LG KC780 strives for world's thinnest 8 megapixel camera phone

An official-looking promo shot of the rumored LG KC780 has surfaced, along supposed confirmation and some details: this will be the slimmest 8 megapixel camera phone to date, offering quad-band GSM support and limited touchscreen functionality. There's still no word on 3G support, no price and no date -- but you'll know more when we do. Promise.

[Andrew @ Sep 30th 2008 12:14AM]

first.

[jupiterthunder @ Sep 30th 2008 12:23AM]

I upvoted you just because you hadn't been downvoted yet.

[El Taco @ Sep 30th 2008 12:34AM]

I was wondering why he was still neutral

[lorddshadow @ Sep 30th 2008 12:50AM]

well i missed the low rank button so i guess you can blame me also.

[Will @ Sep 30th 2008 12:40AM]

Still no cure for shitty small sensors and noisy as hell pictures?

[Plothole @ Sep 30th 2008 12:49AM]

Of course not. It's easier, and probably cheaper, to just sell numbers (eg #MP, #" thin).

[jupiterthunder @ Sep 30th 2008 12:24AM]

The incredible disappearing comments. They left me all alone. Anyone want to mentin the megapixel myth?

[Fernando @ Sep 30th 2008 12:28AM]

hello? hello? hello?

[Ford Mustang @ Sep 30th 2008 12:29AM]

Actually I was just about to mention the megapixel myth. You can have all the megapixels in the world but without a good sensor and large lenses you'll never have a good image.

[Technex @ Sep 30th 2008 3:38AM]

When will the world learn?

[gad get @ Sep 30th 2008 4:38AM]

How fitting that they placed the phone next to an SLR lens in this shot. Targeting exactly that demographic which is too ignorant to think anything other than, "whoah, that one's huge and funky looking, but this one's small and shiny. Why would anyone buy that ginormous thing? I'm getting this super high-quality camera phone."

[)law( @ Sep 30th 2008 12:36AM]

Damn LG is stepping thier phone game up like crazy. I like the looks of where this is going. Give me all of that and a touch screen version with visual voicemail that's unlocked with full bluetooth features and you will have one hella hot phone

[m3maniac @ Sep 30th 2008 10:56AM]

I don't care whether LG can make the thinnest 8MP camera phone, if they can't make a phone which you can have a decent conversation over, the phone just sucks.

[holycow @ Sep 30th 2008 12:36AM]

Hurray for advertisements!

[holycow @ Sep 30th 2008 12:39AM]

While we're talking about advertisements... Engadget SERIOUSLY!? "Paris Hilton's My New BFF" advertisements on a gadget blog... seriously?

[Prokanda @ Sep 30th 2008 12:42AM]

I think you're a douche. I also think that it's "infinite".

However, that's just me.

[Prokanda @ Oct 20th 2008 12:39PM]

I got a low rank because I was calling a spammer a douche?

he had a link to something completely unrelated in his post... and Engadget's fucked up comment system posted my reply as it's own post. some of you really need to get over yourselves and actually WORK when you're getting paid to do a job.

[Prokanda @ Oct 20th 2008 12:40PM]

*its


can we get an edit in here, please?

[Erik @ Sep 30th 2008 12:42AM]

Why would I want to test video games (spammer), when I can earn more doing more meaningful work?

[Calvin Foo @ Sep 30th 2008 12:59AM]

Why they still making all these crappy mpx? It is not about how big the mp can go, it is the image sendor and quality that counts, not mpx!

[Plothole @ Sep 30th 2008 1:11AM]

Unfortunately the average camera shopper doesn't know that. All they know is that 8MP is twice as many as 4, so they think they're getting more value for their money.

[jupiterthunder @ Sep 30th 2008 9:32AM]

Wouldn't Mpx be more accurate than mpx?

[Adderz @ Sep 30th 2008 1:33AM]

Its funny its sitting up against an SLR lens. Excellent juxtaposition. Good vs shit.

[avester @ Sep 30th 2008 2:47AM]

This is like making the worlds lightest car.

Looks nice, but it's shit to drive.

[Jaws @ Sep 30th 2008 3:20AM]

I'll stick with my Zeiss lensed 5MP Nokia N82... it actually doesn't take too bad a picture compared to 99% of all the other cell phone cameras out there (its about as good as a cheap Casio, or Kodak P&S).

[Ethan @ Sep 30th 2008 5:32AM]

I'd love it if cameraphones were measured by an independent board which measured relative shittiness.

[XenoX101 @ Sep 30th 2008 5:40AM]

I remember not too long ago working as a graphic designer, taking photos of hydraulic parts for a brochure. The in-house camera they gave me to use was a 1 megapixel chunky Kodak fake SLR from about 5 years ago. The surprising part was that it took better photos than the 5 megapixel N95 that I have now and more consistent colours than my Canon IXUS 800 (top of the range compact digital at the time).

I think the mobile industry is so competitive that they can't afford to bring out a low megapixel good quality camera phone, because people will just buy the high megapixel phones thinking they take better photos. Sigh. When will they learn.

[DssTrainer @ Sep 30th 2008 10:42AM]

I'd think if I were advertising "thinnest phone" I'd show a side shot

[jack @ Jan 5th 2009 11:10AM]

Looking at the KC780 here, it seems it's 8 megapixel camera should rival some of the more expensive handsets in the market. I hope it's as good as the C905 because im after a phone with a good camera but without all the unnecessary extra applications and the C905 is a little chunkier so this would be perfect.