Sony has made (and most likely will going forward) most of the digital camera sensors in the world. In all kinds of cameras. In Sony, Apple, Canon, Nikon, everybody.This is an interesting turnout. After seeing all the crappy cameras that Sony makes, how did they manage to slip into my beautiful 4S and produce such wonderful pictures? Oh... Well, cause it's apple, duh!
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First iPhone 4S Image Sensor to Be Identified Comes from Sony
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The front camera is exactly the same as the iPhone 4 front camera and is only VGA resolution, it's just for Facetime really.
Back camera. Front camera sounds like it is fairly equivalent to the iPhone 4. It doesn't need to be high-end anyway. There's technical/space limitations, and it is really appropriate for chat/FaceTime and self-portraits anyway.
Apple's own lens? Don't be ridiculous.
"Our engineers have added a 5th lens blah blah" is marketing BS.
Apple provides the specs to Sony, Sony manufactures it. In fact it might not even be a custom design, but something that Sony offers anyway (as is the case with the OmniVision modules)
Lens; No. It is a 5-element design which is coupled tightly to the sensor - I cannot believe the whole assembly is not made by Sony. As an optical designer, I would love to get the optical design and analyze the limits of the imaging performance, but I can tell you it has improved distortion, sharpness, and color correction over the 4.
Software; Yes.
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I'm sure it's investigative work like this that the sheep just hate. It just takes away from giving all the credit to Apple and only Apple. Sheep don't want anyone but Apple getting credit for iProducts. Bottom line, Apple is not a true OEM. They are just like Dell, they package other true OEM's innovations. Yes it's that simple.
And going to a store twice a week for two months because every time you come in they don't have any iPhones (or not the model you want) is the better solution?
(Note I did not go to the store twice a week for two month but I went at least half a dozen times there over a period of two months.)
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