At the moment 5 megapixels is about as good as it gets in mobile photography, but Samsung seems intent to throw the cat among the pigeons with a fresh techie wonder straight out of its research and development lab.
The company has come up with an 8 megapixel complementary metal–oxide–semiconductor (CMOS) sensor designed exclusively for camera phones. Basically that translates into ‘one seriously awesome camera phone lens’. Not only is it compact (just 28mm x 15.3mm x 8.5mm) but apparently it is much better in low light conditions too than the sorts of lenses you would find in most camera phones already on the market.
There is also built in anti-shake technology, face recognition, and Samsung’s “Smile shutter” system, which automatically takes a snap when it detects that everyone in the frame is grinning like a village idiot. Apart from that last bit, it all sounds pretty impressive and the unit is set to go into production in early 2009. Could this be the first seed of a successor to the as yet unreleased Samsung G810? Maybe.
(Via Trusted Reviews)
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