Apple is working on an iPhone camera with optical zoom & better resolution for future iPhones & iPads

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Looks similar to the internal, non-protruding zoom lenses found in compacts like the Sony T1, Konica Minolta X50 & Nikon Coolpix S1 in 2005.

Even so, a real zoom lens in a smartphone would get my vote.

http://www.unwiredview.com/2013/03/14/apple-is-working-on-camera-with-optical-zoom-and-much-better-resolution-for-the-next-iphone-and-ipad/ / true optical zoom iOS iPhone and iPad digital patent application light splitter camera module with optical zoom lens /