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Old Jan 9, 2017 | 10:20 pm
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el aye
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Originally Posted by bocastephen
It won't be possible unless your phone has multiple lenses. While Apple uses software to create the image output, it's actually using both physical lenses to take the photo - which is why the feature is restricted to the iPhone 7 Plus and not other iPhone models.

There are some apps that mimic the effect although the output is not as realistic as a setup with dual lenses. The Xperia phones have a background defocus effect which is software based, but not sure if a similar app is available for other Android phones.
Right. I imagine the best you could do is adding the bokeh/blur in post (which won't look exactly the same as you were using a large aperture for the photo).
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