It’s kind of sad that we get excited when we hear that a ubiquitous smartphone feature such as video recording will finally be available on an iPhone. Just about every other smartphone on market can record video (some at HD resolutions), but the iPhone and iPhone 3G are not part of that bunch. Nonetheless, we’re excited to hear that a next-generation iPhone will feature a higher-resolution camera capable of capturing video.
AppleInsider cites an “extremely reliable” source in speculating that new iPhone hardware will sport an upgraded rear-facing camera that finally bring video-recording capabilities to the iPhone. The rumor falls in line with a recently discovered reference to “Video Publishing” in the upcoming iPhone 3.0 OS . If true, Apple may debut video recording as part of a new, possibly higher-end, iPhone model in mid-2009.
Apple last year previewed their then-unreleased iPhone 2.0 OS to the public prior to launching the new iPhone OS software alongside the new iPhone 3G hardware. That sets the stage, quite literally, for Apple to launch new hardware alongside the iPhone 3.0 OS platform.
Over the past few months, we’ve seen references to at least two new iPhone models that are expected to boast significantly different (upgraded) hardware from the iPhone or iPhone 3G. Whereas the iPhone and iPhone 3G are considered variants of each other – the iPhone bears the model name iPhone1,1 and the iPhone 3G is referred to as the iPhone1,2 – we’ve been hearing of references to significantly different iPhone hardware – iPhone2,1 and iPhone 3,1. Any one of these rumored iPhone devices could feature a video camera.
Will Apple debut new iPhone hardware with video camera in tow? Time will tell.
[Via: AppleInsider]