GOOGLE'S HEAD OF PIXEL 9 DESIGN WON'T APOLOGIZE FOR ITS BIG, BEAUTIFUL CAMERA BUMP

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Claude Zellweger, Google's head of Pixel 9 design, has defended the phone's prominent camera bar as a deliberate design choice. Large camera modules are necessary for high-quality photography. Future designs may evolve as computational photography and AI post-production techniques advance, possibly reducing the need for bulky hardware.