{"id":284901,"date":"2026-07-02T08:14:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T12:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/02\/2026-iphone-photography-awards-show-old-models-still-cut-it\/"},"modified":"2026-07-02T08:30:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T12:30:12","slug":"2026-iphone-photography-awards-show-old-models-still-cut-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/02\/2026-iphone-photography-awards-show-old-models-still-cut-it\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 iPhone Photography Awards show old models still cut it"},"content":{"rendered":"

2026 iPhone Photography Awards show old models still cut it<\/a><\/p>\n

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Publish Date: 2026-07-02 08:14:00<\/a><\/p>\n

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The winners of the 2026 iPhone Photography Awards have been announced, with many of them taken using older iPhones, including an iPhone 8 Plus.\n<\/p>\n

The 2026 IPPA winners were announced after entries from more than 140 countries were submitted. Four overall winners were announced, ranging from Grand Prix to Bronze.\n<\/p>\n

Category winners, runners-up, and honorable mentions were also shared, giving us a wider look at the quality of images that were submitted this year.\n<\/p>\n

Life in the old dog (and cat) yet<\/h2>\n

The overall winner was Robyn Jenson, who used an iPhone 15 Pro to capture a stunning shot of an erupting volcano. Gold went to Gellert Gombai, whose grayscale shot of two children was taken on an aging iPhone X.\n<\/p>\n

Some winners were more colorful than others – image credit iPhone Photography Awards<\/span><\/p>\n

Arnold Plotnick captured a cat on an iPhone 16 Pro for silver, while Catherine Wang used an iPhone 16 Pro Max to capture a shot of colorful melons and a bird.\n<\/p>\n

Gombai’s iPhone X wasn’t the only older iPhone to steal the show, either. Barry Mayes used an iPhone 8 Plus to win the “Abstract” category. That phone was released alongside the iPhone X in 2017.\n<\/p>\n

Moving through the list of runners-up and honorable mentions included an even older iPhone. Diego Schutt used an iPhone 7 Plus, while an iPhone 6s and iPhone 6 Plus also made an appearance elsewhere.\n<\/p>\n

While the majority of the category-winners used more modern phones, it’s impressive that older models are still producing such stunning photos. It may also highlight just how small recent iPhone camera upgrades have been.<\/p>\n

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