There’s a lot to like about the iPhone XS (details) and iPhone XS Max (details) while, in my opinion, the budget-friendly iPhone XR is the best of the bunch. But their launches have been more mixed and having already admitted to one serious launch problem, now Apple has quietly confessed to another…
The company chose not to issue a public statement but instead confirmed to The Verge that the so-called ‘BeautyGate’ scandal is indeed real.
Curiously buried within its review of the iPhone XR, Verge editor-in-chief Nilay Patel dropped the following news:
“Apple told me that the forthcoming iOS 12.1 update, currently in public beta, will address the issue of the front camera appearing to smooth out skin by picking a sharper base frame for Smart HDR, but I wasn’t able to test it yet.”
This, in a nutshell, is BeautyGate. A flaw in the front-facing cameras of Apple’s new iPhones first spotted in late September by popular YouTuber (and increasingly impressive tech sleuth) Lewis Hilsenteger aka Unbox Therapy.
Apple’s response to the issue was complete silence for almost a month. Something which led many to think this image processing was deliberate because beauty modes are extremely popular in Asia, which is a major target market for Apple. That said, given the results looks so unnatural (video below), criticism mounted.
The company chose not to issue a public statement but instead confirmed to The Verge that the so-called ‘BeautyGate’ scandal is indeed real.
Curiously buried within its review of the iPhone XR, Verge editor-in-chief Nilay Patel dropped the following news:
“Apple told me that the forthcoming iOS 12.1 update, currently in public beta, will address the issue of the front camera appearing to smooth out skin by picking a sharper base frame for Smart HDR, but I wasn’t able to test it yet.”
This, in a nutshell, is BeautyGate. A flaw in the front-facing cameras of Apple’s new iPhones first spotted in late September by popular YouTuber (and increasingly impressive tech sleuth) Lewis Hilsenteger aka Unbox Therapy.
Apple’s response to the issue was complete silence for almost a month. Something which led many to think this image processing was deliberate because beauty modes are extremely popular in Asia, which is a major target market for Apple. That said, given the results looks so unnatural (video below), criticism mounted.
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