iPhone 5, New clues about the 8-megapixel sensor

A few days ago we were talking about the presentation of a new 8-megapixel sensor developed by Omni Vision, which in size and period of commencement of mass production could be introduced in some new products designed in Cupertino and especially the successor to the iPhone discord’s iPhone 5.

In that article mentioned it, perhaps, Apple's designers have added in each of the sensors higher performance while remaining a step (or two) behind the competition. And the reason was that the iPhone by, in addition to telephone, to hook onto the Internet. But if the networks of mobile operators are not quite offering performance does not make much sense to produce photos and video "heavy" (in terms of megabytes).

But maybe something is going to change.

As we said, to take a photo like this (especially "heavy") to a camera with a mobile phone does not make much sense especially when we then send the photo in question with an e-mail and do it directly from our iPhone. It is obvious that sending an email like that would cause an exaggerated consumption of data traffic but most of time. Send e-mail with the heavy current upstream speeds offered by mobile carriers’ world is a torture worthy of Tafazzi.

So why put a sensor like the iPhone OV8820 5 if the speed for sending the content produced with a component that would send a lot of time high? Because things are changing. We do not know whether to push Apple's (very likely) or if because of the great dissatisfaction of its users, Apple is a partner in addressing the problem of speed. Let's talk about AT & T.

Last summer, AT & T announced its plans to develop the mobile network with HSPA + protocol. And now, the U.S. carrier has upgraded approximately 80% of its network . HSPA + with theoretical maximum speeds achievable in the upstream reach to touch the 22 Mbit. A great step forward that would allow sending data "heavy" like a photo taken at 8 Mpixel but a few minutes of video shot in 1080p.

The time is ripe, therefore, for the integration of a sensor such as the recently announced iPhone in Omni Vision 5. And if these are the conditions when the question is what to expect from HSPA + will be passed to the protocol LTE (Long Term Evolution), which theoretically can reach 50 Mbps upstream.