- 8 Mega Pixel Camera Phone
The newest camera phones are now being released at 8 Mega Pixels such as the Sony Ericsson C905, so if 5 Mega Pixel phones impressed you, these will truly blow you away! It now could be the time to ditch your digital camera and grab the latest 8 Mega Pixel Camera Phone.
Much like the 5 Mega Pixel mobile phones, these come packed with features assisting the user in getting the best possible photos. Features include Xenon Flash, 16x Digital Zoom and upto 5 shooting modes. These phones are ideal for around the house, on holiday or just out with friends. Easily integrated with online photo gallery services such as the Flickr and PhotoBucket means you can place photos online with the click of a button!
- Autofocus
This phone has an autofocus function allowing you to take pictures without the need to focus
- Bluetooth
Bluetooth allows users to pair with other Bluetooth devices. This allows a wireless connection to a Bluetooth headset or carkit so that you can carry out a conversation without the need to hold your handset. Particularly useful for conversing whilst driving.
- Calculator
This phone has a calculator built in.
- Calendar
This phone has an organiser which includes a Calendar
- Camera
Almost all mobile phones now come with a built in camera and their quality is increasing to rival many stand alone point and shoot cameras. For example, the HTC Desire HD has an 8 megapixel camera, which enables you to take great photos, on the go.
Take a look through the mobile phone deals we have by camera quality or feature:
8 megapixel cameras
5 megapixel cameras
Image stabilizer
Flash
- EDGE for high speed data access
High speed data access
- Email
This phone is capable of sending and receiving email
- Face detection
Software in a mobile phone that recognises faces and adjusts the photo accordingly
- Flash
This phone has a camera with an in-built flash
- FM Radio
Allows you to tune into FM Radio channels, the headset is used as the antenna.
- GPRS
Stands for General Packet Radio System. This basically allows you to browse internet websites using your phone. GPRS is mainly used for text based information - getting football results, checking train timetables, reading the news etc. GPRS is not bad at downloading pictures, however it is slower than 3G. You can use GPRS to received and send Multimedia messages such as a text with a picture.
It is advisable to choose a 3G handset for decent download speeds of videos and pictures rather than GPRS, however GPRS is pretty good for text based information and pictures with lower definition.
- Image stabilizer
Camera phone feature enhancing picture taking by avoiding camera shake.
- Memory expandable via MicroSD card
This allows you to expand the phone's memory using MicroSD cards. MicroSD cards are available in various sizes, the most popular being 1GB or 2GB which can hold thousands of songs and hundreds of pictures.
- MP3 Player
The phone includes an MP3 player which allows you to play and store music. Works in a similar fashion to normal MP3 players in that you can upload Music onto the phone's memory or onto an external memory stick (size of memory slot dependent on phone). Once the music is loaded you can listen to it either on the phone's speakers or using a pair of headphones that is compatible with the handset.
- MP4
MPEG4 is most commonly used to store digital and digital video streams, including those defined by MPEG. It can also be used to store other data such as still images. MPEG-4 Part 14 allows streaming over the Internet and carries an officiall filename extension of .mp4, thus the container format is often referred to simply as MP4.
- Multimedia Service MMS
Allows you to send and receive picture messages
- USB
A USB port allows you to connect your phone to your computer
- Video player
Plays videos
- Video recorder
Records videos
- WAP 2.0
Wireless Application Protocol, allows you to browse text based Internet sites