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03-09-2005, 08:06 AM
http://www.gizmodo.com/gadgets/images/7mp_samsung.jpg 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. 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
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. 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