Sony CEO Lets Slip That iPhone 5 Will Have 8MP Camera 176
An anonymous reader writes "During a recent interview with Walt Mossberg, Sony CEO Sir Howard Stringer may have inadvertently let it slip that Sony plans to supply Apple with 8 megapixel cameras for the next-gen iPhone. While discussing the Japanese earthquake, Stringer noted that Sony's camera sensor plant in Sendai had been affected and that shipments of 8 megapixel camera sensors to Apple were subsequently delayed."
I don't buy it (Score:5, Interesting)
This rumor isn't credible. 8MP is a bad idea unless you make the lens and sensor bigger. The trouble is, as you increase the megapixels you reduce the amount of light the sensor can collect. Creating significantly poorer photos in low light conditions and slightly poorer photos in normal conditions.
If you have a huge lens and sensor, like some phones and like a point-and-shoot camera then 8MP (or more) is a great idea. But apple isn't likely to do either of those.
They already made the lens and sensor about as good as they could in the iPhone 4. I think we're a long time away from seeing an 8MP iPhone camera.
Sony is in bed with Apple? (Score:4, Interesting)
I care because I didn't know that Sony supplied components to Apple. Maybe I have just been living in a cave or something....but I didn't know.
And now that I DO know, Apple is on my do-not-buy list.
I hate Sony THAT much. And you should too.