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IN PHOTO: Apple's iPhone 6 are displayed during a news conference by Customs and Excise Department and the police in Hong Kong September 21, 2014. Reuters/Bobby Yip

Rumours about the upcoming iPhone 7 have been making their rounds all over the Internet lately, but a new report about the unit’s camera has been a hot topic of conversation. According to Network World, Apple may have already acquired the famous Israeli camera maker, Linx.

When this rumor surfaced online, iPhone users were quick to hope that the American company’s next flagship smartphone will be sporting some advanced photo-taking technologies – especially with Samsung dominating the picture-taking front.

According to Apple Insider, the upcoming unit is going to feature a small format telephoto camera that will be used in conjunction with a separate normal-to-wide angle camera that is commonly found in the iPhone models that are available today.

Considering the unit’s physical restrictions, as well as today’s state of imaging technology, one good way for Apple to get ahead in the competition is to use a dual-camera implementation. This feature is believed to have the capability to yield images of a much higher quality, as compared to a single-lens system that was simply developed with an optical zoom.

Although it sounds like a good plan for Apple, others have reported that there are two major factors that could affect the company’s decision to push through with this feature, namely, the component costs, as well as the space that is available inside the iPhone 7’s case.

The upcoming Apple flagship smartphone just might be the first one to sport both telephoto and wide angle camera lenses, according to a separate report from Network World. Apple users are hopeful that these rumours do pan out to be true, especially since it has been quite a quiet week for the iPhone 7 as of late. Also, it will also be a good way of re-establishing the product’s online presence after netizens were dismayed with how tattoos disrupted the Apple Watch from accurately monitoring heart rates.

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