Samsung Introduces 3 Million Pixel Resolution Camera Phone
Updated July.11,2004
A 3 million pixel camera phone with digital camera level resolution has been introduced on the Korean market.
Samsung launched its new video-clip-recordable 3 million pixel camera phone SPH-2300 on Sunday.
A pixel is one of the many tiny dots that make up the representation of a picture in a computer's memory; and more pixels mean better quality of the image.
Samsung is the second company to put out a 3 million pixel camera phone on the market; the first was Casio with its digital zoom camera phones launched in June.
Kim Heang-woo, executive director of Samsung, mentioned that the new SPH-2300 “is the first model with optical zoom, which unlike digital zoom experiences no resolution loss when enlarged.”
The new model has a front of a digital camera and a back side of a mobile phone.
A built-in flash provides clear images even in the dark, and mini SD (secure digital) card gives extended memory space.
The price will be set around \800,000, about \300,000 higher than existing 100 pixel models.
The advent of 3 million pixel camera phones also means competition against digital cameras.
Chun Young-bok, vice president of the Korea Association for Photonics Industry Development, stated, “Camera phones will widen its share of the digital camera market from now on.”
Updated July.11,2004
A 3 million pixel camera phone with digital camera level resolution has been introduced on the Korean market.
Samsung launched its new video-clip-recordable 3 million pixel camera phone SPH-2300 on Sunday.
A pixel is one of the many tiny dots that make up the representation of a picture in a computer's memory; and more pixels mean better quality of the image.
Samsung is the second company to put out a 3 million pixel camera phone on the market; the first was Casio with its digital zoom camera phones launched in June.
Kim Heang-woo, executive director of Samsung, mentioned that the new SPH-2300 “is the first model with optical zoom, which unlike digital zoom experiences no resolution loss when enlarged.”
The new model has a front of a digital camera and a back side of a mobile phone.
A built-in flash provides clear images even in the dark, and mini SD (secure digital) card gives extended memory space.
The price will be set around \800,000, about \300,000 higher than existing 100 pixel models.
The advent of 3 million pixel camera phones also means competition against digital cameras.
Chun Young-bok, vice president of the Korea Association for Photonics Industry Development, stated, “Camera phones will widen its share of the digital camera market from now on.”

