Ryan Christoffel: ‘Apple explains why iPhone 17’s selfie camera changed so much’

Nash also highlights how the final product will be better than ever, not just the process of taking the photo.

For example, she mentions how keeping the iPhone in portrait orientation means subjects’ eyes will always be looking in the right place. With landscape selfies, that’s often not the case.

This is a really good point that I hadn’t considered. Landscape selfies do often have the group looking awkwardly off to the side.