Mega-advanced iPhone 7 camera will take best smartphone photographs EVER

The century of the selfie might seem like a golden age of photography, but it's actually something of a low point in the history of this noble pursuit.

Smartphone snappers cannot have failed to notice that the images they take are of mediocre quality at best - and totally appalling at worst.

And it's no surprise really, considering the tininess of smartphone lenses and the shakiness of the often drunk people who operate them.

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But Apple has been heroically trying to boost the quality of the world's pictures and appears to have big plans for its upcoming iPhone 7, which is set to be revealed in September.

The latest piece of gossip to emanate from the Apple rumour mill suggests the camera in the tech titan's next smartphone will be fitted with special stabilisation technology to make snaps a little less shaky.

The image below was published by a French blog called NowhereElse. It shows "purported" camera which could be set to feature in the iPhone 7.

Apple watchers suggested the lens is equipped with technology which lets it "float" slightly, cutting down on wobbles to produce a clearer, sharper image.

A similar feature was installed on the larger, more expensive "plus" models of iPhone, but if the rumour is true, Apple is planning to bring the feature to the masses.

Of course, Apple can only help with the technical aspects of photography and not the creative ones.

Sadly, the fruity firm won't be able to stop people snapping endless images of their mates lined up in front of the bar of some dingy town centre nightclub or publishing "sausage leg" pictures taken on the beaches of Benidorm.

If someone's got an app for that, please do let us know.