be a major upgrade over the current Apple cameras.

We will only know for certain when Apple officially announces the phones which could be a while.

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