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Apple proved a smartphone camera can rival some of the features of professional devices when it released its iPhone 5S, and now the firm has taken a step further by acquiring photography app SnappyCam.  

Reports claim the Californian-tech giant bought the popular, high-end photography app over the new year, but the cost of the deal has not yet been announced.

The 69p app, which has since been removed from the app store, features a professional 'burst mode' and up to six times zoom.

By comparison, SnappyCam's burst mode can capture 20 photos per second. This is because it captures between 20 and 30 frames per second, and in certain models of phone is said to be capable of up to 60 frames per second.

SnappyCam also captures these images at a full resolution of 8-megapixels.

Samsung's S4 shoots up 20 pictures continuously at full-sensor resolution, but each photo is taken at 0.1333 seconds apart, according to SnappyCam, which averages out at 7.5 photos per second.