3.2MP CCD camera ON PHONE

[xumdeo]

jsut announced today from AU KDDI
in retaliation to vodaphone's V602SH with 2.02MP CCD +AF with 2x optical zoom model

a phone made by casio: A5506CA
includes a 1/1.8" 3.2MP CCD camera +autofocus (c.f. the sensor on nikon coolpix 995)
2.3inch QVGA CF main display
1.1inch 72x96 CF subdisplay
64polyphony. huge twin speakers 2r=1.4cm @ (YAMAHA MA-5Si chip)
surround sound chaku-uta
chaku-movie (similar to NTT's chaku-motion)

SH-mobile processer system awith QR code support

print image matching ver.2 and exif 2.2 supported
USB cradle
mini-SD slot

dimentions: 52x102x28mm (2nd generation 3G phone size)
weight: 125g

carrier (AU KDDI) press release:
http://www.kddi.com/corporate/news_release/2004/0517/index.html

manufacturer (casio) press release: (with pics)
http://www.casio.co.jp/release/2004/a5406ca_a5407ca.html

itmedia (ex zdnet jp) news:
http://www.itmedia.co.jp/mobile/articles/0405/17/news010.html

announced at the same time
another 2MP (1/2.7" CCD) phone from casio
and one 1.3MP (CMOS) phone from toshiba

prolly takes another 18months before such technology can reach GSM market? may be thru sharp

[shaheen]

*yawn* its alright, ill get max a 1.3mp camera phone and thats it.. no real point getting something so crazy..mainly cause the price will go as high as the pixels...ill just buy a real camera.

[manav]

The specs look cool, hope it comes to GSM soon!

[Sid]

Originally posted by shaheen
*yawn* its alright, ill get max a 1.3mp camera phone and thats it.. no real point getting something so crazy..mainly cause the price will go as high as the pixels...ill just buy a real camera.

The whole point of buying this phone would be to have decent quality photos whereever you go, without carrying an exra device. That's the whole reason behind improving camera phones......

[shaheen]

thats true sid but i mean come on, how long are we willing to wait and how much are we willing to spend?..like i mean digi cam prices are dropping like a rock cause of phone cameras. and theyre actually pretty small, some nice 2mp ones are USB thumb drive size...im just sayin, yea its gd..its a brilliant idea but i seriously cant imagine the price and the wait..7610 is almost out and is predicted at 1400SING!..my god, with that money i can buy a very nice car or a pc in melbourne..imagine 1mp=1400..3.2=?!?!?!

i use to think that it was a brilliant idea but i can only afford so much.

[s02264849]

One is more likely to drop a phone then a camera, imagine dropping a 3mp phone on the floor.........what a heartache lol :D :D

[xumdeo]

well, asians have a whole different consumers' mentality

and the fact that carrying a bag to parties is always annoying

now u have a decent camera, phone, mp3 player, dictionary, java gameboy, mirror, electronic cash... all in one... why not

i'll need that

3.2MP is all that i need, they still need to work on a decent flash, and reduction on digital noise :) (1/1.8' sensor should be better than 1/3' ones found on sharps' theoratically)

[gangstar]

3.2 Megapixels! Gee, Thats crazy. Pic Quality will be spotless!

BTW, whats the V901SH? Never seen it before. Can you give me a link to an English site giving details on that phone and other Japanese phones? Thamnks.

[zalameh1]

here is the phone...
http://www.i4u.com/images/casioa5406ca.jpg

[xumdeo]

V901SH is the ultimate flagship rumoured machine from sharp branaded for vodaphone japan's 3G network. with possibility of international release worldwide by xmas this yr

sketchy and debated specs:
the world's first 2.5~2.6inch VGA main display
1.2~1.3inch QQVGA subdisplay or debated 2.4inch QVGA subdisplay
all CG silicon TFTs

SD card slot (possibily with removable Felica support)
WCDMA and GSM dualband
3.2MP CCD main camera with 2x optical zoom and AF (debated-->2.02MP only)
1.0MP CCD sub-camera (c.f. GX30 camera module debated-->0.1/0.3MP CMOS only)
one LED illumator and one real flash (c.f. A5xxxK and F900i, debated-->single LED only)
GPS
IrDA

no BT
japnese release: autumn
possible international release: xmas

[Dynamoo]

Even with a 3.2 megapixel sensor in, you won't get the same picture quality with a phone as you would a camera.. so far only one phone has any kind of optical zoom, for example. And the phone's battery is not really designed to provide the sort of power you'd need to operate a proper flash. There are other engineering compromises you have to make to get everything fitting together too.

You'll never squeeze a professional digital camera into a phone, for example. Nor will it be able to replace an iPod, a properly computer for web surfing and emailing, a full-blown games console or whatever.

However, it's going to be fun to watch 'em try :)

[blue2th]

Casio A5406CA

DROOL.... :-p

No words, only drool.