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We don’t usually condone any type of war, but when hardware manufacturers fight for cameraphone market share (and mind share), we’re all for all-out warfare.
One of the many handset-wars going on right now is being fought on the cameraphone battle-ground. With handset manufacturers packing image sensors with every increasing pixel densities into their mobile phones, it’s no wonder that we’re constantly hearing about new double-digit megapixel image sensors coming down the pipeline. The cameraphone war pits manufacturer against manufacturer in a race to cram as many pixels into as small a footprint as possible – and in the end, it’s the consumer that wins.
Sony has just fired off their latest salvo in “Battle Megapixel” with the unveiling of their Exmor CMOS image sensor lineup. The three new image sensors boasts pixel densities of 5.15, 8.11 and 12.25 megapixels. The range-topping Exmor IMX060PQ unit brings with it more than 12 million pixels into a 1/2.5 type CMOS image sensor.
Look for handsets with 12 megapixel cameras hitting the market sometime in the middle of next year – especially those from Sony Ericsson. In fact, Sony Ericsson’s prediction that cameraphones will hit 12-20 megapixels by 2012 is starting to make more sense.
[Via: Akihabara]
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Will Park
Will hails from The City of Angels - Los Angeles, California. He spends his time playing with his numerous gadgets and looking forward to seeing what future holds for mobile technology. An avid promoter of a fully "digital" life, he promotes the widespread adoption of truly mobile, paper-less living. He dreams of the day when he can go completely digital. No more snail mail, paper receipts, bound books, notepads/spiral notebooks, credit cards, hard currency. He's a digital warrior - fighting for the converged life. He is an idealist and a realist - he has a perfect view of what the world should be but knows that the world is not perfect. Can we ever hope to see Will's dream become reality? We'll see...
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