With the introduction of the iPhone 13 and its successors, Apple has incorporated an exceptional yet often underappreciated feature into the Pro series: Macro Mode. This innovation enables users to use smartphones to capture detailed close-up images of intricate textures or subjects.
Nonetheless, Apple necessitates certain modifications to ensure the proper functioning of this feature. In earlier models, the ultra-wide lens could not focus effectively due to its fixed nature, which prompted the incorporation of new hardware for the ultra-wide lens in new iPhone lineups to achieve precise focusing.
These enhancements have revolutionized the experience for mobile content creators. Before this development, taking close-up images with the iPhone's native camera was exceedingly challenging. In comparison, Samsung Galaxy phones could accommodate Macro functionality a year earlier, thanks to their minimum focus distance at an optical level.