In 2008, one manufacturer is intent on moulding the game of camera-equipped mobile phones. This manufacturer is Sony Ericsson, and they plan to not only corner the world in high-end camera phones, but low-end handsets, as well!
Camera phones evolve - the Sony Ericsson legacy
It's fitting, really, that Sony Ericsson should be the ones leading the way in the revolution in camera-equipped mobile phones. After all, it was them who started it all, way back in 2002. Let's not forget that they were the first phone-maker to release a mobile phone with a camera built in, within the British marketplace. That handset was the Sony Ericsson P800, but it didn't get the mass market penetration Sony Ericsson wanted, because an incredibly (for the time) top-end smartphone. But, their most iconic handset ever was about to be unleashed, and that one DID have great market penetration. It was the Sony Ericsson T610, and it entirely altered the mobile landscape. Here you had a handset that stood out amongst the crowd of all the other mobile phones it was up against. It was small, it was sexy, and the country LOVED it. And, let us remember that the Sony Ericsson T610 had also got a built-in camera, and that it was actually the first handset to go to that wider market, and make them think, 'Hang on, we actually
do want our mobile phones to have cameras in 'em!'
Today, the camera phone world has split, into low-end handsets, and high-end camera-equipped mobile phones; well, it's fair to say that Sony Ericsson really badly want to be the lings of both!
Sony Ericsson S302 - cheap, cheerful, snappy
If you want a Sony Ericsson camera phone, but you don't need a big, super-powered device, then the Sony Ericsson S302, the first phone in their brand new Snapshot line, is absolutely perfect for you. It's a brilliant little phone, with a compact, sleek shell, a marvellous screen, and a groovy little multimedia browser. As well as that, in spite of this being firmly amongst the ranks of entry-level mobile phones, the Sony Ericsson S302 comes with a neat little 2 megapixel camera. Ok, it doesn't come with autofocus, but for a budget camera phone, it's brilliant!
However, the S302 is a low-end mobile phone... what if you need something that has
real muscle? What if you desire one of Sony Ericsson's Cyber-Shot range...?
Sony Ericsson C905 - the ultimate camera phone?
You just can't deny power, and one thing is very clear: the Sony Ericsson C905's got vastly more raw power than all other
mobile phones on the market in the UK. How come? Simple, it's the first camera phone to be unleashed upon the UK with an 8 megapixel camera. Yes, you read that right. EIGHT. That's a ridiculously high pixel resolution, and it means that the Sony Ericsson C905 gives you the power to take the absolute crispest images you've ever witnessed, from any camera-equipped mobile phone, ever. Oh, and on top of that, remember that
Sony Ericsson have infused it with Cyber-Shot brilliance, and that's going to make the images it produces even more sumptuous. Combine that with a stunning multimedia player, WiFi, HSDPA and integrated GPS, and you have to come to the conclusion that the
Sony Ericsson C905 is, without doubt, the top of the heap!
