^ they can't shrink the physical size of the sensor and the optics required for it ... unless we are talking about a brand new technology.
If they use the same assembly, the phone will have a hump.. the only thing they can do is blend it in with the body even more seamlessly. For example, the 808's hump is metal, because that acts as a FM transmitter antenna.. the new one might not need that so they can use the whole back to blend it in.
Also, if they decide on a unibody design.. no need for a back cover, which means custom made battery, less room required for it.. ala iPhone
If it was that simple, I'm sure we already had Lumia with real PureView sensor inside.
On 808 PureView the "companion processor" is handling 1 billion pixels per second and 16x oversampling. Qualcomm 600 and Qualcomm 800 were the first off the shelf SoC's that are even capable to handle the 41MP sensor, but even there we are just talking about supporting the sensor, not the heavy duty oversampling 808 PureView got.
Correct. We will have to wait and see how they handle this.. I am really curious to be honest
HTC Titan II had separate chip to process camera so did 808
That was on Windows CE .. and I ma not saying that its impossible, but I am sure that the Phase 1 system is a bit more complicated than whatever HTC had in the titan 2.
Whatever it is, something is stopping them.. we could rule out the hardware because the camera system is in mass production already, and we know that it works. Its either a managerial decision to delay the product, in which case they are crazy, or they are still trying to figure out how to implement it on Windows Phone..