Next iPod Touch to Get 3.2MP Camera, Not 5MP?

A couple reports indicate that the next iPod touch may get a 3.2MP camera instead of the 5MP one that John Lewis predicted at its Xmas in July event.

First, MacRumors asked iFixit if it was even possible to include a 5MP in the existing design. They were told that the iPhone 4 5MP (back) camera is 6.5mm thick, the iPhone 4 FaceTime (front) camera is 2.5mm, and the iPod touch (at edges) is 6mm thick.

This shows that the iPhone 4's back camera can not fit in the iPod touch, though the front FaceTime camera could. It's possible that Apple might "square off" the iPod touch design like the iPhone 4, but even so, Wiens still isn't sure that it would be possible in the current dimensions. That would mean Apple would have to make the iPod touch thicker as well as "squaring off" the design to accommodate the 5MP camera.

Today, 9to5Mac has heard from a 'well informed source' that the new iPod touch will have a 3.2 megapixel camera that has similar characteristics to the one found in the iPhone 3GS.

This camera would likely require less space allowing Apple to keep the current design. It would also add some separation between the iPhone and iPod touch.