It’s not so many years ago that Korea was the place you went to source cheap, almost knock-off heavy engineering products such as oil tankers, construction ‘I’ beams, and cars. Samsung’s Memoir camera phone demonstrates how quickly things change. The metal cased touchscreen phone with an 8MP camera has a build quality that matches anything from Apple, Nokia or Sony Ericsson.
And it’s well priced too. Released on February 25th, through T-Mobile in the US (this version shows Orange thanks to its out-of-territory deployment in Spain – LOL ETC), it’s retailing for $245, although that ties you up for a two-year contract and requires a $50 mail rebate.
The camera is a particular focus (ahem) with ex-supermodel Helena Christensen – who’s now a regarded photographer in her own right – onboard for the press launch at Mobile World Congress 09. For the record, the 8MP camera comes with a Xenon flash, CMOS auto focus, 16x digital zoom, face and smile detection, and geotagging. You can also upload directly to Flickr, Kodak Gallery, Photobucket, and Snapfish. Smile now…
More photos (taken with a Canon 30D for those who care about such things), after the break.
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