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Apple has been including Portrait Mode on iPhone models with only one back camera since the iPhone XR<\/a>, but the iPhone Air<\/a> is the first one to get a fully-featured Portrait Mode.<\/p>\n A brief history<\/p>\n When Apple introduced<\/a> the iPhone XR<\/a>, one of the headlining<\/a> features was how it could take \u201cdramatic portraits using a single camera lens\u201d. However, these portraits were limited to just people and pets. So, if you wanted to take a portrait photo of something like a flower, you could not.<\/p>\n Similarly, the 2020 and 2022 iPhone SE<\/a> models were also limited to taking portrait photos of just people and pets. And most recently, the iPhone 16e<\/a> featured the same limitation.<\/p>\n Next-generation portraits with iPhone Air<\/p>\n New with iPhone Air<\/a> is the ability to take full, \u201cnext-generation\u201d portrait photos. This means you have the full feature set of \u201cnext-generation\u201d portrait features, which was most recently updated<\/a> with iPhone 15<\/a>:<\/p>\n The main news here is that you can finally take portrait photos of any subject. For example, you can take a portrait photo of your breakfast:<\/p>\n Another useful feature is the ability to automatically capture depth information when taking a regular photo. This means that if you forget enable portrait mode when taking a photo, you can go back at any time and turn it on.<\/p>\n Wrap up<\/p>\n These new portrait features certainly make the compromise of only having one back camera much easier to accept. I personally found the next-generation portraits to be my favorite feature of my iPhone 15 Pro<\/a>, so I am very happy to see the feature on iPhone Air!<\/p>\n iPhone Air<\/a> is available for preorder now<\/a> and will launch next week on Friday, September 19.<\/p>\n My favorite Apple accessories:<\/strong><\/p>\n \t\t\t\t FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links. More.<\/a><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_2865.jpeg\")
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