Next iPhone to boast digital compass
Magnetometer confirmed in OS screenshot
8 May 2009 14:03 GMT / By Amy-Mae Elliott
The next generation iPhone is likely to contain a "magnetometer", or digital compass, a recent leak has revealed.The next model of the iPhone is widely expected to be released this summer - tipped for a June debut - and hardware revision rumours are rife.
The latest comes from US blog Boy Genius Report that has obtained images of a debugging menu from the iPhone OS that mentions the feature.
BGR states: "We just got a couple images from one of our Apple ninjas and it appears to show a compass option in one of the debugging menus. Our source says this is obviously for a built-in magnetometer in the upcoming iPhone hardware revision".
Late last year it was rumoured that the next-gen iPhone would offer advanced motion sensing capabilities via a built-in MEMS gyroscope.
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