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iPhone 5 to Have a Dual LED Flash?
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Two LEDs spaced apart makes for softer shadows. It doesn't mean twice as bright.
You must have perused the opening story in Braille or you'd see why two LEDs are being used... the problem being solved isn't too little light, it's the hardness of the shadows being produced by a single light source.
Why do you all think that more light is what this is about???
I think the power draw would be negligible.
Especially considering you can run a 4.5v 200 Lumen Cree LED flashlight for ~3 hours on standard Triple A batteries. The current single LED in the iPhone 4 is said to be ~45 Lumens by those who have tested it.
Power drain? Even if you were using the phone as a flashlight there should barely be a difference. I had an Inspire 4G, loved how bright the dual lights were, never had battery issues. (well, Android itself has battery issues... But the lights didn't make things worse)
That is essentially the point I was trying to make with my post. The 2nd LED's additional power drain would be negligible.
Oops, I didn't mean to respond to you. I meant to respond to the person you were responding to. I think there's a very good chance this rumor is true.
iPhone 5:
- 3.7 retina display
- A5 processor
- 700MB or 1GB RAM
- 8 meta icen camera with 1080p video recording
- Dual LED flash. 1 for camera and 1 for led notifications on th front
- New design (no more antenna issues)
- HD FaceTime camera on the front
- Thunderbolt connection for super fast syncing
- SIM free
Thats it.
- 3.7 retina display
- A5 processor
- 700MB or 1GB RAM
- 8 meta icen camera with 1080p video recording
- Dual LED flash. 1 for camera and 1 for led notifications on th front
- New design (no more antenna issues)
- HD FaceTime camera on the front
- Thunderbolt connection for super fast syncing
- SIM free
Thats it.
Won't happen unless Apple wants to provide a secondary adapter with the phones that goes from Thunderbolt to USB2.
Put both flashes on the back for higher quality photos with proper color and light balance. My life doesn't revolve around having a flash notification on the front side.
Make it 1GB or it's going to be 768GB, not some funky 700MB.
Most likely they'll bump it to 1GB and the next version of the iPad will have 1.5GB-2.0GB of RAM and be a Quad Core A6.
Motorola is ramping up with a Quad Core Tegra from Nvidia with 1.5GB of Ram themselves.
http://www.geeks4share.com/2011/05/motorola-builds-its-first-quad-core-smartphone/
I would say at the narrow width of case you have to play with on any phone 2 led flashes just makes it brighter (more well lit) which could be done with just a brighter single flash. Sure, if you have 2 flashes lined up next to each other X meters apart and directing them to the item to be photographed, you would get a much better light coverage, but not when you're talking about a few cms between the flashes.
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iPhone this was not what we meant.
I have the BB bold 9700 at the moment which has the possibility to have different led flashes. Its exciting at first but I've found i don't use them at all anymore.
My wife's atrix takes horrible pics. Has a dual led flash. It's not much brighter if any.
I really hope you're right with all of these points except Thunderbolt and SIM free.
c'mon Apple, we know you can make such a device!
Dual? Try dynamic adjustable flash! They have at least a 10-bit DAC driving the power level of the flash based on the intensity algorithm they licensed. Apple is a good systems house, but primary research for fundamental technologies is for the REAL big boys that don't need marketing fluff.
I suppose it would be churlish not to get excited about improvements to a low-quality camera on a phone?
I don't really understand why Apple have not done this already.
Why would you sit round a table, see what's needed, and what others have fitted to their phones, and, as Apple think, no.... We'll fit something worse than other brands.
Why would you do that in the 1st place even ?
Why would you sit round a table, see what's needed, and what others have fitted to their phones, and, as Apple think, no.... We'll fit something worse than other brands.
Why would you do that in the 1st place even ?
disappointing
I have no problem with shooting casual video, but for taking pictures the iPhone 4 camera sucks. I doubt this new added flash will be much better. The current flash on the iPhone 4 is garbage.
The iPhone is brilliant as a communications device, but it is not a camera. It might take okay shots in the bright sunlight of California, but not in foggy northern Europe. Sure the iPhone 4 is great for taking silly shots of silly moments using amusing apps. It still has a long way to go if it wants to take acceptable photos.
I believe I will be still carrying a good compact camera in addition with me for several years to come to take those memorable photos, in situations when a DSLR is just too heavy to lug around.
I have no problem with shooting casual video, but for taking pictures the iPhone 4 camera sucks. I doubt this new added flash will be much better. The current flash on the iPhone 4 is garbage.
The iPhone is brilliant as a communications device, but it is not a camera. It might take okay shots in the bright sunlight of California, but not in foggy northern Europe. Sure the iPhone 4 is great for taking silly shots of silly moments using amusing apps. It still has a long way to go if it wants to take acceptable photos.
I believe I will be still carrying a good compact camera in addition with me for several years to come to take those memorable photos, in situations when a DSLR is just too heavy to lug around.