Can’t we all just get along? It appears that where the iPhone 5’s camera lens is concerned, maybe not. Rumors are flying fast and furious that the next iPhone will relocate the LED flash to the opposite side of the handset, rather than cozied up to the lens as part of the same component.
MacRumors is reporting that alleged iPhone 5 camera components have surfaced, shown in the image above with iPhone 4 parts (at bottom). According to Apple.pro via 9to5Mac, the next iPhone rear camera will not have an attached LED flash, but rather a separate module and a new position opposite from the actual camera lens.
The parts suggest that last week’s leak of a purported “iPhone 5G” case showing the LED flash on the right rear side of the device -- opposite the camera lens itself -- may indeed be a move that Apple is planning for the handset’s fifth refresh later this year.
Apple.pro has provided a mockup of what the back of the next iPhone may look like with the relocated LED flash. Sadly, it looks like we’ll all have to invest in new cases yet again this year… (sigh)
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(Image courtesy of MacRumors and Apple.pro)
