iPhone 6 Said to Feature Sony's 13-Megapixel Exmor IMX220 Camera Sensor

Nice, hopefully the sensor is big enough to work well in lower light situations. Pixels matter less then sensor size.

13 Megapixels are plenty. More important is low light performance and the auto focus system IMHO.

Pixels matter less then sensor size.

I hope everyone realises this and does not fall into the trap that 13MP is always better than 8MP. There's a lot more to it than that.

I would rather have a 6MP sensor with better dynamic range.

I bet Sony makes more money selling sensors to Apple than selling its own smartphones.

This is exactly what i don't want to happen. I want the best iPhone 6. But I don't want 5.5". if the 5.5" is gonna be their feature packed, flagship model I am going to be really pissed. And I don't care about MP's

So in other words, worse than the S5 camera. Less MP, no 4K recording....they may as well just stay with the tried and true 8MP they've been using for centuries then.

Ugh...

The sensor in the Samsung S5 is 1/2.6" which is smaller than the Exmor IMX220 (1/2.3") so you will get better quality pictures from the new iPhone camera if this is the actual sensor that they are using. See my attachment.

Plan to do a lot of big shot projects in 4K that hardly any device including most peoples existing TV can take full advantage of? Another feature to yet again say they did it before Apple.

According to this Wikipedia page (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image_sensor_format) that lists sensor area in mm, the iPhone 5S sensor is about 61% the size of this rumored 1/2.3" sensor. Furthermore, 8mp is about 62% of the size of the rumored 13mp. If this sensor was, say, something like 13.1mp in effective pixels (but just listed as 13 for clarity), then the scale would be pretty much exactly the same. Furthermore, you also have to take into account increases in sensor quality and noise reduction from one generation to the next, as well as the hires Apple has been making in relation to camera software to give the best result possible from the latest sensors. Many people don't realize how much processing an image goes through before you see it on your screen.

Here is a comparison of sensor sizes. So in this chart, Apple would be moving up from the smallest square to the second smallest.



This is why smartphone cameras will always play second fiddle to the big boys. Sure the quality is getting pretty good, but they can never get sensors this big in a phone. A professional camera like the 5D MkIII I use at work is the biggest rectangle, my 7D is the fourth biggest (light orange), and my casual shooter, the Sony RX100, is the sixth biggest (light green). Most of the popular point and shoots fall somewhere below that, but above the tiny smartphone sensors. Even still, the best camera is the one you have on you—so I still end up shooting a lot of photos on my iPhone. So I would welcome the new sensor and increased resolution—especially for cropping.

I also know that Apple used 2x2 binning on the iPhone 5 in low light, but didn't on the 5S because of the bigger sensor. With the increase in resolution, I wonder if they would bring that feature back to give a super boost to very low-light images, especially given that an increase in resolution would help offset the biggest drawback to 2x2 binning, which is loss of resolution.

So in other words, worse than the S5 camera. Less MP, no 4K recording....they may as well just stay with the tried and true 8MP they've been using for centuries then.

In other words, it will not be chasing megapixel counts but will be the most optimised 13MP camera.

Honestly, it's 2014 and there are people who still think more is better :rolleyes:

And I'm sure that 4k recording is a must have and is used by everyone who has a samsung plasticky s5. :cool:

More is never better.

People keep asking for more battery capacity. Nope, nobody wants a thicker phone, they want Apple to continue driving the hardware and software experience to deliver the incredible battery performance you only get in an iPhone.

More RAM? Not needed. Again Apple's control of the hardware and software experience means they can maximise performance, efficiency and experience like no other company in the entire world.

More megapixels? Haha. I think competing platforms prove the higher pixel count makes no difference they still can't go against the iPhone and win in terms of raw image quality.

I would sacrifice thickness for three things

1. Biggest possible sensor and distance the lens is away from it.
2. Bigger battery - more battery life.
3. More internal storage