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iPhone to boast 5-megapixel camera

Next-generation iPhone is to provide a 5 megapixel camera, if the reports from Taiwan, “industry sources” is to believe.

DigiTimes has it OmniVision Technologies is scheduled to meet CMOS image sensor orders to change the Apple iPhone from the sensors to the current 3.2-megapixel 5-megapixel models, with which he described as “content”.

According to similar reports by DigiTimes phone camera got an upgrade from 2 megapixels to the current model, which refers to these rumors that may be on the money.

In addition, the report reveals that Apple is to increase the order of the units from 20 to 21 million this year, from 40 to 45 million units next year, with the next iPhone model due to hit the shelves “at some time during the second half of 2010 “.

This schedule fits with news from the Moscone Center that suggests strongly that the Apple WWDC event, traditionally the launch pad for the iPhone, is to take place from late June to early July 2010.