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Opinion: Why the iPhone 6 camera is only 8 megapixels

By Bob Snow The iPhone 6 camera has the same 8 megapixel count as the 5s and this has spec-happy geeks bashing the phone. There are compelling reasons for going lower and I will try to lay them out. Small sensors can suffer when they have a high pixel density. The sites that gather light […]

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Rumor: 5.5-inch iPhone 6 variant will feature optical image stabilization feature

If you’re hankering for an iPhone 6 with optical image stabilization (OIS), it may only be available on the rumored 5.5-inch version. Per AppleInsider, a research note published by KGI analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has indicated that while the iPhone 6 will use a middle-mount open-loop voice coil motor, not an OIS VCM. The part is […]

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Apple buys SnappyCam

No more than a week into 2014 and Apple is already scooping up another small technology company. This time it’s an iPhone app called SnappyCam and its developer, John Papandriopoulos. Don’t go looking for it in the AppStore though, it has unfortunately been removed, so if you ‘snapped’ it up (couldn’t resist) consider yourself lucky. As […]

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Rumor: Next-gen iPhone could feature improved camera, faster processor, could ship in June or July

It’s the rumors that make technology interesting. Per DigiTimes, the next-generation iPhone components will begin shipping at the end of May, and the Apple’s new smartphone could show up sometime in the third quarter, matching with other reports that an iPhone 5S would be released in June or July. Components for the next-generation iPhone will […]

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Purported 8 megapixel image taken with iPhone 5 surfaces

The iPhone 5’s camera, it might be looking forward to. Per PocketNow, a picture has surfaced online that is alleged to have been taken by an Apple engineer with an 8-megapixel camera from the still-unannounced fifth-generation iPhone. The data associated with the so-called “test photo” states that it was shot with an iPhone 4, but […]