Ming-Chi Kuo of KGI Securities (via MacRumors) is reporting that Apple will be making improvements to both the front and rear cameras on the next-generation iPhone. He claims these improvement comes from Apple wanting to make the device thinner and to better work with a 16:9 display that the new iPhone will likely sport.
The camera module will stay at 8 megapixels, but the aperture will be opened from f/2.4 to f/2.2, which will reduce the thickness of the module by 0.5mm.
Kuo argues that with the introduction of a 16:9 display, Apple will be forced to upgrade the front-facing camera to HD quality, up from current VGA quality. This makes sense considering HD video has a 16:9 aspect ratio that would match the new screen, whereas VGA has a 4:3 aspect ratio that works nicely with current screens.
To reduce the thickness of the front-facing camera, Apple will be adopting a flip-chip packaging for the module, which will help to simplify lens production by including the blue filter.
I have no insider information, but none of this sound unreasonable to me. Apple is always shooting for thinner/lighter, and better cameras and display are all par for the course.
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