Courtesy of Mashable
Apple has responded to the iPhones 5’s camera purple camera halo issue, according to Gizmodo an AppleCare rep told a customer in an email that:
“Our engineering team just gave me this information and we recommend that you angle the camera away from the bright light source when taking pictures,”
“The purple flare in the image provided is considered normal behaviour for iPhone 5’s camera.”
Publicly they have vowed to look into this issue.
It seems that Apple don’t want to admit there is a problem at the moment. But there obviously is, because when you compare it with other rival phones, you don’t often get this issue. For example the Samsung Galaxy S3 did not seem to suffer much from this issue at all. Although it’s important to note that flaring can happen from time to time on any optical device when taking a photo near to a bright object, but it should not happen as frequent as it should like it dose on the iphone 5’s camera.
Apple seem to be doing the same thing as what they did over the iPhone 4’s antenna issue, that is first denying there is a problem and admitting there was a problem and then offering a solution to the issue. Expect in the next few months either a product recall if it relates to the new Sapphire Crystal lens cover or a software update if the problem is software related.
