That’s not all, according to the report, iPhone 5S camera to come with a new improved night shooting feature as well as an enhanced HDR mode allowing for even higher intensity levels and more realistic colors when snapping up images in extreme lighting conditions such as direct sunlight or faint starlight…
Vietnamese publication Tinhte.vn is credited with scooping the story.
Also important, this isn’t just some blog lingering in the obscurity.
Tinhte.vn is credited with rather unexpectedly publishing several credible leaks, including the fourth-generation iPod touch, the first with a camera. In March 2012, the web site posted benchmarks indicating the iPad 3 might come equipped with a 1GHz processor and 1GB of RAM.
As for these claims, I have no doubt in my mind that we’ll see some major advancements in the iPhone camera department. The iPhone 5S being a specs upgrade would suggest that. Besides, while the iPhone 5 did bring out several improvements to iPhone photography, most of the changes were in software.
Now, Apple likes to argue that megapixel count matters only that much – and to a certain extent the company is right. On the other hand, inevitably a jump from eight to thirteen megapixels could evidently prompt an even greater number of people to drop their digital camera for the next iPhone.
The improved night shooting mode would also enable Apple’s upcoming handset to better compete with Nokia’s Lumia series, which touts the best low-light shooting performance in a smartphone.
Not sure about you, but to me there’s nothing more persuasive on a smartphone than its camera. A thirteen-megapixel camera with a few whiz-bang features would certainly convince me to drop my iPhone 5 and upgrade to an iPhone 5S.
