14-01-2009: Will Samsung announce the first eight megapixel camphone with Xenon flash during the Mobile World Congress? It seems so. Today, the first photos showed up, complete with new interface.
By: Willeke de Haas
It seems like Samsung has something for us photo lovers next month; namely the first 8 megapixel camphone with Xenon flash. A codename or type number for Europe is something the device doesn't have yet, but that the device is innovative can clearly be derived from the photos.
the website Vpier.tistory.com found the first photos of the still unknown Samsung. When we check out the front of the candybar, we can see that the device has a high Samsung Pixon proportion. The device is about the same size, at least it looks like that, and also a touchscreen. Almost all touchscreens look like this of course, but it is not very innovative.
New Samsung cameraphone
The new unknown device will be equipped with all possibilities that we expect of a high-end device: good camera, musicplayer, internet and of course calling and sending messages. The device will be equipped with a renewed version of Samsung's Touch UI. This interface clearly got a little more mature and it received neater symbols. What the other changes will be is unknown for now.
New Samsung cameraphone
The camera may be the most important thing on this device, this will probably be the first one with an eight megapixel camera and Xenon flash. The camera lens is automatically opened as soon as the camera is started via the menu or the quick key at the side of the device. Internet support will probably consist of UMTS, HSDPA and WiFi support.
New Samsung cameraphone
The device will soon come to the Korean market with the name Samsung SCH S740 and nickname "Haptic 3". Whether the device will also come to Europe is unknown at this point, certainty about the specifications is also something that cannot be given. We might see the device again at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.