Casio's 8.1 megapixel W63CA with 480 x 800 pixel OLED flips out in Japan

We had a chance to gaze through the wireframe of this 8.1 megapixel Casio W63CA Exilim cellphone back in August courtesy of the FCC's finest. Now check it in high-gloss, plastic flesh. The latest Japanese super-phone squeezes 480 x 800 pixel into a 3.1-inch OLED display. Let that sink in for a second... the very same 384,000 pixels on a display smaller than the 3.8-inch LCD heralded by the Touch HD. The camera features a wide-angle lens, 9-point auto focus, face detection, anti-shake, and a YouTube video mode that records VGA video at 30fps to microSD. All this in a Japanese-only flip measuring 110 x 50 x 17.4 ~ 22-mm when it launches in early November. Color options after the break.

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[MikeWard1701 Posted Oct 27th 2008 1:38PM]

Seriously cool piece of kit. Being Casio the camera will be top notch, but how good are they at the mobile phone side of things?

A shame its not coming to Europe, got a feeling it would be a great seller.

[Hydra Posted Oct 27th 2008 1:56PM]

Damn it why cant we get this phone in the usa>????

[Ishcabible Posted Oct 27th 2008 9:03PM]

'Cause nobody loves us

[Hydraulics Posted Oct 27th 2008 2:08PM]

I guess that puts me as the only one who thinks that the phone doesn't look THAT good.

But that screen must be awesome.

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 27th 2008 3:00PM]

Love the look, but curious about the durability. I own a casio exilim and it breaks even protected when in a case (not from dropping). I've sent it back for repairs 3 times in one year.

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 27th 2008 6:43PM]

Looks neat.

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 28th 2008 12:13AM]

Looks a lot like the old Sony Clie NX70... how many boats has Sony missed over the last few years? :P

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 28th 2008 2:38AM]

Had the previous 5mpx, this coming out as the upgraded version of that one in the new meaningless fall-winter AU campain.
Bad thing is that it doesn't sports wi-fi, and browsing normal websites kinda sucks compared to other manufacturers products (htc, nokia, apple).

[chyansie Posted Oct 28th 2008 2:49AM]

That's why i have it :)

"famous japanese big flip phones"

[yoshizen Posted Oct 29th 2008 7:51AM]

I remember the time when Casio was duff. So, I'm amazed how suddenly they became such cool.

Japanese internal market is second largest in the world, they don't need to bother dealing with another system.

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 29th 2008 6:02AM]

Damn, that's a nice device. And I only got my X1 on Monday too...

Strange it's not been mentioned that the X1 has the same resolution on the same size screen.