All the major cell phone companies have announced their high-end phone offerings for the year and a couple of trends are clear -- a push towards touch-based interfaces and a megapixel race with a rapid increase in the resolution of phone cameras. Here are some of the top phones to look forward to this year:
Sony Ericsson Idou
The most remarkable thing about the Idou is the 12-megapixel resolution on its camera which is (by a large margin) the highest on a mobile phone. Now more megapixels don't necessarily mean better pictures; other factors like the quality of the lens and sensor also matter so we will have to wait and see what the actual pictures on the Idou look like. Still the camera looks very impressive and comes with two flashes: a Xenon flash for stills and an LED flash for video. It also comes with face and smile recognition as well as geo-tagging.
Apart from the camera the Idou comes with a 3.5-inch touchscreen and an acceloremeter (motion sensor). For storage it comes with a microSD card slot; these cards are cheaper than the usual M2 cards on Sony Ericsson phones. Other features include GPS and Wi-Fi.
Text: Narasinha Sawaikar | Photograph: Sonyericsson.com
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