New Camera - with a built in phone...

[chris-p]

Via Engadget:



Dear Nokia and Samsung, please come to reception to collect your old and busted 12 megapixel cameraphones. The new king of the phonecamera heap, in appearance at least, has arrived in the shape of LG's L-03C. It comes with a retractable 3x optical zoom lens from Pentax, a 12 megapixel CCD sensor, a Xenon flash, and a 720p movie recording mode. The L-03C is also intentionally styled to remind users of the more timeless compact camera designs of the past (and present) and it's only by entering the NTT DoCoMo OS and hitting up the dialer that you discover that it's also a cellular phone to boot. In spite of its 3-inch display and 800 x 480 resolution, this is still strictly just a featurephone, but it's sure put in a lot of work to make sure one of those features stands out. Look out for it in Japan from this January.

[Eyeayen]

Hang on, it's not April the 1st is it ??? Is that for real or has it been photoshop'd up by some 'design' stoodent ?

I wondered how long this would take...

[chris-p]

No, it actually is for real. Will be a while before we get in in Europe and there is no mention of prices....

[karenoliver]

Good idea, the price will dictate how popular it is though.

Karen

[amk1977]

Dammit Eyeayen! We were too late with our "Camera Phone" idea.... although its not a DSLR, so if we get busy we can have the prototype out ready for field trials by Dom Jolly by next year.