Apple's iPhone 5 recently reported Qualcomm's 28nm chip shortage may not affect the next-gen Smartphone from making its debut this October according to analysts.
"The bottom line is that we remain comfortable with an October iPhone 5 launch despite the reported 28nm chip shortage at Qualcomm," said analyst Gene Munster reported by AppleInsider.
"We expect Apple is likely to get favorable treatment in terms of access to 28nm inventory. Net- net, the worst case scenario is that Apple is unable to meet demand in the short term following iPhone 5 launch and units would shift from the December quarter into the March quarter as we don't believe consumers would simply purchase another phone in most cases if they wanted the iPhone 5 and it was not available," added Munster.
Although Qualcomm hasn't been confirmed as a parts supplier for Apple's next Smartphone - and in fact only post-launch teardowns ever really confirm which companies have got their hardware into the coveted devices - the firm is believed most likely to be providing the baseband chip. The current iPhone 4S uses a dual-mode GSM/CDMA baseband sourced from Qualcomm.
Munster also commented that Apple's past history "in dealing with potentially limited components" will not affect the company's plans for the iPhone 5.
Along with making the fall release, the Apple may be including its new multi-point focusing system camera patent in the next generation iPhone 5. The patent featured may also be included in the next iPad or iPod touch.
"The awarded U.S. patent No. 2012/0120227 for "multi-point touch focus" describes a system that lets the user of a camera-equipped device select two or more areas of focus on a touchscreen which, when a picture is taken, are passed through a dedicated image processor to produce optimal sharpness and exposure for both regions," reports AppleInsider.
The camera's lens will be able to focus images on the image sensor and will come with a touch-sensitive visual display enabling the user to select two or more areas by touch.
"An image processor is coupled to the image sensor and the touch sensitive visual display. The image processor displays the live preview image according to the image focused on the image sensor by the lens. The image processor further receives the selection the regions of interest and controls acquisition of the image from the image sensor based on the characteristics of the image in regions that correspond to at least two of the regions of interest on the live preview image," according to the patent.
The image processor will be able to track movement of the selected areas that will be taken and will enable optimising its sharpness or exposure of the selected image.
"Although the iPhone 4S has an auto-focus tech, the supposed camera that will be integrated into the iPhone 5 will not be restricted to face detection or center-weighting. Instead it will select the best combination of camera setting that will offer the best clarity in different selected areas," writes Planet Insane.
The patent for Apple's "multi-point touch focus" is expected to be included in the next iPhone 5 which will be one of the best features to be included in the market. iPhone is rumored to be released in October during Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference, WWDC 2012.
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