One of the most common complaints among iPhone users is lens flare when taking photos. Apple might solve this really soon.

Apple files patent to finally fix a major iPhone camera flaw, the lens flare using micro-scale absorptive gratings.

As a photographer that shoots both film and digital, I think the trick to retro images may actually be in the lens ...

If further correction is required, which is probably unlikely for most photography ... giving a perfect backdrop to portraiture. Flare, as befits a lens that might well be used at night, is ...