Unveiled today, the Sony Ericsson C905 is the very first camera phone for the UK that will smash the 5 megapixel hurdle, weighing in at a huge 8.1 megapixels. But the question is? will it put all other mobile phones in the shade?
Sony Ericsson ? camera phones throughout history
If you cast your mind back through the history of mobile phones, it's hard nowadays to imagine them having no camera, as the massive total of mobile phones that haven't got cameras in the universe, today, is about 4 and a bit. Camera phones are so commonplace, nowadays, that it actually IS hard to picture a time when they weren't around, despite it only being about 5 years ago. Well, it was one company who really set offkicked off the camera phone craze in the UK, and brought about the evolution of the rich variety of camera mobile phones that we have today, and that was Sony Ericsson.
The first phone to come to the UK with a built-in camera was the Sony Ericsson P800, a touchscreen mobile that rethought what mobile phones were all about. And yes, it had a camera. Not a very good one, granted, since it was just VGA, but that's not the point. It set the path for others to follow. So, it really was Sony Ericsson who started the craze in the UK, way before happy slapping videos, and Youtube uploads from your phone. They were the mould-breakers, the ones who changed the world.
And they're at it again, with their soon-to-be-released Sony Ericsson C905, a mobile phone which may well be the best camera phone the UK has EVER seen!
Sony Ericsson C905 ? the new king of camera phones
Let's begin with the obvious killer feature: the Sony Ericsson C905 has an 8.1 megapixel camera. It's the first mobile phone announced in the UK to have that, so it's fair to say that it's drawing some very admiring glances because of that! The key thing, however, is whether this Sony Ericsson beastie is actually any good, because as we all know, increasing the megapixels alone won't make a truly mind-blowing camera phone. It needs good lenses, good software, tons of features and lord knows what else to make it truly amazing.
Fortunately, Sony Ericsson know what they're doingtheir stuff (they were the first, remember), so what we have here is not JUST 8.1 megapixels, a figure that other new mobile phones can and will surpass in time. Unlike mobile phones from other manufacturers, you also have Cyber-Shot technology, meaning it actually is a proper replacement for your digital camera. And the example photos floating round out there tell us one thing especially; categorically, here and now, the Sony Ericsson C905 is going to blow your mind!