“Wasting no time, Apple has released the first iOS 10.1 beta and it sees the company quickly fulfil a major promise,” Gordon Kelly writes for Forbes.
“Rolled out for developers today (with a public beta coming Thursday), iOS 10.1 includes the much hyped new ‘Portrait’ mode. Apple discussed this extensively at the iPhone 7 launch last week as its ability to intelligently use bokeh (background blur) in portrait shots produces some truly stunning results reminiscent of premium SLR cameras,” Kelly writes. “This effect is best seen on the iPhone 7 Plus thanks to its dual lens camera (which uses dual shots to create a greater depth of field) and it is a timely pickup given this supposedly revolutionary camera has so far not proved a game changer in my tests.”
MacDailyNews Take: We’d hazard a guess that your tests probably suck since you don’t even know that Portrait mode isn’t “best seen on the iPhone 7 Plus,” it’s only seen on iPhone 7 Plus.
“But the new Portrait mode isn’t exclusive to the iPhone 7 Plus and all iOS 10 capable smartphones (iPhone 5 and newer) will benefit,” Kelly writes. “This is going to make iOS 10.1 an essential download, just so long as Apple steers clear of introducing any showstopping bugs.”
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MacDailyNews Take: The new Portrait mode most certainly is exclusive to the iPhone 7 Plus which is the only iPhone that has the dual-camera hardware that the feature requires.