iPhone 17 Pro Lost a Camera Feature Pro Models Have Had Since 2020

iPhone 17 Pro models, it turns out, can't instrumentality photos successful Night mode erstwhile Portrait mode is selected successful the Camera app – a capableness that's been disposable connected Apple's Pro devices since the iPhone 12 Pro successful 2020.


If you're an iPhone 17 Pro oregon iPhone 17 Pro Max owner, effort it for yourself: Open the Camera app with Photo selected successful the carousel, past screen the rear lenses with your manus to simulate a low-light environment. The Night mode crescent satellite awesome should look successful the top-right country of the UI, and if you pat the six-dots icon successful the aforesaid corner, you should spot the Night mode fastener successful the options panel.

Now take Portrait successful the carousel and execute the aforesaid low-light simulation with your manus – nary crescent awesome volition appear, and you won't spot immoderate Night mode toggle successful the options sheet erstwhile you unfastened it.

Owners of iPhone 16 Pro and different caller Pro models who execute this trial won't spot Night mode vanish successful Portrait mode, and seemingly this is each by design, according to Apple's ain iOS 26 iPhone User Guide. As spotted by Macworld, the enactment papers says you tin lone instrumentality Night mode photos with Portrait mode connected the pursuing models:

• iPhone 12 Pro


• iPhone 12 Pro Max


• iPhone 13 Pro


• iPhone 13 Pro Max


• iPhone 14 Pro


• iPhone 14 Pro Max


• iPhone 15 Pro


• iPhone 15 Pro Max


• iPhone 16 Pro


• iPhone 16 Pro Max

Users connected Reddit and Apple's ain treatment forums noticed the omission connected iPhone 17 Pro models astatine slightest a mates of months ago, but it seems that the alteration was not wide known (though a DXOMARK Camera test conducted successful September does look to notation the limitation).


The omission is puzzling, since the iPhone 17 Pro's camera hardware should beryllium susceptible of combining the 2 modes. It could beryllium that photos taken with Night mode are constricted to 12 megapixels, whereas Portrait photos tin beryllium captured astatine 24 megapixels.

Still, Apple has not officially explained wherefore the diagnostic is not disposable connected its latest premium models, nor has it said whether the diagnostic volition get aboriginal arsenic portion of a coming bundle update. Either way, we expect Apple volition supply immoderate commentary soon.

Until then, for users who relied connected Night Mode portraits connected earlier Pro models, it astir apt feels similar a downgrade.
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