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12MP vs HD Video - which makes for the better camera phone?
Added: (Thu Oct 22 2009)
Camera phones have been getting steadily more and more powerful, as time has moved on. But which is the best one currently on the market? Let's find out!
Sony Ericsson Satio
There's no doubting the sheer power of the Sony Ericsson Satio. First and foremost on its list of awesome features is its key selling point: the Sony Ericsson Satio is the first phone announced for the UK to have a 12 megapixel camera. It also features technology culled from the Cyber-Shot range of phones, so, quite simply, the Sony Ericsson Satio is the single best camera phone in existence. However, it also has true smartphone credentials, as it features the new Symbian S60 Touch OS, giving it a sleek interface, bags of power, and the option to add on loads of third party software. It is, frankly, an astounding phone!
Samsung Pixon 12
Here we have another touchscreen mobile phone, the Samsung Pixon 12, and, to be brutally honest... because it's not a smartphone, it doesn't come off as well as the Sony Ericsson Satio. However, it has a huge touchscreen, a brilliant 8 megapixel camera, multimedia player, HSDPA, and GPS. Oh, and since this is one of the biggest buying factors nowadays, the Samsung Pixon 12 is ALSO one of the best looking mobile phones on the market. However, unlike the Satio, the Samsung Pixon 12 very definitely isn't a smartphone, so the Sony Ericsson Satio wins this fight.
Samsung i8910 HD
The Samsung Pixon 12 is undoubtedly a superb camera phone, but it's not a smartphone. So, of the first two on this list, the Sony Ericsson Satio takes the crown for being the most powerful. The Samsung i8910 HD, though, has one big advantage over the other two (despite having a less impressive stills camera). Whilst it has an 8 megapixel camera, the Samsung i8910 HD is also the first phone to record true 720p HD video. Never before has a phone been able to capture video at that massive high resolution, and coincidentally (or is it coincidence? Maybe not...), the Samsung i8910 HD captures high-def video at the exact quality that Youtube display high-def videos at. It's very possible that the Samsung i8910 HD was designed with its main feature being the ability to get yourself on Youtube, in high-definition. Combine that with the sumptuous 3.7 inch screen, and a huge 8Gb of internal memory, and it's very clear that the Samsung i8910 HD, just like the other two on this list, deserves its place as one of the phones of the year!
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