Samsung's i8510 inspires 8 megapixels of awe

Yeah, we know pixel count doesn't equal picture quality -- but like it or not, it looks like 8 megapixels are poised to become the new 5 megapixels in the upper echelon of the cameraphone world this year. Samsung's never a company to shy away from a challenge like that, and sure enough, details are emerging on a so-called i8510 smartphone that features S60 3rd Edition Feature Pack 1, 7.2Mbps HSDPA, FM radio, GPS, WiFi, and a whopping 16GB of internal storage -- not to mention a microSD slot that can take you up to 24GB. Oh, and there's the little matter of that camera, which features an dual LED flash and 120fps video capture at QVGA resolution. Add in DivX and DLNA certification, and we're kind of at a loss to figure out what's missing here. Boundless, unchecked hype, maybe? No word on a release date here just yet.

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[(Unverified) Posted Jul 13th 2008 1:48AM]

the keypad doesn't look so awesome though lol

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 13th 2008 10:40AM]

*Yawn*

[DonutYankee Posted Jul 13th 2008 11:25AM]

Well...it doesn't have HSUPA...and, the screen is not VGA. Those are the only two things I could think of. And oh yeah, does it have an FM transmitter? And does it support RDS/TMC on the FM radio? I'm just trying to find anything here...

[midtoad Posted Jul 13th 2008 3:47PM]

This is brain-dead. they have, what, a 4000x2000 photo resolution and the screen to view those pictures has a 320x240 resolution? VGA should be the min. acceptable resolution, with 800x480 like the Nokia N810 being a more reasonable target.

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 13th 2008 7:51PM]

most people are gonna view the pics over a computer & the nokia n810 is an internet device so of course its gonna have a great screen

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 20th 2008 10:03AM]

Unknown, you must not work in and/or around digital photographers. Let me give you a hint, most viewports on the back of a DSLR are roughly 320x240.

BTW, I think 8mp is a good roundish number to tighten the gap on low res camera photos. Now if someone could just work on the ISO ( I think most camera phones are above 1000) and picture quality would be worth talkin about.

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 8th 2008 5:09AM]

the N810 aint even a phone so thts out the window!
and sum1 says about the resolution is to big? noway
the bigger the bttr!
because those pics arnt realy 4 viewing on the phone bt on computers
and ther tht size 4 tht reason
plus if u want to have the pics developed ud hardly want them VGA size :L
XD
this phone owns Nokia!!
i had an N95! probably one of the best functioning phones
onli problem was it had the crumyest build quality ever
wat was it? cheap plastic?
for 600 euro i dnt think it was worth it tbh!

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 13th 2008 9:48PM]

No Xenon flash? Try again.