Megapixels don’t “mean” anything until you’re the first company to reach a milestone. That’s why so much attention is being paid to Samsung today, on a day when plenty of “real” news—GM declaring bankruptcy, an Air France jet going down, Carlo Ancelloti joining Chelsea, etc.—will overshadow anything coming out of the tech world. Anyhow, the South Korea company will release a cellphone with a built-in 12-megapixel camera this month. Europe gets it first when it comes out later this month. “Other regions” will have it beginning in August.
The phone, the Pixon12, was first shown off earlier today, to oohs and aahs, no doubt. It’s got a 3.1-inch touchscreen, and most of the features you’d expect from a fancier phone these days. It’ll play most of your multimedia, including Xvid and H.264 video; GPS, Wi-Fi, etc. Normal stuff.
And, like any good cameraphone, it works right out of the box with Facebook, Flickr, Photobucket, MySpace, etc.
Will it replace your digital SLR? Probably not, but it might save you the hassle of toting around a point-and-shoot while you paint the town red.
12 MP in an Phone is just too much! I don’t even have a 12mp point and shoot camera…
Well rumor says that iPhone is coming out with 3.2 mp camera. Check it here : http://bawaal.com/blog/?p=364 [New next generation iPhone pictures leaked!]
Wrong. Sony Ericsson announced the Satio, a 12MP phone a few days ago!
Satio will be released sometime October 2009. This means that the Pixon12 is indeed the first 12-megapixel camera phone because it will be released before the Satio. :P
I think I’ll just wait for the Omnia HD- if I’m going to get a 12MP cameraphone, I might as well get one that can shoot in HD.
wow, um definitely a future buyer of this, this makes my work a lot easier. you don’t have to carry separate digital cam with you all the time to catch awesome snaps.
I dont think people realize that the MP rating doesnt mean much if the sensor is crap. Do your homework and research the mobile youre interested in and dont be fooled by big numbers. Depending on the sensor size A 5mp camera could take better shots than an 8mp.