Rumor: 2011 iPhone with a 8MP sensor from Sony

By PR admin | Published: April 13, 2010

The Street reported that Apple has picked a 8MP sensor from Sony for the upcoming 2011 iPhone:

"Apple has picked Sony's 8-megapixel camera chip for the 2011 iPhone, according to supply and manufacturing sources, said Rodman Renshaw analyst Ashok Kumar."

OmniVision reported that Apple ordered 5MP sensors from them for the next, 2010  iPhone.

2010: 5MP

2011: 8MP

Why posting iPhone rumors here? Because the iPhone is now the most popular camera on flickr.

Via MacRumors

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10 Comments

  1. Anonymous
    Posted April 13, 2010 at 4:05 pm | Permalink

    It’s 2010 right now…. the OmniVision 5MP sensor is claimed to be in the “next” iPhone (the 2010 model due out in a few months), the 8MP Sony sensor is claimed to be in the 2011 model (not the “next” one).

    • PR admin
      Posted April 13, 2010 at 4:12 pm | Permalink

      oops – thanks, I update the post

  2. King Of Swaziland
    Posted April 13, 2010 at 5:31 pm | Permalink

    Because pumping megapixels into a pinhole cam will make all those shakeycam photos on Flickr sooooo much better…

    • Mark
      Posted April 13, 2010 at 10:50 pm | Permalink

      Megapixels is a number that defines how good a camera is. It’s not a number about the amount of pixels, diffraction or increased NR for that plastic wrap look. IQ automatically increases, the higher this megapixel number is. Even the content in the photos gets better if this number is ludicrous in relation to sensor size, “It takes great photos!!”

      • King Of Swaziland
        Posted April 14, 2010 at 1:16 am | Permalink

        How many megapixels do they need to cram into the iPhone to make the noisy shakeycam effect go away?

      • disco
        Posted April 14, 2010 at 1:31 am | Permalink

        really? i better sell my d40 then and save up for this… ken will not be pleased!

      • Jesus_sti
        Posted April 14, 2010 at 10:16 am | Permalink

        Tiny hole -> less light -> bigger iso -> more noise
        more MP -> more noise
        more noise -> poor color
        more noise -> poor definition
        bigger definition -> finaly less defenition …

        • King Of Swaziland
          Posted April 15, 2010 at 6:23 pm | Permalink

          A) Is sarcasm beyond you?

          B) You are missing an important step in there. Crappy Light + Piss Poor ISO performance -> Ridiculous Shutter Speeds -> Blur’o'matic photos

  3. Rock Kenwell
    Posted April 14, 2010 at 7:56 am | Permalink

    False rumours. Truth is, on my advice the new iPhone 2011 will sport the fabulous D40x sensor and will therefore be called the iRock.

    Sure, some funny guy may try to convince you it will be call the iKen but we all know tha is just a cheap laugh.

  4. Nobody Special
    Posted April 15, 2010 at 11:01 pm | Permalink

    Well I have to say that it’s important to remember first and foremost that it’s a phone that happens to have a built-in sensor that records images (and video) but it’s not a camera.

    I use my ‘image sensor’ phone for images often enough – but it’s not a camera – it is amazing what can be done with it – and I’ve actually recorded some nice images, even though they can’t be enlarged to much size. Good for Mac, but it’s still a relative after thought when I consider a phone purchase.