DoCoMo’s line up of cell phones releasing in June/July is impressive for two reasons: 1) there are 18 models. 2) the majority feature an 8.0-megapixel lens cam or better. Here’s the distribution:
10.0 megapixel: 3 phones
8.0 megapixel: 7 phones
5.0 megapixel: 3 phones
3.2 megapixel: 5 phones
And we’re all still whining at Apple to deliver a measly 3.2.
Previously:
A very simple Japanese cell phone
Japanese cell phones designed by artist Yayoi Kusama – Boing Boing …
Why Japanese cell phones suck – Boing Boing Gadgets
I was wondering what Previously Ats would look like on the new design!
Also, I’ve always love the square flippy design of Japanese cellphones. But I’ve never been tempted to get one, for reasons Lisa explores here.
“the majority feature an 8.0-megapixel lens or better”
Really? I didn’t know lenses had pixels.
“8.0-megapixel lens”?
The pixel resolution is a feature of the image sensor, not the lens.
Continue to file under Do Not Want.
Docomo software is hard to use, the buttons on the phones are too small for an adult man and they have no candybar handset.
Don’t forget the optics!
All that is meaningless with a shit lens!
and don´t forget the SENSOR SIZE! Megapixel count is totally irrelevant in a small sensor. 12MP will not give better pics than 3Mp, sometimes worse because of noise. Size is the thing that matters, whÃch is why DSLR´s excel over pocket digicams.
Phones come with increasingly higher resolution sensors, wow!
Coming soon to BB Gadget posts by Steven Leckart: Computers with increasingly faster CPUs, and hard drives with increasingly high capacities
As said by others, megapixels means nothing when the photo quality is crap!
It’s quite an achievement that the Japanese keitai market is at last able to answer schoolgirls’ long-standing demands that they be able to print full 145x103cm poster signage from their cell phone snaps.