As we head towards the end of the year, one manufacturer is intent on moulding the universe of camera-equipped mobile phones. This manufacturer is Sony Ericsson, and they plan to not only corner the market with top-end camera phones, but bottom-end handsets, as well!
Camera phones evolve - the Sony Ericsson legacy
It's quite apt, when you think about it, that Sony Ericsson are the ones at the forefront of the coming paradigm shift in camera-equipped mobile phones. Come on, it was them who started it all, way back in 2002. Lest we forget, they were the first phone-maker to unveil a mobile phone that'd got a camera in it, within the UK. That handset was the Sony Ericsson P800, but it didn't get the mass market penetration Sony Ericsson would've liked, what with it being an amazingly (compared to other mobile phones at the time) top-end smartphone. However, their most iconic handset in history was about to be unleashed, and that one DID have great market penetration. It was the Sony Ericsson T610, and it changed the playing field. There was a device that stood head and shoulders over the other mobile phones it was up against. It was small, it was sexy, and the country went MAD for it. Plus, let's not forget that the Sony Ericsson T610 also had a built-in camera, and that it was really the first mobile to go to the wider audience, and make them think, 'Wait a sec, we really
do want our mobile phones to have cameras in 'em!'
Nowadays, the market has diverged, into entry-level devices, and high-end camera-equipped mobile phones; well, it's fair to say that Sony Ericsson want to dominate both!
Sony Ericsson S302 - snazzy and 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 range, is the perfect handset for you. It's a brilliant little device, with a compact, slick shell, a gorgeous screen, and a funky little multimedia player. As well as that, despite this being classed in the 'budget phone' category, the Sony Ericsson S302 has a superb little 2 megapixel camera. Ok, it doesn't have top-end features like autofocus, but for a budget camera phone, it's brilliant!
However, the S302 is an entry-level mobile phone... how about if you want a handset that has
real muscle? What if you desire one of Sony Ericsson's Cyber-Shot range...?
Sony Ericsson C905 - the ultimate camera phone?
There's no denying power, and something is for certain: the Sony Ericsson C905's got loads and loads more raw power than any other
mobile phones you can buy in the UK. Why is it so special? Simple, it's the first camera phone to be announced in the UK that's got an 8 megapixel camera. That's right. EIGHT. That's a frighteningly big pixel resolution, and it means that the Sony Ericsson C905 will let you take the absolute most jaw-dropping images you've ever witnessed, from any camera-equipped mobile phone, in the history of everything ever. Oh, and on top of that, remember that
Sony Ericsson have packed it full of Cyber-Shot brilliance, and that will make the photos it produces even more sumptuous. Combine that with an amazing multimedia player, WiFi, HSDPA and integrated GPS, and the end result is that the
Sony Ericsson C905 is, quite simply, the top of the heap!
