Possible First Photo Taken By iPhone 5 Leaked

[Phillip Swanson]

According to PocketNow, the sushi pictured above, has an extremely high probability of being the first photo taken with an iPhone 5 to surface.

Kind of underwhelming dontchya think?

Apparently the photo's EXIF data indicates that it was taken with an iPhone 4, but like always, dig a little deeper and things get interesting. The image appears to have been cropped, with its original size being 8 megapixels, which is the rumored resolution of the new iPhone's camera. Also, the lens being used was recorded at 4.3mm f/2.4, and the iPhone 4's lens is 3.85mm f/2.8. The new camera sensor and lens appear to be even closer to point-and-shoot quality components than ever before. Also, the different lens information confirms that whatever device took this picture, it was definitely not an iPhone 4 like the EXIF data claims.

Perhaps the most telling piece of evidence found in all the photo meta-data is the GPS information. The photo was taken on Apple's Cupertino campus. Even more, MacRumors posted a link to the original photo found on Anton D'Auria's (an Apple software engineer) Flickr page. The photo has since been made private and can no longer be seen. Confirmation much?




Today is the day Apple has been long rumored to make an announcement regarding their new phone, but it appears the rumors were wrong and we'll have to wait for Jobs and company to unveil their new baby.

Source: PocketNow, Macrumors

[<(O)> Device]

Not a bad first pic yay for sushi!

[RICO_]

Well now we know ONE thing for sure about the iPhone 5......that it will have a camera. :P

[TheDirtyDiddler]

Yellowtail, salmon and sea urchin nigiri sushi and an avocado roll... Sushi purist, eh? I'd like to see how this thing photograps one of them 'Spicy Pink Flamingo Flying Over a Palm Tree in Vegas' - type rolls... Then eat it.

[rokindeez]

I could take that with the iphone 4

[Stray]

I usually hate sushi but that damn picture makes me want some now!. NOM NOM NOMZ

[R.Mortera]

I could take that with the iphone 4

Same here

[superman4tqfp]

This is getting ridiculous. Actually it has been for a while. But come on with this "article."

[iRepairIndy]

Wow.. no offense to the writer but I just got dumber from reading this..

[Mrteacup]

good to know apple employees don't only eat apples and drink at bars

[louietsang]

i really wanna work there now... and it's not even the ghetto boxed style sushi

[sziklassy]

While the photo is underwhelming, I will be waiting to see what a fully unedited photo taken by the iPhone 5 looks like before I pass judgement.

[iPod]

Soooo, I'm waiting for iOS 5 public release, the iPod event, and the iPhone 5/4S. How long must apple keep us waiting

[raduga]

I usually hate sushi but that damn picture makes me want some now!. NOM NOM NOMZ

I'd just like to know how many bottles of sake you'd have to drink
before getting so wasted that you'd risk breaking the "new phone embargo" by leaking a badly cropped sushi pic, and maybe losing your iPhone in the bar too.

[iglvz.x]

EXIF data is useful, but like .MP3 ID3 tags and most other forms of metadata, they can be edited. Just saying.

[Zeal]

BREAKIG NEWS! Apple does indeed like sushi. More at 11.

[lillewis51]

how about a picture of the phone instead of a picture by the phone... come onnn

[richardjs]

This is getting ridiculous. Actually it has been for a while. But come on with this "article."

Did you really just join MMI to write that enlightened comment? SMH

[raduga]

how about a picture of the phone instead of a picture by the phone... come onnn

If you look real close, you can barely make out a diffuse reflection of the phone in the hamachi.

Attention, photoshoppers! Get on it naow!!

[feidhlim1986]

Does Mmi have an actually policy to read AppleInsider and just re-post?