An interesting article from the Ars Technica talked about the possible result if Apple Inc. would decide to improve the number of megapixels of the 3G iPhone’s camera. According to the article, this might lead to a worse picture quality instead of the other way around. Some people agreed that Apple Inc. retained the megapixel of the camera. Others still think that it is best that the company should have made improvements.

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From the article of Ars Technica, they said that if the Apple Inc. would still retain the same lens in the 3G iPhone and make use of a higher resolution sensor, the images would not be sharper. Moreover, it is simply not acceptable if there would be a sharpness of a 2-megapixel camera in a 5-megapixel camera. There is another option though. Apple Inc. may




try reducing the size of 3G iPhone’s lens opening. However, if it is the case, the amount of light reaching the sensor would certainly be reduced. As a result, the 3G iPhone will have a tougher time taking nice picture when placed in a location with dim lighting. Aside from that, Ars Technica also mentioned that another problem would certainly arise if Apple Inc. would improve the camera of the 3G iPhone. The more megapixels that are compressed in the same sensor, the smaller would be the pixels. This would produce underexposed pictures as well as images that are filled with noise.

If Apple Inc. would really want to have an improved iPhone camera, they should add other features instead such as improving the lens quality, adding auto focus, adding a flash or add a better software for the camera.

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  • One Comment to “Does the camera of the 3G iPhone needs improvement?”

    1. on 03 Jul 2008 at 9:07 pmDub

      Apple is a little slow with improving their camera quality. I’m not upgrading to their 3G model until they take care of this key feature since its indispensable and I use the camera more than web browsing.

      I provided a link below to the quality of pics I get from my 3 year old Sony Ericsson 2MP w810i phone. If my old camera has these features, why can’t Apple - autofocus, timer, macro, video recording, exposure adjust. It’s too bad most US consumers get all the crappy phones because of the service agreements with manufacturers and are used to bad quality pics.

      Some pics below were adjusted in saturation and color temps in Picasa. The biggest problem I’ve noticed with camera phones is dealing with overly white/bright scenes and purple fringing.

      Example Pics

    What's your opinion?