Seven months after Samsung debuted its ten megapixel SCH-B600 camera phone (see left) at CeBIT in March, the company has announced the handset finally may be purchased, according to the press release.
The candy bar shapped B600 has a 3x optical zoom, 5x digital zoom, a manual focus and an LED autofocus. "Located next to the lens, the LED autofocus automatically determines the distance and utilizes the appropriate focus setting for optimal photo shooting," the press release says.
The LCD can display up to 16 million colors and the B600 can shoot videos at 15 to 30 frames per second. The handset accommodates mobile television (satellite-based DMB mode), an MP3 player, Bluetooth and a business card reader.
(Phones in South Korea and Japan are often equipped with software to photograph business cards that are scanned into the contacts section.)
A word of caution: As I've written so many times before, the sheer number of megapixels doesn't solely determine the quality of photos. I assume the B600 incorporates quality components, but only after viewing the images, both outdoors and indoors, can you determine the quality.
Save your won
This is one of the most expensive phones you can buy. It's 900,000 Korean won or about $925 according to today's currency exchange; the press release says it's about $900.
In the United States there's one 3.2 megapixel camera phone, the Samsung SCH-A990 from Verizon. Europe has -- or will get -- a five megapixel LG KG 920.
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