10MP Camera Phone!!

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Hamish

Hamish

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I didnt even know they could make 10 mega pixel cameras, never mind phones! It's even got satellite TV!

http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/03/09/samsung_sch-b600/

Samsung today unveiled its first ten megapixel camera phone, pledging to ship the handset in Q2 - in plenty of time to pick up World Cup broadcasts on the device's built-in digital satellite TV tuner.

The SCH-B600's hi-res camera is augmented with 3x optical zoom and a flash - a spec akin to many compact digital cameras. Pictures are stored on the phone's internal memory or on MMCmicro memory cards, and displayed on the phone's 16m-colour display.

The handset's TV reception comes courtesy of a S-DMB (Satellite Digital Multimedia Broadcasting) receiver. Viewers keen to relive match moments will be able to record programming on the phone at MPEG 4 files - storage capacity permitting, of course. The SCH-B600 has 128-voice polyphonic ringtone support, along with the usual MP3 playback. It will include Bluetooth.

Samsung didn't say how much the SCH-B600 will cost, but it did say it will offer the phone in South Korea for CDMA/EvDO networks. With a European roll-out in mind, the company said it is planning GSM and 3G versions too. ®
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Im liking the Digital TV tuner it has. :p
I could watch the World Cup at work without taking an aerial in and hooking it up to the telly thats ment for training videos. :p
 
It is worth noting that Samsung have, in the past shown 5 and 7MP phones that never found their way over to europe. I'm hoping this one's different. IIRC the same day they showed one that looked very similar with a 4GB HDD in it (for mp3s)

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Image resolution is starting to be less important than things like lense quality now though.
 
The problem with Camera phones, is that its harder to put a HQ sensor on such a small device. Increasing the resolution can compensate somewhat, but isnt the most ideal solution.
 
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Its Gonna Be a HOOGE Phone though

The SCH-B600's hi-res camera is augmented with 3x optical zoom and a flash - a spec akin to many compact digital cameras. Pictures are stored on the phone's internal memory or on MMCmicro memory cards, and displayed on the phone's 16m-colour display.
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I mean if the Screen is 16m (thats Metres!!) how bigs the damn phone gonna be!!... :D

I'll stick with my w800 and upgrade to one of SE's next gen 3.2 or 4mp cameras when they come out later this year!!...
 
BoomAM said:
Im liking the Digital TV tuner it has. :p
I could watch the World Cup at work without taking an aerial in and hooking it up to the telly thats ment for training videos. :p
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Don't tell the BBC or they'll tax you for a license. ;)
 
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