The iPhone 5 camera is powered by a Sony sensor.

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Cub on 24 September 2012

It’s not a big surprise: Sony is very competitive with image sensors these days, and former Sony CEO Howard Stringer let slip earlier this year that Sony was supplying camera technology to Apple.

But the iPhone 5 has two cameras, of course. The lesser one, a front-facing camera for videoconferencing software such as Microsoft’s Skype or Apple’s Facetime, uses a sensor from Sony competitor Omnivision, ChipWorks found.

http://www.iphoneinformer.com/3250-iphone-5-camera-powered-by-sony-sensor-image/

Sony is saved.

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maverick40 on 24 September 2012

Hmmm very interesting. Would sony be getting any substantial income from this at all though?

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Cub on 24 September 2012

maverick40 said:

Hmmm very interesting. Would sony be getting any substantial income from this at all though?

I'd assume Apple already paid? not sure.

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hsrob on 24 September 2012

Sony made the sensor for the 4S as well.

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legend92(3) on 24 September 2012

They are also supplying the battery while Samsung did for the 4S. Apple have also sourced the memory from another company for the 5, while Samsung supplied it for the 4S. Legal battles can be costly in more than one way.

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maverick40 said:

Hmmm very interesting. Would sony be getting any substantial income from this at all though?

Even if they are making profit of 3$ per iPhone 4s and 5 sensor, thats close to 1 billion $ profit. 4S already have sold over 100 million if im not wrong.

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legend92(3) said:
They are also supplying the battery while Samsung did for the 4S. Apple have also sourced the memory from another company for the 5, while Samsung supplied it for the 4S. Legal battles can be costly in more than one way.

So Sony now is also making battery for iPhone 5?

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green_sky on 24 September 2012

It was not until Sony supplied camera sensor in 4S i would say that Apple took the camera's seriously in Iphones. The camera was iphone 4 was very nice but competitors still had better ones out. This one in the new phone seems to improve on few things but am looking forward to see how it fares against the Lumia 920.