iPhone 5 “purple halo” gets Apple statement

Purple Haze on iPhone
Purple Haze on iPhone
Purple Haze on iPhone

If you’ve been using your iPhone 5 since the start and have never noticed a little bit of the ol’ Purple Haze appearing at the edge of your photos, you’re lucky – Apple has just addressed this situation occurring with some users in an official statement. It would appear that if you’ve got a light source right outside the viewing area of your iPhone 5’s camera lens, you get a purple light leak into your final photo product. Apple has let it be known that users should be pointing cameras away from bright light sources to do away with the oddity altogether. Read the full story at Slashgear.

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Shelly Palmer is the Professor of Advanced Media in Residence at Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications and CEO of The Palmer Group, a consulting practice that helps Fortune 500 companies with technology, media and marketing. Named LinkedIn’s “Top Voice in Technology,” he covers tech and business for Good Day New York, is a regular commentator on CNN and writes a popular daily business blog. He's a bestselling author, and the creator of the popular, free online course, Generative AI for Execs. Follow @shellypalmer or visit shellypalmer.com.

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