📱Apple, Please Don’t Let AI Spoil the iPhone 17 Camera Experience
The iPhone 17 is just weeks away, yet I can’t shake a growing concern about its cameras. In 2025, AI has become a standard part of every new phone launch — not just in headline features like Gemini Live or Circle to Search, but baked deep into the camera experience itself. We’ve seen the Honor 400 Pro’s image-to-video AI tool astonishingly bring old family photos to life, and the Pixel 9 Pro using generative AI to add new elements or even create entirely new scenes from scratch. But Apple’s iPhones have always stood apart by focusing on delivering some of the best image quality possible in a smartphone — a standard I hope remains unchanged when the iPhone 17 launches in September. As a professional photographer, I want to see that same relentless dedication to better photography, not just more AI tricks. To be clear, I’m not against AI. Used thoughtfully, it can be powerful. I appreciate ChatGPT and Google Gemini’s conversational capabilities, Adobe Photoshop’s AI-powered object r...