Source: http://www.engadget.com/2011/04/02/sony-ceo-casually-mentions-hes-supplying-cameras-to-apple/
We were tempted to call it an April Fools' joke, but it seems the story's true: Sony CEO Sir Howard Stringer reportedly let slip that his company is producing cameras for the next batch of iPhones and iPads during a public interview with the
Wall Street Journal. Traditionally, Apple's sourced its sensors from OmniVision, including the delightfully
backside-illuminated 5 megapixel CMOS unit you'll find in the iPhone 4, but
since Sony too has BSI tech and OmniVision has reportedly encountered delays, your next portable Apple product might house a Sony Exmor R sensor like the one we admired on the
Xperia Arc. Mind you, that may not end up actually happening, because of the context in which Sir Howard revealed the news -- according to
9 to 5 Mac, he said that the factory producing sensors for Apple was affected by the Japanese tsunami. Oh well.
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