Ever hold a ten megapixel cameraphone? Naw, neither had we, not until today anyway. Straight from the
floor at CeBIT, we've got the
Samsung
SCH-B600 with an integrated 10 megapixel shooter. It's never gonna come anywhere close to the US or Europe so
nuzzle up to your monitor real close-like and take in this beauty. Click on for more pics.
At least they can't brag about it being RAZR thin -- still, not bad.
Camera controls right up top where you'd expect 'em.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Andrews @ Mar 9th 2006 9:16AM
The first picture looks nothing like a phone, but the other side does I guess
Saurabh @ Apr 28th 2007 6:08AM
yes it is really great.
i came to know about ot from hanover fair.
nice technology and innovative power of Samsung.
Saurabh @ May 21st 2007 9:15AM
yes it is really great.
i came to know about ot from hanover fair.
nice technology and innovative power of Samsung.
Richard @ Mar 9th 2006 9:26AM
That's impressive from a proof-of-concept angle, but is it really all that good of an idea?
I think it's overkill... and honestly, if you're taking 10MP photos, shouldn't you be shooting with a DSLR?
It's getting to be like video cards and the never-ending battle to increase frame rates...
phil @ Oct 1st 2008 5:39PM
i couldn't agree more
if you want shots with 10 megapixels your gonna get the best of it from a DSLR
Gears @ Mar 9th 2006 9:29AM
What OS is that running ? Anyone know ?
riffola @ Mar 9th 2006 9:31AM
Is the UI still in Korean only? The demo models of the 7 & 8 MP phones at the Samsung Experience at Time Warner Center are stuck in Korean only mode and thus very hard to use.
John Commenter @ Mar 9th 2006 9:31AM
Perhaps your guys at CeBit should ask them where they get the lens block.
http://img53.imageshack.us/img53/6572/schb600voptiot108sx.jpg
riffola @ Mar 9th 2006 9:31AM
Is the UI still in Korean only? The demo models of the 7 & 8 MP phones at the Samsung Experience at Time Warner Center are stuck in Korean only mode and thus very hard to use.
Arseny @ Mar 9th 2006 9:58AM
Well, I think that this is a bad idea. Battery performance will not be good enough for both. The area around lens is extruding, thus not making easier to haul around. And lastly, phones usually get much more physical abuse then any camera. Megapixels are not a big deal, but the optics will suffer, and the picture can only be as good as the optics of the camera.
Ron Austin @ Mar 9th 2006 10:13AM
Ok so your in the middle of taking some hot shots and the phone rings, oh what to do.....and what no mp3 player buit in either.... what a rip...lol
dj @ Mar 9th 2006 10:15AM
I am wondering it could be in my hand. Its zooming power is amazing, and we cant evn think abt this.
Special_K @ Mar 9th 2006 10:34AM
I agree with Richard, 10 megapixels is really overkill. I'm looking at a mid-range DSLR and its 'only' 8 mpixels. Think about how much storage you would need just for one picture, and how much bandwidth it'd take to email one from your phone: that's gotta be 10 bucks to send one picture!
RyanXP @ Mar 9th 2006 10:45AM
@ #8:
It's running on Windows Mobile 5.0 most likely, so it has WMP built in.
solipsism @ Mar 9th 2006 10:52AM
Too bad it only has memory to hold one picture.
Jamar @ Mar 9th 2006 12:14PM
Ehhh... even if you did see this in the US, it would hardly be affordable. If it follows earlier Chinese pricing patterns, it will most likely cost $1200 at launch- with 2-year contract (which is the price of the 5-megapixel Samsung phone's price on launch in China- but contracts here are about $7 per month for 400 minutes- China needs to start competin in the US mobile provider market to bring prices down to this level(sorry, off on a tangent again) but I am just saying that this phone is just there as a status symbol- the only people I know with such high-megapixel Samsung cameraphones are Korean immigrants (no racial stereotyping here, just stating the facts-well... there are a few locals with these too, but those are executive-types).
Ypoknons @ Mar 9th 2006 12:44PM
A sensor can have as many megapixels as it wants, but it's pretty much useless unless the lens is sharp enough to provide the same resolution.
Lee Glasgow @ Mar 9th 2006 5:56PM
I hope it does come here. I want one.
Mitch @ Mar 9th 2006 6:23PM
You keep the 10Mp pictures JPEG-2000-compressed on the internal 2 GB flashcard and what you can email is a subsampled video version of same. (at least I hope it works that way!)
Where's the qwerty keyboard, though?
Jim Jones @ Mar 9th 2006 6:44PM
This would be better than the camera I have now, plus I wouldn't have to lug around my cell phone......
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Jim
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Jim Jones @ Mar 9th 2006 6:44PM
This would be better than the camera I have now, plus I wouldn't have to lug around my cell phone......
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Jim
http://www.runfatboy.net
Ron @ Mar 9th 2006 6:59PM
Yep! That's pretty insane and who in the world would want one? I guess the next thing is high quality video camera phone with a gigebyte of hard drive in a slim design...
Mike Evans @ Mar 9th 2006 7:19PM
According to Samsung's head of telecoms, the new SCH-B600 10 megapixel camera phone will be heading for markets outside of Korea later in the year (at least Europe, no mention of the US).
http://mobilementalism.com/2006/03/10/samsungs-sch-b600-10-megapixel-camera-phone-not-just-for-korea/
And they also hint at a new 20 gigabyte smartphone coming later in the year:
http://mobilementalism.com/2006/03/10/samsung-hints-at-20-gigabyte-mobile-phone/
aus_e @ Mar 9th 2006 7:42PM
hmmm....wouldn't be advisable for someone with butter-fingers like me. always drop my phone, and I can see that zoom not working real soon.
Lagom Johannson @ Mar 9th 2006 8:13PM
Why don't they re-orient the lens so its length is hidden inside the body of the device? It would be just fine to have the lens be at one tip or the other. The reason lenses have to stick out so much is because they need the distance for focal length. They should use what they've already got!
Genick @ Mar 9th 2006 10:28PM
Where can i get one!
Brandon Hopkins @ Mar 9th 2006 10:58PM
Sweet! Under $400 and I'd buy one and return my 8mp Digital Nikon to Costco.
KorruptioN @ Mar 9th 2006 11:57PM
Think about it, the sensor in the camera needs to be as small as possible to fit within the dimensions of the phone. The same sensor is now asked to take a 10mp image. The noise produced in the image will be absolutely brutal.
HealthFitnessWorld.com @ Mar 10th 2006 3:04PM
wow that phone looks pretty impressive! hopefully i'll own something like that sometime soon. [reply]
Keo @ Mar 11th 2006 5:35AM
Maybe I'm the only one who would use this, but since I have an iPod for music, this would be all I ever need! Is there any way to make any of these phones you show work in the US, or are you just a bunch of teases?
Quito @ Mar 11th 2006 5:48AM
This will will be available outside of Korea as of this fall. Europe is confirmed and US will likely follow as well. The idea of a compact phone and camera with a 10 megapixel chip is appealing, but let's wait and see how good the optics are and just how easily it's going to handle 10 megapixel images. You need some seriously fast and big storage if you're going to take lots of pictures at that resolution!
Korean111 @ Mar 11th 2006 6:58AM
23. "Think about it, the sensor in the camera needs to be as small as possible to fit within the dimensions of the phone. The same sensor is now asked to take a 10mp image. The noise produced in the image will be absolutely brutal."
21. "Why don't they re-orient the lens so its length is hidden inside the body of the device? It would be just fine to have the lens be at one tip or the other. The reason lenses have to stick out so much is because they need the distance for focal length. They should use what they've already got!"
to no.23
Umm... did u even read the whole text? Where did you come from? Mars? wtf u mean by a "brutal noise"???
I mean, u should read the whole thing be4 you start jumping into wacky conclusions.
to no.21
Dude... the lens dont stick out u moron. It zooms in and zooms out, get the simple theory? Just use your common sense for goddness sake! Who the fk in the world would want this phone if the fkin lens were stiking out all the time!! You couldn't even be able to store it in ur pocket without breaking it!
.. ok here is my go for the dudes who didnt read it all.. SCH-B600 has DMB TV, MP3, 10MP camera, bluetooth,... meaning it has pretty much everything anoyone wuld wish for a phone...
Korean111 @ Mar 11th 2006 6:58AM
23. "Think about it, the sensor in the camera needs to be as small as possible to fit within the dimensions of the phone. The same sensor is now asked to take a 10mp image. The noise produced in the image will be absolutely brutal."
21. "Why don't they re-orient the lens so its length is hidden inside the body of the device? It would be just fine to have the lens be at one tip or the other. The reason lenses have to stick out so much is because they need the distance for focal length. They should use what they've already got!"
to no.23
Umm... did u even read the whole text? Where did you come from? Mars? wtf u mean by a "brutal noise"???
I mean, u should read the whole thing be4 you start jumping into wacky conclusions.
to no.21
Dude... the lens dont stick out u moron. It zooms in and zooms out, get the simple theory? Just use your common sense for goddness sake! Who the fk in the world would want this phone if the fkin lens were stiking out all the time!! You couldn't even be able to store it in ur pocket without breaking it!
.. ok here is my go for the dudes who didnt read it all.. SCH-B600 has DMB TV, MP3, 10MP camera, bluetooth,... meaning it has pretty much everything anoyone wuld wish for a phone...
Hipotecado @ Mar 12th 2006 10:17AM
and when in Spain?
concaf @ Mar 13th 2006 12:10AM
That lens will still take craptastic pictures. What you'll end up with is a 10MP useless shitty photo. Greeeeeaaaaaaatttt. Save yourself time and a few thousand bucks, grab a regular camera phone, open the photos up in photoshop and scale them up 600% and it'll be exactly as if you had this phone!
John @ Mar 13th 2006 6:48AM
It's funny when you think about this. If i remember correctly a cellphone's primary function is to make phone calls. But these days people want gagdets that can let you surf the web,make pancakes etc.. you get the point.
Hakan @ Mar 16th 2006 12:19PM
Samsung owns 30% of pentax so, this phone is a fusion of pentax optics and samsung quality therefore, it won't take crappy pictures as concaf says.
and yes, I think that it'll perform very well but; I don't use phones which exceeds its purpose. I'm happy with my n6021.
ionut @ Mar 18th 2006 10:05PM
Guys just be happy that you can see this type of technology in your lifetime.Well done samsung.Hope other companies(like Nokia) will catch up.
I totally agree that this phone is useless for 99% of us but is good to know that exists.
p.s.Maybe Nasa should hire Samsung to build the next spacecraft-I bet they will do a marvel.
ionut @ Mar 18th 2006 10:16PM
Me again.
What I found strange is the contradiction between the marvels achivements of Samsung and their actual crapy phones they have on market.Nokia is in my opinion the most practical phone manufacturer.And it seems samsung are copying everybody(see Razor,Nokia)
Samsung is like a big kid:only want to have the biggest toy .I'm wondering if Samsung is just a push over like chinese clothes which are all crappy and useless but they managed to kill the european manufactures.
To all UFO believers: don't believe until you test it hahaha;you already can buy 20 MP camera but they use interlaced mode ahahaha
Kaustubh @ Mar 20th 2006 2:33PM
It`s awesome,Am dying to lay my hands on this baby...Hope it arrives soon in India.
Dr. HG @ Mar 22nd 2006 6:12AM
10 mp?, is ridiculous, better buy a camera; this never pass a crash test and is expensive, ugly, just a piece of crap, "but is 10 mp!", so what?!: "one person is smart; people are just a bunch of dumbs who say : "but it has 10 mp!"
P.D.my english is pretty bad, sorry and greetings from monterrey city, mexico. :P
jfk @ Mar 24th 2006 3:24AM
what ever happened to the samsung wrist phone?
vic @ Mar 27th 2006 3:56AM
WWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWW :O 10 MP :O .... this is so nice :O
Sam @ Mar 31st 2006 11:17AM
This a a GREAT gadget and for sumsung to achieve such a hurdle is awsome""Thumbs up to all the engineers at sumsung". I dont know why ppl a so persimistic about it when they have not eve tried it. let it roll out first, then we can judge for ourselves
say @ Apr 3rd 2006 3:06AM
I think this one is camera buildin phone not phone building camera.
Ajay @ Apr 3rd 2006 4:33AM
I am really delighted to see this, i was eagerly waiting to have a phone which has the best megapixel camera, I wonder what is the expected price and by when we can expect this to enter market???
Chris K @ Apr 4th 2006 4:00AM
What is the point of a 10MP camera, how often are you going to use that amt? coz u'd be better off getting the new Sony Ericsson K800i because it has a 3.0 MP camera and has a lot more functions AND ITS A HELL OF A LOT CHEAPER!! and lets say ur walkin down the road and it rings, u get it out of ur poket and it falls on the floor and breaks?? 400+ gone!
Ishan @ Apr 6th 2006 1:55PM
well this a nice multiple use phone. no need spend extra on 10mp camera's. when its goin to launch in india...
Asian_Phones_Rock @ Apr 9th 2006 9:13AM
-->44. What is the point of a 10MP camera, how often are you going to use that amt? coz u'd be better off getting the new Sony Ericsson K800i because it has a 3.0 MP camera and has a lot more functions AND ITS A HELL OF A LOT CHEAPER!! and lets say ur walkin down the road and it rings, u get it out of ur poket and it falls on the floor and breaks?? 400+ gone!
... Dude, u see, there is a pretty BIG difference between the technology required to put together a 10mp + bluetooth + 3x lens + mp3, and the technology required to put together a 3mp with a shitty design and shitty price tag.
I mean you guys, you must consider the manwork and technology to put together all these stuff together...
Also, you should consider the fact that very few DiCa(digital cameras) are 10mp... most are 5~6mp, and man, you got bluetooth and mp3 with 10mp... just think about it!
And plus, in Korea the price tag will be from 800~1000 bucks, which will fall to 600~700 buck in less than a year (well, thats how korea is.. =p)
Richard @ Apr 10th 2006 2:11PM
i heard that it has a 8GB internal hard drive.... thats more than enough for 5 or 6 pictures you might even get 10 if you have sod all else... who needs a 10MP camera anyway... whats the point...
THERE AINT ONE!!!