OmniVision
Rumor: 40-45 million iPhones in 2010
December 23, 2009: 7:04 AM ETA Taiwanese supplier reports that Apple has doubled its order for iPhone image sensors
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OmniVision Technologies (OVTI), which makes the 3.2 megapixel image sensors in Apple's (AAPL) iPhone 3GS, is expecting orders for its iPhone chips to grow to 40-45 million in calendar 2010, up from 20-21 million in 2009.
This according to a report Wednesday in DigiTimes, a Taipei-based daily newspaper that covers -- with uneven results -- every hiccup in the Taiwanese and greater Chinese electronics industry.
The report describes a next-generation iPhone with a 5 megapixel camera scheduled to appear in Apple Stores in the second half of the year.
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New iPhone components falling into place
Not much news leaks out of Apple's (AAPL) tight-lipped Cupertino campus. The suppliers and developers working on the new family of iPhones, however, are another matter.
Over the past few weeks, enough bits and pieces have dribbled out of the companies making parts and the programmers writing software for the new iPhones to put together a detailed -- if speculative -- picture.
Based on leaks from these sources, we can expect at MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Apr 9, 2009 10:53 AM ET
