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Apple’s got a new camera in its brand new iPhone 5: 8-megapixels with a 3,264 x 2,448 backside-illuminated sensor, five-element lens, and f/2.4 aperture sits on the rear of the new device. “Same as the iPhone 4S, but thinner.” 25 percent thinner in fact, to match the now slimmer iPhone. The branding remains the same — it’s still the iSight — but a few new bells and whistles have been added alongside the thinning. A new dynamic low light mode, for one, and a fancy sapphire crystal cover. The phone’s new A6 processor also helps out, offering a “smart filter” for better color matching, as well as speedier capture and still capture during video.

In terms of functionality, there’s a new panorama mode, that allows picture stitching for multiple images into one larger shot (a whopping 28 megapixels in total) — it looks like the 4S is getting this function as well, though it’s unclear if it’ll be via iOS 6 or what. Photo sharing is also getting expanded, adding more social functionality — images can be shared with multiple friends or family members, and then those folks can comment.

But you only care about video, don’t you? You’ll be glad to hear that it’s getting expanded as well. The rear camera still offers 30fps 1080p HD capture, albeit with better image stabilization. The front facing camera now features 720p video for all your extreme close-ups. Speaking of FaceTime, it will be available via LTE on the iPhone 5. But on all mobile networks? We’re not so sure just yet.

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Apple details iPhone 5’s new camera: 8MP, ‘same as iPhone 4S but thinner’ originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 12 Sep 2012 13:34:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Things just kicked off here in San Fransisco where momentarily Apple will be unveiling the all new iPhone 5. We expect some great things to come from today’s event but as usual they’re talking numbers. In case you’re not following along you can watch it all unfold on our live blog at live.slashgear.com, then check out the mind boggling numbers below.

Last year Apple announced 300m iPods sold and over 16 billion songs had been downloaded, but now just a short year later those numbers have surely grown by huge margins across the board. Today while on stage Apple’s man in charge Tim Cook just stated store numbers and Mountain Lion upgrades, surely devices are next. Apple has stores in over 12 countries, and announced that they’ve served over 83 million visitors. Pretty impressive numbers to say the least. He also briefly talked Mountain Lion upgrades for OSX stating over 7 million copies have been sold. Oh and don’t forget the fact that they’ve now sold over 400 million iOS devices.

With the launch of the all new iPhone 5 coming up shortly, those stores will soon be full of huge lines and eager patrons looking to buy the next big thing. This event has just kicked off and surely we’ll be hearing plenty of other impressive numbers from Apple, then the star of the show which we all know is the iPhone 5. Will it be the biggest upgrade in consumer electronics history? Stay tuned to find out, and be sure to get any and all Apple related news from our Apple Portal.

Apple: Stores in 12 countries serving over 83 million visitors is written by Cory Gunther & originally posted on SlashGear.
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The new iPhone 5 is here. It’s thinner and faster than ever, with a new form factor that uses a gorgeous panoramic screen with more resolutions and less consumption. It also surfs the web much faster, thanks to its new LTE capabilities. And, just as we knew, it has a new smaller dock connector called Lightning. More »

Yep, as pretty-much-confirmed this morning, the newest iPhone will be able to ride the fastest cellular data out there, meaning web, streaming video, and all of your downloads will be ten times as speedy—with 8 hours of battery. More »

Wondering just how well Apple’s iOS device sales have been faring versus their Android counterparts? CEO Tim Cook has just revealed that Apple has sold (not just shipped) 400 million iOS devices from the 2007 launch through to June 2012, a hike from the 365 million it reported at WWDC. For context, Google’s Andy Rubin mentioned just Tuesday that a total of 500 million Android devices had been activated, although the gap may be closer than implied at first: there’s been a few months between then and now, after all. Still, the new tallies show that Google wasn’t waiting for the iPhone 5 to quicken its pace, even if Apple’s sales are still very brisk.

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Filed under: Cellphones, Mobile

Apple counts 400 million iOS devices sold as of June originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 12 Sep 2012 13:17:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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