Camera Cell Phones – The Evolution of a Super-Feature

Since the first photographic cell phones were launched in late 2000, the digital camera has become an increasingly common accessory on mobile phones around the world.

Camera phones allow users to snap pictures on the spot then send them to friends, family, and colleagues around the globe at the touch of a button. This convenience has caught on big time with consumers (not to mention carriers who make money whenever photos are shared), prompting handset makers to equip the majority of new cellular devices with built-in digital cameras.

The quality of cell phone cameras has also grown exponentially over the past few years, with a resolution of at least 2 megapixels now coming standard with most converged smartphones and multimedia-enabled wireless devices. Most of Nokia’s N-Series multimedia handsets, for example, come with either 2- or 3.2-megapixel cameras, with one higher end model, the N95, boasting a 5-megapixel resolution.

In 2006, South Korean cell phone maker, Samsung Electronics, made history by integrating high-quality cameras in some of its most lightweight cell phones, proving that camera phones need never been at all heavy or clunky. Later in the year, they took this one step further by releasing the SCH-B600, a compact camera phone weighting just 173 grams and boasting a record-setting 10-megapixel resolution.

The joint venture, Sony Ericsson has been another leading contender in the mobile imaging market, launching a number of high-quality camera phones, some of which come equipped with mobile blogging and online photo sharing capabilities.

In a matter of a few short years, our thirst for new gadgets and technological integration has turned the cellular camera from an obscure and trivial accessory into a virtually ubiquitous feature on new mobile devices.


Published by TeleClick Enterprises
Edited by Jeremy Maddock