WebP Over JPG: Why Modern iPhone Photos Need a Better Conversion Path

As 1.46 billion iPhones produce HEIC format by default, most users experience unexpected incompatibility when uploading photos online. Converting HEIC to JPG—the common workaround—actually degrades quality through 'generation loss' while paradoxically producing larger files. WebP's modern codecs offer a superior alternative that preserves image quality significantly better than JPG while maintaining superior compression, making it essential knowledge for anyone working with iPhone photos on the web.