document: Sony CEO May Have Inadvertently Revealed iPhone 5 '' `` s 8MP Camera Sony CEO Howard Stringer has a bit of iPhone 5-shaped egg on his face this morning as it was revealed late last night the executive accidentally revealed the strength and supplier of the iPhone 5 '' `` s alleged camera . Spoiler : It 's 8MP ! And Sony ! The slip up apparently occurred during an interview with Walt Mossberg for a piece in the Wall Street Journal . In the interview , Stringer put forth that a Sony plant based in Japan had been damaged in the recent earthquake , and that the damage would delay a camera sensor part to Apple . Thing is , Sony does not currently ship sensor parts for the iPhone , leading rumor sleuths to deduce the CEO was talking about a future device . If true , this would mean Apple is dumping the OmniVision 5 - and 3.2-megapixel cameras currently seated in their iPhone 4 and iPhone 3GS devices , and onto Sony 's 8MP sensors . Sony is also rumored to be in the running for an OmniVision takeover , so there 's that as well . So many moving parts ! Related to the damaged facility is the fact that Apple appears to be distancing itself from a June/July iPhone 5 reveal . Delayed parts may have played a part in that . We 'll see !
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