DigiTimes is reporting that OmniVision Technologies has received orders from Apple for 5-megapixel camera sensors, which are reportedly for the next-gen iPhone. The report also claims that Apple will receive some 40-45 million of these sensors from Apple throughout 2010.
OmniVision Technologies is expected to see CMOS image sensor (CIS) orders for Apple’s iPhone devices grow to 40-45 million units in 2010 from 20-21 million estimated this year, according to industry sources. The sources said OmniVision has secured 5-megapixel CIS orders for the next-generation iPhone model, which will hit shelves sometime during the second half of 2010.
DigiTimes does have some credibility to back them up, seeing as they accurately reported that Omnivision had signed a contract to supply Apple with 3.2-megapixel camera sensors that found there way into the iPhone 3GS.
That said, this is the same source that claimed Apple had already ordered 5-megapixel cameras, that have suspiciously not shown up in any shipping Apple product yet. They also claimed 3.2 megapixel cameras were headed for the iPod touch, iPod nano, and iPod classic lines, but seem to have been dropped at the last minute. The nano currently has a .3- megapixel camera in it.
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