Anecdotally, this seems to line up with the migration from iPhone 11 -> 12. I notice that in photos of anything including the sun, it would throw off the sensor

Anecdotally, this seems to line up with the migration from iPhone 11 -> 12. I notice that in photos of anything including the sun, it would throw off the sensor/software stack. The even funnier/frustrating thing is that, because the HDR post-processing is done after when the photo is taken usually the end result is much different than what you see in the viewfinder.