Manufacturer OmniVision is believed to have won the Apple contract to supply the 3.2-megapixel CMOS image sensor to be used in the next version of the iPhone according to Taiwanese rumor site DigiTimes. This corroborates some reports on other websites that claim iPhone maker was due to include a higher-resolution camera with its upcoming handsets that would also be capable of capturing video.

If you recall, both the original iPhone and the iPhone 3G shipped with a 2-megapixel camera and neither version supports video recording. Apple itself has unintentionally hinted at iPhones with new video features. One such instance is when the MobileMe control panel that shipped as part of the first beta of iPhone Software 3.0 included a screen labeled “Publish Video,” presumably to facilitate uploads of videos captured with the upcoming device to users’ MobileMe websites.

According to the report, OmniVision will also be supplying Apple with a 5-megapixel CMOS image sensor for use in a product set for release later in 2009. No details have been given about the nature of this product, which could be a further iPhone iteration or the much-rumored Apple MID.

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