Taiwanese sources suggest the debut of an all-new model iPhone, equipped with a 5-megapixel camera, could coincide with the currently mooted WWDC 2010 event in June.
Industry sources report orders for OmniVision’s CMOS image senors as used inside the iPhone are set to more than double in 2010, anticipating 40-45 million units will ship next year, in contrast to the 20-21 million estimated to have shipped in 2009.
We can also look forward to higher-quality cameras in future iPhone models - Digitimes sources report OmniVision has “secured 5-megapixel CIS orders for the next-generation iPhone model, which will hit shelves during the second half of 2010.”
OmniVision doesn’t manufacture the cameras inside every Apple iPhone: while it provides the 3.2-megap
