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TL;DR
- A leaker has claimed that Apple is testing telephoto converter lenses, ostensibly for the iPhone 18 Pro line.
- Vivo and OPPO debuted these new-generation add-on lenses, which can dramatically improve long-range camera zoom.
- The Galaxy S7 phones supported a 2x add-on lens back in 2016, but the Galaxy maker hasn’t adopted these new lenses just yet.
The vivo X200 Ultra was the first Android phone to offer the new generation of telephoto extender lenses, and subsequent vivo and OPPO flagships support these add-on lenses too. These accessories attach to the phone’s telephoto camera to improve long-range zoom. Now, Apple could also be testing this tech for the iPhone 18 Pro series.
Weibo leaker Smart Pikachu reported that Apple is evaluating teleconverter lenses, with an accompanying hashtag suggesting that this could land on the iPhone 18 Pro series. Check out the machine-translated post below.
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