iPhone User Notices Something off—Then They Realize: ‘Made Me Cringe’
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An iPhone user couldn’t figure out what was wrong with their pictures, but they finally identified the problem, and it was a surprisingly simple fix.
Reddit user captain_jak13 took to the r/iphone forum with a pair of identical photos, showing the difference between a photo taken with a camera lens protector and without.
“I have always thought camera lens protectors were necessary and even though they got dinged up and made picture quality worse,” the original poster (OP) wrote.
“That means they’re working, right?”
The second photo, taken without a lens protector on the original poster’s (OP’s) iPhone 16, changed their mind—the picture quality was significantly better, with sharper contrast and clearer quality.
“I think I see what everyone else is talking about,” the OP wrote.
“I’ve had these on maybe 3-4 months and they weren’t even that dinged up, but I decided to test the difference because my pictures lately have seemed to lack the desired quality.”
The OP added that the photos, “made me cringe, [laugh out loud].
“It’s just not worth it. If I’m gonna pay $1,000 for a device and also have it insured, what’s the point of hindering its capabilities?”
‘The hardest thing’
Reddit contributors agreed that the OP had seen the light.
“I used to no case and never had a issue with the camera part mainly back glass or front glass,” one shared.
“Apple spends a pretty penny to make the clearest camera lens out of sapphire … and then people put an acrylic s*** over it,” a critic remarked.
“When I first got my 15PM I asked my carriers salesman if he recommended protectors for cameras,” a commentator recalled.
“He said I’m supposed to say yes, but honestly they are made out of sapphires and about the hardest thing to scratch on the device.”
Finally, one individual offered a different solution: “They have cases where the lens protectors have a little hinge or slide open to take pics.”
Cases That Could Help
iPhones are known for having excellent cameras and shoppers can find a number of refurbished options on Amazon.
As the commenter noted, some cases—like this one from Suritch—has protection for the camera which can be removed when the user wants to take a photo.
This case from Supcase, meanwhile, doubles as a stand if the user wants to set their phone on a table.
Newsweek has reached out to captain_jak13 for comment via Reddit.
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