Apple Order Confirms Major Camera Upgrades For iPhone

Apple has placed orders with a local component supplier for new parts that suggest it will upgrade the iPhone’s camera to 3.2-megapixels when it introduces the next addition of the iPhone this summer. Taiwanese rumor site DigiTimes claims Apple has appointed Sunnyvale, Calif.-based OmniVision to supply it with 3.2-megapixel CMOS image sensors for the next iPhone.
Separately, DigiTimes claims that OmniVision “is also said to have secured 5-megapixel CIS orders for another Apple product expected to be launched later in the year.” The fabless CMOS image sensor designer reportedly beat out STMicroelectronics and Aptina Imaging for the orders. (AppleInsider)