“A claimed schematic of the 4.7-inch model of the iPhone 6 appears to support suggestions that the camera lens will protrude, though only by 0.77mm,” Ben Lovejoy reports for 9to5Mac. “Posted by Apple Club in Taiwan, it appears to show a 7mm thick casing with the thickest part of the camera extending 0.77mm beyond this.”
“Suggestions that the quest for thinness might result in an iPod Touch-style protruding camera lens on the iPhone 6 date back to March, and have been supported by claimed backplate photos as recently as this month,” Lovejoy reports. “There have, though, been conflicting reports, with one suggestion that Apple would be able to avoid this by restricting optical image stabilization to the larger 5.5-inch model.”
Read more, and see the images, in the full article here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Readers “Dan K.” and “Lynn Weiler” for the heads up.]