7 The Reason for Vertical Cameras
The iPhone X has a vertically oriented camera setup. The orientation makes sense for shooting photos in landscape mode — but some have theorized that it’s been changed for AR or VR purposes.
In actuality, there’s a more practical reason for the new orientation: the TrueDepth Camera. The suite of sensors is situated horizontally along the top of the device, placing the rear dual-cameras horizontally would have resulted in the two modules overlapping.