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Apple's iPhone 17 will forever change how we take selfies - including on Android phones


Selfie with iJustine and Tim Cook at 2025 Apple Event. Jason Hiner/ZDNET

We always knew people took a lot of selfies, but when Apple unveiled its 2025 fall devices, it revealed that iPhone users had taken over 500 billion selfies in the past year. Since there are about 1.5 billion iPhone users in the world, that's an average of about 330 selfies a year per person.

In this selfie taken on the iPhone 17, you can see the level of detail in the face, hat, and the texture on the wall. You can also see the dynamic range in the clouds in the sky. Jason Hiner/ZDNET

No wonder Apple decided to reimagine how the front-facing camera works on the iPhone this year.

In the process, Apple also gave the selfie camera a big upgrade in image quality. For those of us who take a lot of ...


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