5 megapixels from Samsung, Korea only
20 Oct, 2004
Samsung introduced the 5 megapixel camera phone SCH-S250. Maybe the most important thing about this phone except all the megapixels is that it will be available in Korea only. We can only hope that there will be a version for the worldwide market. We don't expect this to happen very soon, because the Samsung SPH-2300, announced in July, still has no European version.
The new high resolution model SCH-S250 is expected to hit the market (Korea only) next week and the expected price is around $875 (USD). The phone will be equipped with the world's highest class LCD, featuring True Color (16.7 million colors) and QVGA(320x240 pixels) resolution. The new camera will require a lot of storage for these big 5 megapixel images - there will be 92 MB of internal memory and RS-MMC memory card slot. Other advanced functions of the device include MP3 player, QVGA video recording and TV out.![]()
"With this phone, we finally outpaced our rivals in Japan over vigorous competition in pixel counts", said Samsung executive vice president Cho Byung-duck, who is in charge of the firm's cell phone research. Samsung introduced its first mega-pixel phone in October last year, about five months later than its Japanese competitors, Sharp and Mitsubishi Electric. Samsung started to develop the high-resolution phone early last year by forging a partnership with Pentax, which helped produce 5 megapixel camera modules.



helaas komt ie alleen in korea uit, maar wilde hem jullie niet onthouden