10 megapixel HD camera phones on their way for 2009
You may have noticed a growing trend in camera phones this year, with the number of megapixels slowly rising. At the start of the year, 5 megapixels was the upper limit and only available in top-end phones. As the year has progressed, 5 megapixels have made their way down to more mid-market phones, while the high-end phones have upgraded to 8 megapixels.
Apparently, this trend reflects the race for megapixels in the dedicated digital camera market, which has seen a steady rise up to a massive 14 megapixels. According to LG, this same trend has now moved over to the camera phone market, with mobile manufacturers racing to cram more megapixels in the mobile phones and so claim the title of the best camera phone.
Samsung have already announced a camera sensor designed for camera phones that supports 9 megapixels, and it shouldn't be too long before a mainstream 10 megapixel camera phone is released.
In addition to megapixellage, camera phone manufacturers are also working on incorporating HD technology into their camera phones, meaning that soon your humble camera phone will be able to shoot HD videos as well as take cracking photos with a 10 megapixel camera.
Makes you wonder if the days of the dedicated digital camera and camcorder are numbered!
[EngadgetMobile]
