LG's patent for a phone with 16 rear cameras gets approved in the US

This year we are definitely seeing a trend where smartphone makers are employing multiple cameras on the back side to give users more options for clicking pictures. The recently launched **Galaxy A9** has four cameras on the back while the rumoured **Nokia 9 PureView** is said to have five cameras at the back. But have you heard of a phone having 16 cameras at the back? [caption id=“attachment_4133091” align=“alignnone” width=“1280”] LG Logo.[/caption] LG has just filed a patent which shows a device that has 16 lenses arranged in a 4 x 4 matrix on the back. It is kind of like how the **Huawei Mate 20 Pro**  has arranged its camera setup but this LG phone will have 5 times more lenses. The LG patent, as per a report by Letsgodigital was granted on 20 November by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). [caption id=“attachment_5616601” align=“alignnone” width=“826”] LG Patent.[/caption] The usability of these 16 lenses is that the user can choose and combine the image from multiple lenses together before taking a picture. The patent also says that just like the ZTE Nubia X  smartphone released earlier, this LG phone could also employ a secondary display on the back to use for clicking selfies. The patent also mentioned about the possible folding nature of the smartphone. [caption id=“attachment_5616621” align=“alignnone” width=“770”] Mobile imaging on LG 16-camera phone. LetsgoDigital.[/caption] While folding displays and dual-screens are not overkill, putting 16 lenses on a smartphone’s back certainly is. Moreover, we have seen that even by putting in multiple cameras no smartphone has been able to match the **Pixel 3XL** ’s photo-shooting abilities. So it remains to be seen how this 16 camera implementation is actually used or if this smartphone will even see the light of day.