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Samsung Unveils 5 Megapixel Camera Phone
Samsung have just introduced the world’s first 5 megapixel camera phone in. The SCH-S250 features 92MB onboard memory, 32MB auxiliary memory, shutter speed up to 1/1,000th second and the ability to photograph subjects as close as 10 centimeters. The phone also has an MP3 player, a TV function and mobile banking.
”“Our development of a five-megapixel camera phone will boost the competitiveness of the South Korean mobile phone industry,” Samsung president Lee Ki-Tae said in a statement.
“At the same time, I would like to see our technological advances contribute to the growth of the global mobile phone industry,” he said.”
The Yahoo story linked to below ends with the interesting statement “South Korea’s top mobile carrier, SK Telecom, said it would introduce 10-megapixel camera phones produced by Samsung by the end of this year.”!
Website: Yahoo - Samsung develops world’s first five-megapixel camera phone
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#1 Deroover
I just had a question for people who may know more about this than me:
How good can these images get with such small lenses and small captors? Are 5MPixel images or even 10MPixel images better than than say 3Mpixel images from a mobile phone?
11:08 am - Thursday, October 21, 2004
#2 Mark Goldstein
Well, images from a compact digital camera are generally worse than those from a digital SLR, which has a bigger sensor, so I think the same will hold true for cameraphones. That's not to say that cameraphone images will neccessarily be poor, just not as good as a camera with a larger sensor.
7:50 am - Monday, October 25, 2004
#3 Charlie Smithers
So is it worth holding out for a year or two before buying one to let the mobile phone technology catch up? Or will they never catch up?
5:49 pm - Thursday, November 11, 2004
#4 Mark Goldstein
Well, I'd rather buy a 5 megapixel camera now rather than wait a year for a 5 megapixel cameraphone!
5:58 pm - Thursday, November 11, 2004