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Best Camera Phone - The Mobile Shootout

May 14, 2008 at 9:30 am by Jay | In Mobile News

Almost all mobile phones sold these days are combined with a digital camera. The average standard generally include at least a 2.0 megapixel camera, although it is important to note that a high megapixel count doesn’t always mean a better photo. The Sony Ericsson W810i only had a 2.0 megapixel camera yet it still holds its own against many current mobile phones for picture quality.

Recently the Nokia N82 was awarded Best Mobile Imaging Device for 2008, from TIPA, the European Press Association. This provoked a conversation in the office about the relevance of digital cameras in mobile phones, how this affects the digital camera market, the various claims of quality pushed forward by the manufacturers and ultimately which is the best camera phone.

I own the Nokia N82, so I was confident with the recent award to make the claim that my N82 could take a better quality picture than a phone anyone else had. My ‘challenge’ was taken up by my colleague, Richard, who owns a Sony Ericsson K850i and Dan, who owns a Nokia N93. Despite the age of the N93 is still has a high quality camera, 3.2 megapixel, Carl Zeiss Optics and 3 x Optical zoom. Another colleague, Ben, suggested we compare the three to a stand alone digital camera. Ben owns the Samsung S850.

When it comes to using a mobile phone as a camera, very rarely do people change the settings from those that are set as standard. So for this test I reset all the cameras to standard mode and used without flash. Just a simple ‘point n shoot’ test. Take a look at the results below; let me know what you think in the comments.

Nokia N82

Sony Ericsson K850i

Nokia N93

Samsung S850M

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