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7 Megapixel camera.....PHONE!
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| starsearcher |
| quote: | Samsung Elec Unveils 7-Megapixel Camera Phone
Wed Mar 9, 3:28 AM ET
Technology - Reuters
SEOUL (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. unveiled the world's first mobile phone with a powerful 7-megapixel camera on Wednesday, providing a potential competitive threat to manufacturers of digital cameras.
Samsung has been stepping up development of increasingly sophisticated phones for high-end users looking to access games, music and movies on their handsets. It launched the world's first 5-megapixel phone in October.
But while top digital camera makers such as Japan's Canon Inc. and Sony Corp (NYSE:SNE - news) (news - web sites). are likely to see the model as a new threat, its popularity may depend on how much of an improvement the camera can deliver over existing units.
There is a growing consensus among consumers that 3 or 4 megapixels, the measure of how many million picture elements are captured in a digital snapshot, are enough for a decent shot.
Some of the best-selling digital cameras feature 4 or 5 megapixels.
The new phone, which also has an MP3 player and business card reader, would go on sale as early as the first half, though a price had yet to be set, Samsung said in a statement.
Samsung aims to sell 100 million mobile phones this year, up 16 percent from 86 million sold last year.
The SCH-V770 phone will make its international debut at CeBIT, the world's biggest tech and telecoms trade show, in Hanover, Germany on Thursday.
Shares in Samsung, Asia's most valuable technology company with a market value of $81 billion, ended down 0.4 percent at 500,000 won, versus a 0.85 percent rise in the broader market.
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| rabbitjoker |
| Samsung is unbelievable. |
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| starsearcher |
| RJ is unbelievable :stongue: |
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| SurrJRS |
| Nice, but how long until the major Canadian mobile players adopts this phone? Assuming the phone supports CDMA, this could be a real perk for Virgin mobile once they launch here! (They are reselling Bell's network). |
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| malek |
| pfff its nothing, i have 8.2Mp :toothless |
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| starsearcher |
| quote: | Originally posted by malek
pfff its nothing, i have 8.2Mp :toothless |
:wtf: The new Rebel XT? |
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| SurrJRS |
| quote: | Originally posted by starsearcher
:wtf: The new Rebel XT? |
I'm sooo going to buy one this summer! That camera is nothing but pure hotness! And the scary thing is it's the same price as my Powershot G2 was a few years back. |
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| St_Andrew |
| quote: | Originally posted by SurrJRS
Nice, but how long until the major Canadian mobile players adopts this phone? Assuming the phone supports CDMA, this could be a real perk for Virgin mobile once they launch here! (They are reselling Bell's network). |
it is very unlikely that it is a CDMA phone i think...
Cool notheless :D but i wounder how good the optics in it are anyway? |
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| DarkAngel |
| quote: | Originally posted by malek
pfff its nothing, i have 8.2Mp :toothless |
Word. |
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| malek |
| quote: | Originally posted by starsearcher
:wtf: The new Rebel XT? |
no better. |
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| starsearcher |
| quote: | Originally posted by SurrJRS
I'm sooo going to buy one this summer! That camera is nothing but pure hotness! And the scary thing is it's the same price as my Powershot G2 was a few years back. |
It's the same price I bought my digital rebel for about half a year ago...but I don't think I'm going to upgrade now...if anything I might get the new lens that Canon came out with for the EOS D20...it looks pretty slick ;) |
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