{"id":206520,"date":"2026-01-26T03:52:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T08:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/26\/apple-is-leading-the-charge-on-square-format-sensors-and-its-the-most-ive-been-excited-for-a-new-phone-in-years\/"},"modified":"2026-01-26T04:20:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T09:20:09","slug":"apple-is-leading-the-charge-on-square-format-sensors-and-its-the-most-ive-been-excited-for-a-new-phone-in-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/26\/apple-is-leading-the-charge-on-square-format-sensors-and-its-the-most-ive-been-excited-for-a-new-phone-in-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple is leading the charge on square-format sensors, and it’s the most I’ve been excited for a new phone in years!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Apple is leading the charge on square-format sensors, and it’s the most I’ve been excited for a new phone in years!<\/a><\/p>\n

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Publish Date: 2026-01-26 03:52:00<\/a><\/p>\n

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Not to sound too negative but I\u2018m somewhat pessimistic of the need for manufacturers to bring out a new smartphone annually. I can\u2019t be the only one that feels we\u2019ve gotten to the point of diminishing returns where we\u2019re seeing rather small tweaks rather than those big upgrades we enjoyed in the 2000\u2019s and early 2010\u2019s like 3G, GPS, gyroscopes, touch screens, app stores and haptic actuators to name but a few.<\/p>\n

That being said, there was one feature of Apple\u2019s most recent iPhone 17 in September 2025 that did make me stand upright and gave me the same giddy excitement. Apple has done something rather ground-breaking by making its front-facing camera for selfies a square format. In the world of cameras this is a pretty leftfield move \u2013 Apple calls it a \u2018frame changer\u2019 and I\u2019m inclined to agree. Here\u2019s why\u2026<\/p>\n

The new Apple \u2018Center Stage\u2019 front camera has a square 1:1 aspect ratio so for selfies taken at an arms length it no longer matters whether you hold the camera in the awkward landscape, or more comfortable portrait orientation, as you\u2019ll be getting the best photo from either position.<\/p>\n


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All three of the new iPhone 17 models make use of the new 18MP Center Stage camera on the front of the iPhone which removes the need to hold your iPhone awkwardly in the landscape position when taking selfies at an arm’s length <\/span>(Image credit: Apple)<\/span><\/p>\n

I have wondered for years if we\u2019d ever see a manufacturer with big enough cojones to pull off a circular sensor that would maximise the output from lenses which naturally produce an imaging circle. With the conventional 3:2 and 4:3 digital imaging sensors most of us use in our best DSLRs and mirrorless cameras, we crop off a lot of the data from that imaging circle to meet the common rectangular sensor sizes.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m thrilled that Apple has been brave enough to pull off such a move with its square sensor format that is no doubt more cost effective to produce than a circular sensor and…<\/p>\n

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